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Also Known As Moscow M. V. Lomonosov State University • Moskovsky Gosudarstvenny Universitet Imeni M. V. Lomonosova
Date 1755 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni Sergei Novikov • Ilya Mikhaylovich Frank • Wassily Kandinsky • Mikhail Gorbachev • Andrey Sakharov • Yevgeny Primakov • Yuri Milner • Vitaly Ginzburg • Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko • Andrei Okounkov • Vladimir Voevodsky • Tony Hoare • Gregory Margulis • Vladimir Drinfeld
Related People Mikhail Lomonosov • A.R. Luria

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