• 1804 – By the High Ukaz of
Emperor Alexander I, the Moscow Imperial Commercial School is created teaching the English, French, German, and Latin languages. • 1806 – The school moves into a historic building – the house of the former general-governor of Moscow, Peter Eropkin, on Ostozhenka (today this is the main campus of MSLU). • 1930 – 13 years after the
Russian Revolution a school of languages is revived within the same building as previously: by the order of NARKOM the Moscow Institute of New Languages is created. The first rector is
O. G. Anikst. • 1935 – The institute's name is changed to the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (MSPIFL). • 1941 – In the building of the institute the 5th Militia Division of Frunzensky District is formed and many students and faculty become members. • 1945 – Alumni and faculty of MSPIFL interpret at the
Nuremberg and
Tokyo Trials. • 1964 – MSPIFL is renamed in the honour of Maurice Thorez, a long-time leader of the French Communist Party and a prominent figure in the international communist movement, and becomes the Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. • 1990 – MSPIFL is renamed Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU). • 2000 – By the decision of the Heads of Government of
CIS member states, MGLU is named a core organization of the language and culture of CIS member states. • 2001–2004 – MGLU becomes host to the Center of
Armenian Language and Culture, the Center of
Kazakh Language and Culture, and the first Center of
Ukrainian studies in Russia. • 1998 – 2005 – At MGLU the Center of
German Language and Culture, the Center of
Francophone Studies, the Center of
Spanish Language and Culture, and the Center of the Languages and Cultures of
Canada are opened. • From 2001 – MGLU is the coordinator of the
European Day of Languages for Russia and the rest of the CIS states. • 2005 – At MGLU the Center of Russian Language and Culture is opened to focus on the teaching of foreign students of MGLU who are interested in broadening and deepening their knowledge in the areas of Russian language and culture. • 2005 – In accordance with a decision of the Academic Council of Moscow State Linguistic University, in November 2005 the University established an Information Centre for
Global Security Affairs. • 2007 – With the support of the
Turkish Embassy, a Center of Turkish Language and Culture is opened at MGLU. == Faculties ==