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Education in Russia produces 100% literacy. About three million students attend Russia's 519 institutions of higher education and 48 universities. As a result of great emphasis on science and technology in education, Russian medical, mathematical, scientific, and space and aviation research is generally of a high order. Nowadays, the country has 685 governmental higher education institutions, all of these having state accreditation. Besides, 619 non-governmental higher education institutions have been licensed for educational activities, 367 of these having been given accreditation in the past decade. Thus, the number of higher education institutions is 1,304 . In 2003–2004, the total number of students of higher education institutions was 5,947,500, including 5,228,700 and 718,800 in governmental and non-governmental education institutions respectively. '''' More »
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Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is one of the oldest educational institutions in Russia. It was established in the city of Saint Petersburg on January 28, 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great. At various times prior to 1924, it has also been known as Petersburg University, Petrograd University, and the University of St. Petersburg. From 1924-1948, and again from 1989-1991, the university was called Leningrad State University, and from October 22 1948 to January 13 1989 it was called A... More »
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology , abbreviated MIPT or informally Phystech is a leading Russian university, originally established in the Soviet Union. It prepares specialists in theoretical and applied physics, applied mathematics, and related disciplines. It is sometimes referred to as "the Russian MIT." MIPT is famous in the countries of the former Soviet Union, but is less known abroad. This is largely due to the specifics of the MIPT educational process . More »
Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University
Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University is a major Russian technical university situated in Saint Petersburg. Previously it was known as the Peter the Great Polytechnical Institute and Kalinin Polytechnical Institute . More »
Moscow State Technical University
The Bauman Moscow State Technical University a public university located in Moscow, Russia. Bauman MSTU is one of the oldest and biggest Russian educational institutions offering the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in various engineering fields and applied sciences. More »
Tomsk State University
Tomsk State University , formally Imperial Tomsk University, is the first university in Siberia - it was founded in 1878 in Tomsk, Russia. TSU opened in 1888 with only one department, the medical school. Today, there are 22 departments in TSU with 23,000 students. More »
Novosibirsk State University
Novosibirsk State University was founded in May 1959 in the USSR by Soviet academicians Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentiev, Sergei Lvovich Sobolev and Sergey Alekseyevich Khristianovich in a program of estabilishing a Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Novosibirsk State University is one of the most famous universities in Russia, although is somewhat young. The university is located 20 kilometers from the city of Novosibirsk, a cultural and industrial center of Siberia. More »
Moscow Medical Academy
The I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy is the oldest and the largest national medical higher educational institution. For more than 240 years I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, previous name - I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Institute of Medicine has been playing the leading role in the development of medical science and training of medical and scientific personnel. Today the academy is a major center for training, certification and upgrading the medical personnel and pharmacists. More »
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Moscow State Institute of International Relations is a public university in Moscow, Russia affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. It is the oldest and the best known school of Russia for preparing specialists in International relations and Diplomacy. More »
Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
The Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo near Saint Petersburg was founded by the Emperor Alexander I with the object of educating youths of the best families, who should afterwards occupy important posts in the Imperial service. Its regulations were published on 11 January 1811, although they had received the Imperial sanction on 12 August 1810, when the four-storied "new" wing of the Great Palace was appointed for its accommodation, with special premises for a hospital, a kitchen and other... More »
Lev Vygotsky
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