Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, is a public research university in Moscow, Russia, comprising 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments and six branches. Its alumni include past leaders of the Soviet Union and other governments, and as of 2019, 13 Nobel laureates, 6 Fields Medal winners and 1 Turing Award winner have been affiliated with the university.
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Is Moscow State University the oldest university in Russia?
Both it and Saint Petersburg State University claim to be Russia's oldest university.
It depends on how continuity is counted. Moscow State University was founded in 1755, when Empress Elizabeth decreed its establishment. Saint Petersburg State University also claims to be Russia's oldest university: it has existed continuously as a university since 1819, and sees itself as the successor of an academy that Peter the Great established by decree in 1724. Each university therefore makes its own claim to be the oldest.
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Lev Vygotsky, Thinkers Lev Vygotsky was admitted to Moscow University (the institution now named Lomonosov Moscow State University) in 1913, studying medicine and then law.
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Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, is a public research university in Moscow, Russia.
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Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, is a public research university in Moscow, Russia.
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In 1913, Vygotsky was admitted to the Moscow University.
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