St. Petersburg State University

St. Petersburg State University is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Russia. It has played a key role in the development of science and education, as well as in the formation of the country's political and administrative elite. Over its centuries-long history, the university has been the alma mater of outstanding figures whose achievements have influenced not only Russia but the entire world.

Notable graduates of St. Petersburg State University include:

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev. Known for the periodic law of chemical elements, for deriving the equation of state of an ideal gas, and for other discoveries; he also proposed the idea of using pipelines to transport oil, among other contributions.

Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr. Orientalist, philologist, and cultural historian; Caucasologist and archaeologist. Founder of the "new doctrine of language," or "Japhetic theory." Marr promoted the idea that all languages share a single origin and rejected the concept of language families. He claimed that language derived from four primary elements: sal, ber, yon, rosh.

Larisa Volpert. Soviet and Estonian chess player and literary scholar, three-time USSR champion and Leningrad champion. International Grandmaster.

Ruslan Mirgaevich Gasymov. Russian judoka and sambist, holder of the title Master of Sport of Russia, International Class, in judo. European champion and world sambo champion are among his many sporting achievements.

In addition, political figures such as Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Putin, and Dmitry Medvedev graduated from Saint Petersburg State University.

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4) https://tribuna.ee/tribute/larisa-volpert/
5) https://roo-msvds.ru/personalities/gasymov-ruslan-miragaevich/