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Saint Petersburg State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (191 words) |
 | Saint Petersburg State University (Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Университет) one of the oldest Russian educational institutions, established in the city of Saint Petersburg on January 28, 1724 by decree of Peter the Great. |
| In the period between 1803 and 1819 the University formally did not exist; the institution founded by Peter the Great - Saint Petersburg Academy - had already been disbanded, whereas the institution that was later used as basis for the Saint Petersburg University was still known as the Main Pedagogical Institute (Главный Педагогический Институт). |
| St Petersburg University occupies a group of early 18th-century buildings on the Neva embankment of Vasilievsky Island. |
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