Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev

The foundation date is December 3, 1865 , when the order to open the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy was issued. On January 25, 1866, the opening of lectures took place.

Imperial period

October 27, 1865 approved the Academy Charter . December 3, 1865 announced a government order to open it; two branches were opened - agricultural and forest.

January 25, 1866 the first lectures were delivered. Since 1871, began teaching gardening and horticulture.

According to the new Charter of June 16, 1873, the Academy became a state university. In 1878-1879, a forestry museum was organized at the academy, a forest nursery was established, and a meteorological station was opened on the experimental field.

In 1889, a new charter was adopted; forest branch is being eliminated; name changes: until 1894 - Petrovsky Agricultural Academy.

On February 1, 1894, the academy was closed. In June 1894, the Moscow Agricultural Institute was established. In 1895-1898, the botanical garden was founded.

Soviet period

In 1917, the name was restored - Petrovsky Agricultural Academy , the charter and organizational structure were changed, new curricula and programs were created.

In December 1923 - a new name: Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev ; the training was three-year, there were 3 faculties: agronomic, economic and engineering.

In the early 1930s, the Institute of Irrigation and Reclamation , the Institute of Agricultural Production Engineers , and the Institute of the Fishing Industry were established on the basis of the Academy’s faculties.

In 1941, the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy was a university of the People's Commissariat of the USSR and had a postal address : Moscow , Novoye Shosse , building 10.

Modern Period

In 1994, the Charter and the name of the Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev (ICCA) were approved. In 2001, a new Academy Charter was adopted.

On June 20, 2005, the Academy was renamed the Federal State Educational Institution “Russian State Agrarian University - KA Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy” (Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education RGAU - KA Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy).

September 11, 2008 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1343 in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation, the university was included in the State Code of Especially Valuable Objects of the Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation ^[2] .

On May 20, 2013, by order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the reorganization of the university was begun by joining the Moscow State Agroengineering University named after V.P. Goryachkin and the Moscow State State Educational Institution of Higher Education " Moscow State University " University of Environmental Engineering ” ^[3] .

On April 4, 2014, by order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 15-u on approving Amendments and Additions No. 1 to the Charter of the Federal State Budget Institution of Higher Professional Education RGAU-Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Moscow State Agroengineering University named after V. P. Goryachkina ”and the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education“ Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering ” us to the Federal State Institution of Higher Professional Education "Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Agricultural Academy Timiryazev" ^[4] .

in 2013, by the order of the rector, the anthem of the university was approved, it became the composition "Connected by one fate" by the author and contractor, which is a graduate of the Russian State Autonomous University - Moscow Artists Academy. Timiryazev. Azamat Kabulov. Also, with the support of the administration, a video for the song was shot.

Faculties and Institutions

Institutes ^[5]

• Institute of Mechanics and Energy named after V.P. Goryachkin
• Institute of Land Reclamation, Water Management and Construction named after A.N. Kostyakov
• Institute of Economics and Management of AIC
• Institute of Continuing Education

Faculties ^[5]

• Agronomy and biotechnology
• Zootechnics and biology
• Humanitarian and pedagogical
• Soil Science, Agricultural Chemistry and Ecology
• Gardening and landscape architecture
• Technological
• Faculty of correspondence education

Educational and scientific units ^[5]

• Plant Protection Laboratory
• Training experimental apiary
• Horticulture Laboratory
• Information and Analytical Center of the Register and Cadastre
• Laboratory of building and technical expertise of buildings and structures
• Field Crop Breeding and Seed Laboratory
• Milk Quality Testing Laboratory
• Meteorological Observatory named after V.A. Michelson
• Soil Ecological Laboratory
• Educational-Scientific-Production Center "Vegetable Experimental Station named after V. I. Edelstein"
• Laboratory of Agroecological Monitoring, Modeling and Forecasting of Ecosystems
• Research and design laboratory of agricultural vehicles
• Educational and Scientific Consulting Center "Forest Experimental Cottage"
• Educational and Scientific Production Center for Sports Lawn Management and Landscape Law Studies
• Center for Bean Cereals and Plant Protein Production
• Youth Sports and Technical Development Center - "Vector"
• White Lupine Laboratory
• Educational and Scientific Corps in Mikhailovsky
• Educational and Research Center for Collective Use - Service Laboratory for the Comprehensive Analysis of Chemical Compounds
• Center for Molecular Biotechnology
• Field Experimental Station
• Problematic research laboratory for the development of theoretical foundations for the joint management of water, salt and thermal regimes of reclaimed lands
• Educational and Scientific Consulting Center "Agroecology of pesticides and agrochemicals"
• Laboratory of genetics, selection and biotechnology of vegetable crops
• Center for educational, sports and cultural work
• Branch Agricultural Business Incubator
• Livestock Development Center
  • Laboratory of physiology and pathology of reproduction of small animals
  • Zoostation
    • Livestock training and production complex
    • Educational Production House

• The order of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor

• On the territory of the Timiryazev Academy there are more than 37 buildings (educational buildings, museums, etc.). The oldest of them are made in an eclectic architectural direction .

The Murder of 1869

In November 1869, a student of the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy I. Ivanov was killed by a group of conspirators in the academy’s territory, led by Sergei Nechaev . This event served as a prototype of Shatov’s murder in the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky “ Demons ”.

2010 Criminal Corruption Case

On July 28, 2010, UPC opened a criminal case against rector V.M. Bautin , who is suspected of exceeding his official authority (clause “c”, part 3 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ). It was established that as a result of his illegal actions, more than 100 residential premises located in houses on Krasnostudenchesky passage were alienated from Russian property. These premises were in the operational management of the educational institution. The damage caused by the actions of Bautin and his accomplices amounted to more than 100 million rubles ^[6] .

During the Great Patriotic War the collective of the Moscow Artists Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev raised 100 thousand rubles for the construction of the Moscow squadron.

Dear Joseph Vissarionovich!
Expressing boundless love for the glorious defenders of the socialist Motherland, the collective of the Moscow Order of the Lenin of the K.A. Timiryazev Agricultural Academy is ready to save all his money, his strength, and, if necessary, his life to devote his life to the great task of defeating the hated fascist hordes that encroached on the most precious thing in our life - to our socialist Fatherland.
Love for the Motherland, for its glorious defenders, is a powerful force that unites all the peoples of our country with steel unity around the Bolshevik party and the great leader of the brilliant commander of the Red Army, the great Stalin.
This unity is the guarantee of our victory over the fascist reptile.
Entering into the great patriotic movement of the Soviet people, we collected 100 thousand rubles for the construction of military aircraft. We continue to raise funds and urge scientists, workers, students and employees of all universities in our country to start raising funds for the construction of Moscow aircraft for our valiant Red Army.
Long live the heroic Red Army!
Long live the great leader of the peoples and the commander of our valiant Red Army, Comrade Stalin!
On behalf of the staff of the Moscow Order of Lenin Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev.
Director of the Academy, Academician V.S. NEMCHINOV .
Secretary of the Party Bureau F.P. NAUMOV.
Chairman of the local committee R. T. AHMADEEVA.
Chairman of the trade union committee G. I. KAZAKOVA.
Secretary of the Komsomol committee V. M. OBUKHOVSKY.
Academician, laureate of the Stalin Prize D.N. PRYANISHNIKOV .
Professor, Stalin Prize Laureate R. B. DAVIDOV.
Academician P.M. ZHUKOVSKY .
Academician P.I. LISITSYN .
Academician V.N. LUBYAKO.
Honored Scientist, Professor I.P. PROKOFIEV.

I ask you to convey to the professors, teachers, students and employees of the Moscow Order of Lenin of the K.A. Timiryazev Agricultural Academy who raised 100,000 rubles for the construction of the Moscow squadron - my fraternal greetings and thanks to the Red Army.
I. STALIN

The newspaper "Izvestia", March 19, 1943.

• Botanical Garden named after S.I. Rostovtsev
• Michurin Garden
• Straw gatehouse

• Bazdyrev G.N., Bychkova O.N., Velichko S.G., Ryabova N. Yu. The feat of arms of the Timiryazevites in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945: Graduates and employees of the Russian State Autonomous Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev - Heroes of the Soviet Union / Ed. Acad. RAAS V.M. Bautin. - M .: RGAU-ICCA, 2013 .-- 160 p. - 300 copies.

• Official site
• Turklub "VETER" (ICCA)
• Volovnik S.V. The Return of Pavel Sivitsky // Melitopol Local Lore Journal, 2016, No. 7, p. 24-30.