In the historical centre of the city of Elabuga is a majestic three-storey University building, built in 1903. The author of the project of the institution was Vyatka architect Ivan Charushin.

In 1898 Elabuga merchant's wife glaphyra F. stakheeva in memory of her late husband (eminent citizen of the city) allocates funds for the construction of the Diocesan school for girls. When laying the Foundation, under the first brick in each corner of the building Glafira Feodorovna was laid for a gold coin for long service to the school buildings. Omen came true and more than one hundred years of the doors of an educational institution comes the best teachers ' frame of Tatarstan.

Until 1918, the building served as a Diocesan College for girls, which in addition to the basic Sciences studied the law of God, etiquette, music, and foreign languages. In 1918, the building opens Tatar teachers ' Seminary, which operated the Russians, vomacka, Mari and Tatar pedagogical courses. In our days, Elabuga state pedagogical University is a leading regional center of education, science and culture of Russia, cooperating with educational institutions in USA, Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries.

In September 2003 at the main entrance was a monument to one of the representatives of the merchant dynasty, the son of an eminent citizen of the city - writer D. I. Stakheev. The authors of the monument are Moscow sculptors V. A. Demchenko and A. V. Golovachev. At the opening ceremony of the monument was attended by the descendants of Stakheev from England, Australia, Singapore and Russia.