KChGU named after U.D. Aliev

The Karachay-Cherkess State University named after U. D. Aliev (KChGU) was founded in 1938 as a teacher training institute for preparing teachers for national secondary schools of the Karachay and Cherkess autonomous regions. As a result of the forced deportation of the entire Karachay population to Central Asia and Kazakhstan in 1943, the Karachay-Cherkess Pedagogical Institute was merged with Pyatigorsk. However, in 1957, the institute resumed its work. In 2003, it became a classical state university. The university is distinguished by the presence of national departments for Karachay and Nogai, Circassian and Abaza philology, which makes it a unique educational institution in the region.