Introduction to Saint Petersburg University: Saint Petersburg University (Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is the oldest university in Russia and one of the best universities in the world. Founded in 1724, it is one of the earliest universities in Russia. It is a famous comprehensive university and one of the educational, scientific and cultural centers of Russia. It has 40,000 faculty members, 12 scientific research schools and 19 departments, and has trained a total of more than 165,000 experts of various types. The school also has many famous museums, libraries, archives and other cultural facilities. Among them, the Mendeleev Museum and Academic Archives, the Gorky Library and the Mineral Exhibition Hall of the Minerals Teaching and Research Office of the Department of Geology have the most abundant and valuable collections. .