Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Altai State Pedagogical Academy -  Altai State Pedagogical Academy (Russian: Алтайская государственная педагогическая академия) is an institution of higher education in Barnaul Russia.Barnaul Teachers Institute was established in 1933 and renamed into Barnaul State Pedagogical Institute in 1941. In 1993 this institution of higher education received a university status. In 2009 Barnaul State Pedagogical University (Russian: Барнаульский государственный педагогический университет) was made an academy.
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Educational Institution