Kazan State University, Russia
  • Kazan State University, Russia

  • Country: Russia
  • Type: Education
  • Website: old.kpfu.ru
  • Update: 05-02

One of the oldest universities in Russia - Kazan State University was founded in 1804. Kazan State University was the third university in Russia after Moscow University and St. Petersburg University. For many years Kazan State University has been the highest educational institution in the eastern part of Russia, and it has become a center of Russian education, science and culture, with certain academic schools formed at the university. The university has a high reputation in Russia in the fields of mathematics, chemistry, medicine, linguistics, geology, geobotany, etc. Famous scientists and inventors include: Lobarevsky, the founder of non-Euclidean geometry; Klaus, the discoverer of the chemical element ruthenium; Butlerov, the founder of the theory of the structure of organic syntheses; Zavoysky, the inventor of electronic magnetic resonance; Altshuler, the inventor of acoustic magnetic resonance. etc. Since its foundation, the university has trained more than 70,000 specialists, including many famous scholars and social activists. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and Vladimir Lenin studied there.

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