Saint Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II is the oldest technical university of Russia and one of the oldest technical universities in Europe.
The building of the Mining Academy (1811) is a Neoclassical work by Andrey Voronikhin.
Colonnade of the Mining Institute building
The Rape of Proserpina statue
Vladimir Putin, is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is serving as the current President of Russia.
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Vladimir Stefanovich Litvinenko is a Russian academic, businessman and Vladimir Putin's campaign manager. He is also rector of Saint Petersburg Mining University in St. Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg Mining University
…one of the world's most closely watched scientific projects, and the expertise of the Russian drillers, directed by Professor Vasiliev, is recognised. Vladimir Litvinenko has been rector since 1994 and has close links to Vladimir Putin, who defended his doctoral thesis at the institute in 1996. Litvinenko oversaw Putin's…
Litvinenko in 2022