Official names of Moscow University

• January 13 (January 25, Old Style), 1755 to February 23 (March 8, Old Style), 1917 — Imperial Moscow University
• February to October 1917 — Moscow University
• Since the end of 1917 — Moscow State University (MSU)
• 1918 to September 1930 — 1st Moscow University
• September 1930 to October 20, 1932 — Moscow State University
• October 20, 1932 to November 11, 1937 — M.N.Pokrovsky Moscow State University
• November 11, 1937 to May 7, 1940 — Moscow State University
• May 7, 1940 to May 7, 1955 г — M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
• May 7, 1955 to January 22, 1980 — M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• January 22, 1980 to 1991 — M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• 1991 to May 28, 2008 — M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Since May 28, 2008 — Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University (Lomonosov MSU or MSU)