Yerevan Brusov State Institute of Foreign Languages

                   Suren T. Zolyan                                                               | Back | Home | Biography | Bibliography|
              Professor, Doctor of Philology
 
 Rector:S.T.Zolyan
 For centuries education  has been absolute priority of  the Armenian people.                Communication with the world  through  language, presenting one’s own and  apprehending the values  of other nations need professional mediators. 
That’s why more than a 60-year-old history  of the Brussov Institute is inseparable from the history of Armenian these years. In different years the Institute set for itself different cardinal tasks, but all of them were aimed at reaching the supreme goal. The history of the Institute began in 1935, when the first teacher-training courses of the Russian language were founded. Later, as the  international relations of Armenia developed and strengthened, the tasks of the Institute extended - it became an Institute of Russian and Foreign languages. 
  
 Most of the teachers in secondary schools in Armenia are our graduates. Now that Armenia has gained independence, not only the schools but also other walks of life in Armenia need  strengthening the widest international contacts. Responding to the challenges of the time, our Institute, alongside with the linguistic knowledge, develops new specialities connected with  social sciences and cross-cultural schemes and area studies. After all language is also culture. Culture is also language. And not only; as L. Vitgenshtein says. “Borders of a language - are borders of the world.” Implementing the tasks of linguistic education endeavouring to become a centre of studying foreign languages, we have chosen a goal which is fundamental to our mission - to prepare liberally educated specialists, who will contribute to building bridges between Armenia and the rest of the world. We accept the Order of Peoples’ Friendship awarded to the Institute in 1985 as a symbol of loftiest mission we are to fulfil. 
 

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