The Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health is a university in St. Petersburg, Russia, named after Peter Lesgaft.
History
Its history started from 1896, when Peter Lesgaft founded a training program for PE teachers.
It consists of following colleges:
Institute of Adaptive Physical Culture
Institute of Sports Facilities and Industries
Institute of Economics and Social Technology
Institute of International sports Programs
Institute of Health and Sports Medicine
and the following faculties:
Faculty Summer Olympic Sports
Faculty of Winter Olympic Sports
Faculty of non-Olympic sports
Faculty of martial arts
Faculty of Economics, Management and Law
Faculty individual educational and sports technology
Faculty of Basic Training
Faculty profiled training
Faculty training and retraining
Faculty training of the teaching staff (postgraduate and doctoral studies) Faculty teaching and professional practice Faculty of Social Science and Humanities Preparatory Faculty
It is also the publisher of the magazine Scientific notes University Lesgaft and the newspaper Lesgaftovets ("For physical training cadres").
Sports teams
A team representing this university was the runner-up for the first edition of the Soviet Cup in bandy in 1937.