3 Roubles The First Russian University

Reverse

The portraits of scientists against the background of the University of St. Petersburg, under every of them — the corresponding initials with the surname: «А.А.УХТОМСКИЙ» (A.A.UKHTOMSKY), «В.И.СМИРНОВ» (V.I.SMIRNOV), «В.А.ФОК» (V.A.FOCK), «Д.И.МЕНДЕЛЕЕВ» (D.I.MENDELEYEV), at the bottom — the emblem of the University. The inscriptions along the rim: «САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» (THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT PETERSBURG) «ОСНОВАН В 1724 ГОДУ» (FOUNDED IN 1724).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
ОСНОВАН В 1724 ГОДУ
А.А.УХТОМСКИЙ В.И.СМИРНОВ В.А.ФОК Д.И.МЕНДЕЛЕЕВ

Translation:
THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT PETERSBURG
A.A.UKHTOMSKY V.I.SMIRNOV V.A.FOCK D.I.MENDELEYEV
FOUNDED IN

Engravers: Sergey Alexandrovich Kornilov, Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Edge

300 corrugations

Comment

Date of issue: 22 JAN 1999

The First Russian University in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1724 by Peter the Great, is one of the biggest national and world centers of science and education. It has been disposing in the building of "The Twelve Departments" since 1819 (built by architect D.Trezzini in 1722-1742). Since the 60th of the XXth century the University has been representing the system of two educational and scientific complexes - Vassileostrovsky and Petrodvortsovy, including 10 scientific research institutes, about 200 chairs of different educational and scientific brunches, 3 scientific educational stations, two museums, the botanical garden, the scientific library, the publishing house. More than three thousand lecturers and scientific research workers are employed in the University. 17 thousand students study in 17 faculties. A cohort of splendid names, glorified the Russian and world science with remarkable discoveries, is connected with the St. Petersburg University: P. L. Tschebyshev, A. S. Popov, D. I. Mendeleyev, I. P. Pavlov, I. M .Sechenev, A .A. Shakhmatov, K. A. Timiryasev, N. N. Miklukho-Maklay, I. S. Turgenev, A. A. Blok, V. D. Polenov, M. A. Vrubel, M. I. Glinka, A. K. Glasunov.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1999 СПМД	15000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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