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ACADEMIC UNIVERSITY, the first Russian university founded by Peter the Great in 1724 as a part of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences and now officially recognised as the predecessor of the St. Petersburg State University. It was situated in the same building as the Academic Gymnasium. It employed members of the academy to provide a three year education, it started in January 1726. The classes including mathematics, physics, and humanities. Lectures were given in Latin and German. Students were invited from Germany at first and enrolled from theological seminaries later on. There were 38 people studying in the university in 1726-33. Classes were held irregularly and suspended in 1732-38 and 1740. Following the regulations of the Academy of Sciences, the university received independence and a staff of professors in 1747 classes was held regularly from then on and students consisted of the best pupils of the Academic Gymnasium. M. V. Lomonosov was president of the university in 1758-65. He divided it into the departments of philosophy, law, and medicine but failed to achieve self-government for the university. The university and gymnasium were united into the Academy School in 1770s with the best pupils of the gymnasium promoted to students and given lectures by professors. Training of students at the school continued until 1805. The university numbered 8 students in 1726, 20 in 1752, 16 in 1758, 8 in 1776, and 8 in 1795. It had members of the Academy, professors, and adjunct professors among its graduates including G. F. Miller, V. E. Adodurov, G. W. Richmann, S. P. Krasheninnikov, the university president in 1750-55, A. A. Nartov, S. Y. Rumovsky, A. A. Barsov, I. I. Lepekhin, S. K. Kotelnikov, P. B. Inokhodtsev, and N. Y. Ozeretskovsky.

References: Толстой Д. А. Академический университет в XVIII столетии: По рукоп. док. Архива АН. СПб., 1885; Кулябко Е. С. М. В. Ломоносов и учебная деятельность Петербургской академии наук. М.; Л., 1962; Ее же. Замечательные питомцы Академического университета. Л., 1977; Марголис Ю. Д., Тишкин Г. А. Единым вдохновением: Очерки истории университетского образования в Петербурге в конце XVIII - первой половине XIX в. СПб., 2000; Материалы по истории Санкт-Петербургского университета XVIII в.: Обзор арх. док. СПб., 2001.

Е. М. Balashov.

Persons
Adodurov Vasily Evdokimovich
Barsov Anton Alexeevich
Inokhodtsev Peter Borisovich
Kotelnikov Semen Kirillovich
Krasheninnikov Stepan Petrovich
Lepekhin Ivan Ivanovich
Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilievich
Margolis Yury Davidovich
Muller Gerard Friedrich
Nartov Andrey Andreevich
Ozeretskovsky Nikolay Yakovlevich
Peter I, Emperor
Richmann Georg Wilhelm
Rumovsky Stepan Yakovlevich
Tolstoy Dmitry Andreevich, Count

Bibliographies
Толстой Д. А. Академический университет в XVIII столетии: По рукоп. док. Архива АН. СПб., 1885
Кулябко Е. С. М. В. Ломоносов и учебная деятельность Петербургской академии наук. М.; Л., 1962
Кулябко Е. С. Замечательные питомцы Академического университета. Л., 1977
Материалы по истории Санкт-Петербургского университета XVIII в.: Обзор арх. док. СПб., 2001
Марголис Ю. Д., Тишкин Г. А. Единым вдохновением: Очерки истории унив. образования в Петербурге в конце XVIII - первой половине XIX в. СПб., 2000

The subject Index
Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
Academic Gymnasium

Chronograph
1724



Academic Gymnasium

ACADEMIC GYMNASIUM, the first general secondary education institution in Russia. It was founded as a part of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences in 1724 and opened in January 1726 to provide training to boys coming from various free social classes

Krasheninnikov S.P., (1711-1755), geographer

KRASHENINNIKOV Stepan Petrovich (1713, according to the other data, 1711 - 1755, St. Petersburg), geographer, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1750)

Richmann G.W., (1711-1753), physicist

RICHMANN George Wilhelm (1711-1753, St. Petersburg), physicist. Studied at the Academic University. Scientific assistant from 1740, promoted to a professor in 1741

Russian Academy of Sciences

RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, the highest scientific institution in Russia. It was founded in St. Petersburg after Emperor Peter the Great's project for the academy was approved by the Senate on 28 January 1724

State University, St. Petersburg

STATE UNIVERSITY, ST. PETERSBURG (SPSU) (7/9 Universitetskaya Embankment) is one of the largest educational, scientific and cultural centers of Russia. The university comes from the Academic University

Students

STUDENTS of higher and specialised secondary education institutions. The term was adopted in the 18th century to designate those studying at the Academic University

Vinogradov D.I., (1720-1758), chemist

VINOGRADOV Dmitry Ivanovich (1720-1758), chemist, ceramist, creator of Russian china. Studied chemistry, metallurgy and mining at the St. Petersburg Academic University and abroad