The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Росси́йский Университе́т Дру́жбы Наро́дов, РУДН) is located in southwest Moscow.  It was founded in 1960 as the Peoples' Friendship University. Its primary goal was to help nations of the Third World at the height of the Cold War, providing higher education as well as a KGB training ground for young communists from developing countries. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... A developing country is a country with low average income compared to the world average. ...

In 1961, the university became Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University, named after the Congolese revolutionary and prime minister Patrice Lumumba. In the first year, 539 foreign students from 59 countries were enlisted (plus 57 Soviet students). The terrorist Carlos the Jackal studied at this university, along with guerrillas and revolutionaries from Latin America, Africa and Asia. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... For other uses of Congo, see Congo (disambiguation). ... The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789 during the French Revolution. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Patrice Lumumba as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960 Patrice Émery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was an African anti-colonial leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after he helped to win its independence... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) Translation: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Language(s) Russian (the de facto official language), 14 other official languages Government Socialist republic Leaders  - 1922-1924 Vladimir Lenin  - 1924-1953 Joseph Stalin... This article is becoming very long. ... Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born October 12, 1949) is a Venezuelan-born terrorist and mercenary. ... Guerilla may refer to Guerrilla warfare. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ...

After the collapse of USSR

In 1992 the university was renamed the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and students who once were schooled in Marxist philosophy now take courses in capitalist business^[1]. In 2004 there were roughly 13,000 graduate and undergraduate students from more than 100 countries. The great majority of the student body today, however, is Russian. The school's fortunes have faded since the Soviet collapse, but it is still a draw for many foreign students with few higher-education alternatives, despite the many dangers. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... See also Marxian economics Marxist philosophy or Marxist theory designs work in philosophy which is strongly influenced by Karl Marxs materialist approach to theory or which is written by Marxists. ... In economics, a capitalist is someone who owns capital, presumably within the economic system of capitalism. ... Wall Street, Manhattan is the location of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the world of business. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ...

Black and Asian students have increasingly been subject to violent racist and anti-foreigner attacks, including a number of murders. On the night of 24 November 2003, a mysterious fire in a university student dormitory left over 40 foreign students dead. Russian media later cited a police source as saying all the doors leading to the fire escapes had been blocked^[2]. The fire services blame an electrical fault, however students blamed arsonists; the previous night, they said, two skinheads had been chased from the area following an attempted arson attack^[3]. There has been no police investigation. 1. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Skyline Parkway Motel in Afton, Virginia after an arson fire on July 9, 2004. ... Skinheads, named after their cropped or shaven heads, are members of a working class subculture that originated in Britain in the 1960s, where they were heavily influenced by the rude boys of the West Indies and the mods of the UK. In subsequent decades, the skinhead subculture spread to other...

References

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See also

• International Lenin School

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External links

• University website
• Satellite photo of the University Google maps