Vol. 10, No 4: 5–11.

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Mikhail I. Shumilov. History

2025

Scientific article

UDK 69(09)

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Anna Y. Safonova

bachelor’s degree, Petrozavodsk State University
(Petrozavodsk, Russia),
Safonova2005.06@yandex.ru

A decade of Struggle: Rector M. I. Shumilov and Сonstruction of New Buildings of Petrozavodsk State University

Scientific adviser:
Irina V. Shorokhova
Reviewer:
Valentina V. Volokhova

Paper submitted on: 11/24/2025;
Accepted on: 12/15/2025;
Published online on: 12/15/2025.

Abstract. During M. I. Shumilov's tenure as rector from 1973 to 1991, Petrozavodsk State University encountered a severe shortage of instructional facilities and student accommodation. This article examines the process of designing and constructing a complex of university buildings in the Drevlyanka district. Based on a wide range of archival sources and periodicals, it explores the administrative and financial problems that led to the construction of new university buildings being delayed for almost a decade, with construction only beginning in 1988. In many ways, the difficulties were rooted in the fact that funding for culture and education was allocated on a residual basis.
Keywords: Petrozavodsk State University, M. I. Shumilov, I. I. Senkin, A. A. Kochetov, Giprovuz, Drevlyanka

For citation: Safonova, A. Y. A decade of Struggle: Rector M. I. Shumilov and Сonstruction of New Buildings of Petrozavodsk State University. StudArctic forum. 2025, 10 (4): 5–11.

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