Seal of Saint Petersburg State University

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. It is also known as Petersburg University, Petrograd University, Leningrad State University, University of St. Petersburg. In the period between 1803 and 1819 the University formally did not exist; the institution founded by Peter the Great - Saint-Petersburg Academy - was already 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). There is some degree of continuity between the Academy, the Pedagogical Institute and the University. This allows some to claim that the Saint Petersburg State University is the oldest university in Russia. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ...

Famous Alumni and Faculty

• Victor Ambartsumian
• Leonhard Euler
• Vladimir Fok
• George Gamow
• Nikolai Gogol
• Leonid Kantorovich
• Lev Davidovich Landau
• Vasiliy Leontiev
• Mikhail Lomonosov
• Aleksandr Lyapunov
• Dmitri Mendeleev
• Vladimir Putin
• Ayn Rand
• Nikolai Semenov
• Sergey Sobolev
• Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)

Leonhard Euler aged 49 (oil painting by Emanuel Handmann, 1756) Leonhard Euler [oilər] (April 15, 1707 - September 18, 1783) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist. ... Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock (or Fok, Владимир Александрович Фок) (22 December 1898 - December 27, 1974) was a Soviet physicist, who did foundational work on quantum mechanics. ... George Gamow, born Georgiy Antonovich Gamow (Георгий Антонович Гамов) (March 4, 1904 – August 19, 1968) was a Ukrainian born physicist and cosmologist. ... Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Гоголь) (March 31, 1809 - March 4, 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer. ... Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich (January 19, 1912 in Petersburg — April 7, 1986 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian mathematician and economist. ... Lev Davidovich Landau (Ле́в Дави́дович Ланда́у) (January 22, 1908 – April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics whose broad field of work included the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity, quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics and particle physics. ... Wassily Leontief (August 5, 1906 - February 5, 1999), born at St. ... Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (Михаи́л Васи́льевич Ломоно́сов) (November 19 (November 8, Old Style), 1711 – April 15 (April 4, Old Style), 1765) was a Russian writer and polymath who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. ... Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (Александр Михайлович Ляпунов) (June 6, 1857 - November 3, 1918, all new style) was a Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. ... Mendeleyevs portrait by Ilya Repin. ... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad, U.S.S.R. First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин  pronunciation; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and... Publicity photo of Ayn Rand. ... Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov (Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов) (April 15 (April 3, Old Style), 1896 – September 25, 1986) was a Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist. ... Sobolev, Sergei Lvovich (Russian: Сергей Львович Соболев) (6 October 1908- 3 January 1989) was a Russian mathematician, working in mathematical analysis and partial differential equations. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) (April 22 (April 10 (O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism, later expanded into...

See also

• List of universities in Russia
• Education in Russia

The following is a list of universities in Russia: Universities offering broad range of degrees Bashkir State University Moscow State University Bauman Moscow State Technical University Saint Petersburg State University Far Eastern National University (Far Eastern State University) Kazan State University Kemerovo State University Krasnodar State University Nizhny Novgorod State... This article is about education in Russia. ...

External Link

• University Homepage (http://www.spbu.ru/e/)