History periodization of Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages

The problem of periodization of historical events or phenomena is always debatable. Sometimes it is difficult to find a consensus on the definition of chronological time frame of a particular event. The problem of the history periodization of Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages is not an exception. Lazarev Institute has a rich and sometimes complicated history, so the same historical event of the institution can be interpreted in different ways. Researchers in different periods (in the pre-revolutionary period – A. Zinoviev, during the Soviet period – A.P.Baziyants, M.Nersisyan, A.T.Amirkhanyan and modern history – A.V. Torkunov, V.V. Vasilenko) developed different variants of periodization: they divided the time periods into smaller ones or united closely intertwined events into a larger period. The basic element of each periodization is a historian’s principle by which he describes a historical event. The author’s variant of periodization presented in the paper makes it possible to consider the problem in a new way, as it includes the chronological framework of the period preceding the beginning of teaching at the institute. This period played a significant role not only for the opening, but also in the formation of the foundations and principles of the educational institution during the time of its existence.