State University, St. Petersburg

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STATE UNIVERSITY, ST. PETERSBURG (SPSU) (7/9 Universitetskaya Embankment) is one of the largest educational, scientific and cultural centers of Russia. The university comes from the Academic University, which was later reorganised into the Normal School, the Normal Gymnasium, the Pedagogical Institute and the Major Pedagogical Institute. The latter was transformed in 1819 into St. Petersburg University, consisting of three faculties: law and philosophy; history and philology; mathematics and physics. The Pedagogical College (formerly the Second Rank Major Pedagogical Institute) and the Finishing School were all functioning at the university. In 1860, courses were designed to train secondary school teachers. In 1854-1917, there were four faculties at the university: the Faculty of History and Philology, the Faculty of Philosophy and Law, the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, and the Faculty of Oriental Studies. In 1918, the university was called the First Petrograd State University. In 1918-19, it incorporated the Historical and Philological Institute (renamed the University Pedagogical Institute), the Second Petrograd University - formerly the Higher Women"s (Besstuzhev) Courses and the Third Petrograd University (formerly the University of the Psycho Neurological Institute). The new United Petrograd State University consisted of the following two faculties: the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. In 1922, Archaeological Institute was added to the university, in 1924, the Chemical Pharmaceutical Institute; in 1925, the Institute of Geography. In 1924-92, it was called Leningrad State University (LSU), and since 1992 it has been known as SPSU. In 1933-37, it was named after A.S. Bubnov, and in 1948-88, after A.A. Zhdanov. Scientific schools were formed at the university in the following disciplines: mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, geology, history, philology, philosophy, Slavic studies, oriental studies, etc. Throughout the history of the university, many important figures worked and did scientific research at SPSU. They include A.D. Alexandrov, V.M. Alexeev, K.I. Arsenyev, V.V. Bartold, A.N. Beketov, L.S. Berg, S.N. Bernstein, K.N. Bestuzhev-Ryumin, G.P. Bongard, I.P. Borodin, A.M. Butlerov, N.E. Vvedensky, A.A. Voskresensky, K.D. Glinka, B.D. Grekov, Y.K. Grot, A.S. Dogel, V.V. Dokuchaev, S.A. Zhebelev, F.F. Zelinsky, N.I. Kareev, P.K. Kokovtsov, A.O. Kovalevsky, N.P. Kondakov, I.Y. Krachkovsky, M.S. Kutorga, A.S. Lappo-Danilevsky, E.Ch. Lenz, A.M. Lyapunov, A.A. Markov, N.Y. Marr, I.I. Mechnikov, D.I. Mendeleev, N.A. Menshutkin, S.F. Oldenburg, S.F. Platonov, A.S. Popov, V.R. Rozen, V.I. Semevsky, V.I. Sergeevich, I.M. Sechenov, V.A. Steklov, V.V. Struve, E.V. Tarle, A.I. Ukhtomsky, A.S. Famintsyn, O.D. Khvolson, P.L. Chebyshev, A.A. Shakhmatov, V.M. Shimkevich, I.I. Yanzhul, et al. Students include B.A. Asafyev, A.N. Benois, I.Y. Bilibin, A.A. Block, V.V. Veresaev, M.A. Vrubel, A.K. Glazunov, M.I. Glinka, I.E. Grabar, A.F. Kerensky, D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak, N.N. Miklukho-Maklay, I.P. Pavlov, A.V. Palladin, D.I. Pisarev, N.G. Pomyalovsky, A.M. Prokhorov, N.N. Semenov, P.A. Stolypin, K.A. Timiryazev, I.S. Turgenev, G.I. Uspensky, E.K. Fedorov, N.G. Chernyshevsky and many others. In 1942-44, Leningrad State University worked in the evacuation at Saratov. The First Leningrad Foreign Languages Institute was included into SPSU in 1956. An educational and research centre of the LSU was built in Old Peterhof in the 1960s. In 2002, the University was comprised of 12 scientific research institutes, Academic Gymnasium, Canadian and French Colleges, educational and research centers and bases; the faculties of biology and soil science, oriental studies, geography and geo-ecology, geology, journalism, history, mathematics and mechanics, medicine, international relations, applied mathematics, psychology, sociology, physics, philology, philosophy, chemistry, economy, law, and the School of Management. Preliminary courses and minor faculties were organised for entrants. Standing partners of SPGU include the scientific and educational centers of the USA, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, China, Norway, Poland, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, Japan, and others, as well as the universities of Amsterdam, Cambridge, Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig, Turku, Helsinki, Osaka, and many others. SPGU occupies the Building of Twelve Collegiums, the former building of Smolny Convent, buildings of the former Alexandrovsky Institute (5 Smolnogo Street; 1765-75, architect Y. M. Felten), the former Novobirzhevoy Gostiny Dvor (5 Mendeleevskaya Line; the early 19th century, project of G. Quarenghi; the third floor was added in 1936), the former palace of Emperor Peter II (11 Universitetskaya Embankment; 1727-61).

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А. P. Kupaygorodskaya. Alexandrov Alexander Danilovich
Alexeev Vasily Mikhailovich
Arsenyev Konstantin Ivanovich
Asafyev Boris Vladimirovich
Bartold Vasily Vladimirovich
Beketov Andrey Nikolaevich
Benois Alexander Nikolaevich
Berg Lev Semenovich
Bernstein Sergey Natanovich
Bestuzhev-Ryumin Konstantin Nikolaevich
Bilibin Ivan Yakovlevich
Blok G.P.
Bongard Heinrich-Gustav
Borodin Ivan Parfenievich
Bubnov Andrey Sergeevich
Butlerov Alexander Mikhailovich
Chebyshev Pafnuty Lvovich
Chernyshevsky Nikolay Gavrilovich
Dogel Alexander Stanislavovich
Dokuchaev Vasily Vasilievich
Famintsyn Andrey Sergeevich
Fedorov Evgeny Konstantinovich
Felten Yury (Georg Friedrich) Matveevich
Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich
Glinka Konstantin Dmitrievich
Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich
Grabar Igor Emmanuilovich
Grekov Boris Dmitrievich
Grot Yakov Karlovich
Kareev Nikolay Ivanovich
Kerensky Alexander Fedorovich
Khvolson Orest Danilovich
Kokovtsov Pavel Konstantinovich
Kondakov Nikodim Pavlovich
Kovalevsky Alexander Onufrievich
Krachkovsky Ignaty Yulianovich
Kutorga Mikhail Semenovich
Lappo-Danilevsky Alexander Sergeevich
Lenz Emily Hristianovich
Lyapunov Alexander Mikhailovich
Mamin-Sibiryak (real name Mamin) Dmitry Narkisovich
Markov Andrey Andreevich
Marr Nikolay Yakovlevich
Mechnikov Ilya Ilyich
Mendeleev Dmitry Ivanovich
Menshtukin Nikolay Alexandrovich
Miklukho-Maclay Nikolay Nikolaevich
Oldenburg Sergey Fedorovich
Orbeli Iosif Abgarovich
Palladin Alexander Vladimirovich
Pavlov Ivan Petrovich
Pisarev Dmitry Ivanovich
Platonov Sergey Fedorovich
Pomyalovsky Nikolay Gerasimovich
Popov A.A.
Prokhorov Alexander Mikhailovich
Quarenghi Giacomo
Rosen Viktor Romanovich, Baron
Sechenov Ivan Mikhailovich
Semenov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Semevsky Vasily Ivanovich
Sergeevich Vasily Ivanovich
Shakhmatov Alexey Alexandrovich
Shimkevich Vladimir Mikhailovich
Steklov Vladimir Andreevich
Stolypin Peter Arkadievich
Struve Vasily Vasilievich
Tarle Evgeny Viktorovich
Timiryazev Klimenty Arkadievich
Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
Ukhtomsky Alexey Alexeevich
Uspensky Gleb Ivanovich
Veresaev (born Smidovich) Vikenty Vikentievich
Voskresensky Alexander Abramovich
Vrubel Mikhail Alexandrovich
Vvedensky Nikolay Evgenievich
Yanzhul Ivan Ivanovich
Zelinsky Faddey (Tadeusz-Stephan) Franzevich
Zhdanov Andrey Alexandrovich
Zhebelev Sergey Alexandrovich
Mendeleevskaya Line/Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Smolnogo St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Universitetskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 7/9
Universitetskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 11
Очерки по истории Ленинградского университета. Л.; СПб., 1962-2000
Ендольцев Ю. А. Санкт-Петербургский университет: Нестандарт. путеводитель. СПб., 1999
Марголис Ю. Д., Тишкин Г. А. Единым вдохновением: Очерки истории унив. образования в Петербурге в конце XVIII - первой половине XIX в. СПб., 2000
Олесич Н. Я. Господин студент Императорского С.-Петербургского университета. СПб., 1998
Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет: Летопись, 1724-1999. СПб., 1999
Ленинградский университет в воспоминаниях современников. Л., 1963-1982
История Ленинградского университета, 1819-1969: Очерки. Л., 1969
Ленинградский университет в Великой Отечественной: Очерки. Л., 1990 Academic University
Main Pedagogical Institute
Historical-Philological Institute
Bestuzhev's Courses
Archaeological Institute
Academic Gymnasium
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