Penza, 5 December 2016. PenzaNews. The head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev signed the order that the Penza Agricultural Academy is renamed Penza State Agricultural University.

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According to the text of the document, the department of education, science and technology policy, as well as of land policy, property relations and state property was assigned to make corresponding changes into the statute of the institute of higher education for its confirmation and registration in accordance with the established procedure.

The deputy head of Ministry of Agriculture Elena Astrakhantseva was named responsible for the control of the order execution.

As it was reported earlier, the decision to assign the university status to the Penza Agricultural Academy became known on October 29, during grand events devoted to the 65th anniversary of the institution.