Donetsk National University
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The Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University (abbr. DonNU, Donetskyi natsionalnyi universytet imeni Vasylia Stusa, Donetskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet) is one of the leading higher educational institutions of Ukraine. In 2014, due to the war in Donbas, a number of teachers and students left Donetsk and subsequently reestablished the university as Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University in Vinnytsia. At the same time, some teachers and most students remained in Donetsk, therefore splitting the university in two. The university's history starts in 1937 from the moment of the creation of a pedagogical institute in Donetsk (then Stalino). In 1965, the institute was transformed into Donetsk State University. It was accorded the National status in 2000.
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