Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the Construction of a New Building for Moscow State University," March 15, 1948

Source: Tom 18

The Council of Ministers of the USSR notes that the academic and residential buildings currently occupied by Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, as a result of the establishment of new faculties and the increase in the number of students, are overcrowded and do not provide normal conditions for the education of students and graduate students or for the research work of the faculty.

The Council of Ministers of the USSR resolves:

1. To construct during 1948-1952 a new building for Moscow State University on the Lenin Hills with a volume of 1,700,000 cubic meters, with a height of not less than 20 stories in the central section instead of the 32-story building previously envisaged.

2. The new building shall house the faculties of physics, chemistry, biology, mechanics-mathematics, geology-soil science, and geography.

3. The project shall include:
a) Academic and research facilities, including 23 lecture halls for 150-600 persons each; 125 seminar rooms; 350 teaching laboratories; 350 research laboratories; libraries for 1,200,000 volumes; museums of geology, paleontology, mineral resources, mineralogy, soil science, geography, zoology, and anthropology;
b) Residential facilities for 5,250 students and 750 graduate students, with each provided a separate room with amenities;
c) 200 apartments for faculty (90 two-room, 60 three-room, and 50 four-room apartments).

d) A botanical garden on the grounds.

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR — I. Stalin