Transbaikal State University

Founded 1938. Previously known as Zabaikalskij Gosudarstvennyj Pedagogičeskij Universitet (Zabaikal State Pedagogical University), then from 2003 Zabaikal State Humanitarian Pedagogical University named after N.G. Chernishevsky (Zabaikalskij Gosudarstvennyj Gumanitarno-Pedagogičeskij Universitet im. N.G. Černyševskogo). Acquired current title 2012 when it merged with Zabaikal State University (which was previously known as Chita State University (Čitinskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet).