Moscow State School No. 444 () is a state secondary school in the Izmaylovo district of Moscow, Russia, specialising in the advanced study of mathematics and computer science. Founded in 1953, it was one of the first physics-and-mathematics schools in Moscow.
History The school was founded in 1953. In 1959 the mathematics educator Semyon Shvartsburd established at School No. 444 one of the first specialised mathematics classes in the country, which marked the beginning of its development into a physics-and-mathematics school. The school subsequently operated as a physics-and-mathematics laboratory school with in-depth study of mathematics and computer science.
Brest Fortress Museum The school houses a museum dedicated to the defenders of the Brest Fortress, named after the regimental commissar Yefim Fomin. It originated in 1958, after a school expedition to Brest led by several teachers, including the mathematics teacher Yakov Chernyak, whose collected items formed the basis of an exhibition; the museum received official status in 1975.
Awards and recognition The school was named "School of the Year of Russia" in 1997 and 1998, and received the honorary "School of the Century" diploma in 2001.
Notable people Alumni Arkady Dvorkovich – economist and statesman; Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2012–2018) and President of FIDE Alexander Zhukov – economist and politician Lev Zelyony – physicist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Daniil Dubov – chess grandmaster Andrey Movchan – economist and financier
Faculty Semyon Shvartsburd – mathematician and educator, founder of the school's first mathematics class Naum Vilenkin – mathematician Yakov Chernyak – mathematics teacher, founder of the school's Brest Fortress museum Mikhail Shishkin – writer; taught German and English at the school
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