Kabardino-Balkar State University named after Kh.M. Berbekov

Kabardino-Balkar State University named after Kh.M. Berbekov is located in Nalchik at ulitsa Chernyshevskogo, 173. It was founded in 1932 as a pedagogical institute and became a full-fledged university called KBGU in 1957. Since September of the same year it has been functioning. The first rector of the university was Khatuta Mutovich Berbekov, who later had the university named after him. Over its history, KBGU received the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1982 and was honored with a distinguished title in 1996.