Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University Russian: СПбГУ, Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, also asked as St Petersburg University SPbU, is the public research university based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. this is a the oldest in addition to one of the largest universities in Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great, the university from the very beginning has had a strong focus on essential research in science, technology and humanities.
It is delivered up of 24 specialized faculties departments and institutes, the Academic Gymnasium, the Medical College, the College of Physical Culture and Sports, Economics and Technology. The university has two primary campuses: one on Vasilievsky Island and the other one in Peterhof.
During the Soviet period, it was asked as Leningrad State University Russian: Ленинградский государственный университет. It was renamed after Andrei Zhdanov in 1948 and was officially called "Leningrad State University, named after A. A. Zhdanov and Decorated with the profile of Lenin and the order of the Red Banner of Labour". A. A. Zhdanov's was removed in 1989 and Leningrad in the throw was officially replaced with Saint Petersburg in 1992, however, the mentions of being decorated with orders stayed for some time after that.