The Chronicle of the 70 years of Moscow University for the Humanities
The article reviews the main stages of the 70-year-long history of Moscow University for the Humanities, starting from its foundation as the Central Komsomol School at the Central Committee of VLKSM (All-Union Leninist Young Communist League). We look at the crucial events in the history of the Central Komsomol School (1944-1969), Higher School of Komsomol (1969-1990), Institute of the Youth (1990-2000) and Moscow Socio-Humanitarian Academy (2000-2003). This first part of the article finishes with the final renaming of the Academy into Moscow University for the Humanities (2003).