Moscow State University

In full  Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University , Russian  Moskovsky Gosudarstvenny Universitet Imeni M.V. Lomonosova   state-controlled institution of higher learning at Moscow, the oldest-surviving, largest, and most prestigious university in Russia. It was founded in 1755 by the linguist M.V. Lomonosov and was modeled after German universities, its original faculty being predominantly German. In the second half of the 19th century, Moscow State University became the most important centre