Saint Petersburg State University

Saint Petersburg State University

formerly  (1924–91) Leningrad State University,  Russian  Sankt Peterburgsky Gosudarstvenny Universitet, or Leningradsky Gosudarstvenny Universitet,  

      coeducational state institution of higher learning in St. Petersburg (Saint Petersburg), founded in 1819 as the University of St. Petersburg. During World War II the university was evacuated to Saratov. The university's buildings were severely damaged during the Siege of Leningrad but were later completely restored. The university's curriculum places greatest emphasis on training teachers and researchers in the physical and social sciences. Tuition is free, and most students receive a government stipend for living expenses. However, admission is very competitive. The university has one of the largest libraries in Russia.

      St. Petersburg State University is perhaps the second most important university in Russia, after Moscow State University. It has long been a leading centre for Russian scholarship. Among its better-known professors have been the physicist Aleksandr S. Popov, the chemist Dmitry I. Mendeleyev, and the astronomer Viktor A. Ambartsumian. Among the university's students have been the physiologist Ivan P. Pavlov and the writer Ivan Turgenev. Vladimir I. Lenin received a degree in law from the university in 1891.

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