Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University

The Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University (Педагоги́ческий институ́т Ирку́тского госуда́рственного университе́та) was founded in 1909 in Irkutsk, Siberia as Irkutsk Teaching Institute for training teachers for schools and colleges. The institute has 3 faculties and 21 departments, and provides education in 9 training directions. Minor plant 2585 Irpedina, discovered by Soviet astronomer and a graduate of the Institute Nikolay Chernykh, is named after the institute (Chernykh's wife, Lyudmila Chernykh, was also an astronomer and a graduate of the institute).