On 15 March 1972, by Order of the Ministry of Culture of the
RSFSR No. 182, the Oryol branch of the
Moscow State Institute of Culture was founded in the city of
Oryol. was appointed the first rector of the branch. The first teaching staff of the institute included 60 people. 210 students were admitted to the first course of full-time education, another 135 students began to study at the extramural courses. Initially, two faculties (Cultural and educational work faculty and Librarian faculty) and six general institute departments (chairs) were created as part of the institute. By 1979, the number of general institute departments increased to 16. In 1978, the choreographic ensemble “Raduga” (
Rainbow) was created at the institute. In 1985, this ensemble became a diploma winner of the
12th World Festival of Youth and Students and a laureate of the All-Union Festival of Artistic Creativity dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Victory in the
Great Patriotic War. In 1987, another institute's creative team was created, the Oryol City Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments, which in 1990 won the first prize of the All-Russian Competition of Ensembles and Orchestras. On 13 December 1990, the
Oryol branch of the Moscow State Institute of Culture was reorganized into an independent higher educational institution, the
Oryol State Institute of Culture. The first rector of an independent institute was Professor Nikolai Aleksandrovich Parshikov (who had already headed the
Oryol branch of the MSIC since 1983). Four faculties were created in the reorganized institute: Cultural studies; Folk art; Librarian; Advanced training, as well as 16 general university divisions (chairs). In June 2021, Nikolai Parshikov left the post of rector of
OSIC after 38 years of leading the institute. Over the years of its existence, the institute has trained more than 20,000 specialists in both full-time and extramural forms of education. == Structure ==