Petrozavodsk State University

Petrozavodsk State University (State University of Petrozavodsk; Petrozavodsk State University) Russia's top institutions of higher learning, is the cradle of training the Soviet Union, Russia's top leaders, well-known alumni such as the former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Andropov, the Russian Federation's current Prime Minister of the country, Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Federation Ministry of Education Minister Cuoganganov and so on. In addition, the university was ranked 19th in the latest Russian University Ranking Top 50 published by ITAR-TASS in 2016.