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Also Known As Leningrad State University • Leningrad A.A. Zhdanov State University • Leningradsky Gosudarstvenny Universitet • University of Saint Petersburg • Sankt Peterburgsky Gosudarstvenny Universitet
Date 1819 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni Mikhail Gromov • Mikhail Gromov • Vladimir Putin • Igor Stravinsky • Ayn Rand • Ivan Pavlov • Dmitry Medvedev • George Gamow • Dalia Grybauskaitė • Alexei Ekimov • Roy Medvedev

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