This is the list of rectors of Moscow State University. Since the foundation of the University in 1755 there were 44 rectors. * 1755–1757 * 1757–1763 * Mikhail Kheraskov 1763–1770 * 1771–1784 * 1784–1796 * 1796–1803 * Khariton Chebotaryov 1803–1805 * 1805–1807 * 1807–1808 * 1808–1819 * 1819–1826 * Ivan Dvigubsky 1826–1833 * 1833–1836 * 1836–1842 * 1842–1848 * 1848–1850 * 1850–1863 * 1863–1870 * Sergey Solovyov 1871–1877 * 1877–1883 * Nikolay Bogolepov 1883–1887 * 1887–1891 * 1891–1893 * Nikolay Bogolepov 1893–1895 * Pavel Nekrasov 1895–1898 * 1898 * 1898–1899 * Aleksandr Tikhomirov 1899–1904 * 1904–1905 * Sergei Trubetskoy 1905 * Alexander Manuilov 1905–1911 * 1911–1917 * Mikhail Menzbir 1917–1919 * Vladimir Gulevich 1919 * 1919–192