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The university to this day retains the status of one of the most common universities in the country. In Tsarist Russia, university students wore a dark green cap with a blue edging and a blue band.
The university changed official names frequently.

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Modern St. Petersburg State University is the successor of the Academic University, which was established simultaneously with the Academy of Sciences by the decree of Peter the Great on February 8, 1724.

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St. Petersburg State University is the first university in Russia. It was founded by decree of Emperor Peter I and today St. Petersburg University is the only university in Russia that has celebrated its 290th anniversary.

This university is located in St. Petersburg.
An interesting fact, many famous people studied at this university: Dmitry Mendeleev, Alexander Popov, Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Pavlov, Mikhail Glinka, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev and others.