The Prototypes of MGIMO: from the History of Specialized Diplomatic Education in Russia

The article considers the history of establishing and developing specialized education of diplomats in the pre-revolutionary Russia that was perfected along with the professionalization and growth of the diplomatic service, while the country's international contacts expanded and grew more compl...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e7da562e2be44c02913ffcbe5463e6532021-11-23T14:50:55ZThe Prototypes of MGIMO: from the History of Specialized Diplomatic Education in Russia2071-81602541-909910.24833/2071-8160-2014-1-34-64-71https://doaj.org/article/e7da562e2be44c02913ffcbe5463e6532014-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/10https://doaj.org/toc/2071-8160https://doaj.org/toc/2541-9099The article considers the history of establishing and developing specialized education of diplomats in the pre-revolutionary Russia that was perfected along with the professionalization and growth of the diplomatic service, while the country's international contacts expanded and grew more complicated. The author points out that specialized offices for foreign affairs and permanent diplomatic missions brought about the necessity of training personnel, which meant, in particular, developing specific skills and abilities. Perfecting the training of diplomats implied the growing role of higher education for the personnel in the diplomatic service and making entrance examinations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs more and more difficult, which meant that the applicants had to possess specific knowledge in history, economics, law, regional studies, etc. The article analyzes the role of universities, lyceums and the Oriental Institute at the Asian Department of the 70 Ministry of Foreign Affairs in professional training of diplomats. The author gives a detailed analysis of the evolution of approaches of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire towards raising the standards of training diplomats, the role of the educational qualification and entrance examinations to the diplomatic service. It finally led the Ministry to the idea of creating a specialized education centre.A. I. KuznetsovMGIMO University Pressarticleministry of foreign affairs of the russian empireasian departmentoriental institutespecialized diplomatic educationeducational qualificationdiplomatic examinationsInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENRUVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, Vol 0, Iss 1(34), Pp 64-71 (2014)
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RU
topic ministry of foreign affairs of the russian empire
asian department
oriental institute
specialized diplomatic education
educational qualification
diplomatic examinations
International relations
JZ2-6530
spellingShingle ministry of foreign affairs of the russian empire
asian department
oriental institute
specialized diplomatic education
educational qualification
diplomatic examinations
International relations
JZ2-6530
A. I. Kuznetsov
The Prototypes of MGIMO: from the History of Specialized Diplomatic Education in Russia
description The article considers the history of establishing and developing specialized education of diplomats in the pre-revolutionary Russia that was perfected along with the professionalization and growth of the diplomatic service, while the country's international contacts expanded and grew more complicated. The author points out that specialized offices for foreign affairs and permanent diplomatic missions brought about the necessity of training personnel, which meant, in particular, developing specific skills and abilities. Perfecting the training of diplomats implied the growing role of higher education for the personnel in the diplomatic service and making entrance examinations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs more and more difficult, which meant that the applicants had to possess specific knowledge in history, economics, law, regional studies, etc. The article analyzes the role of universities, lyceums and the Oriental Institute at the Asian Department of the 70 Ministry of Foreign Affairs in professional training of diplomats. The author gives a detailed analysis of the evolution of approaches of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire towards raising the standards of training diplomats, the role of the educational qualification and entrance examinations to the diplomatic service. It finally led the Ministry to the idea of creating a specialized education centre.
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