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 Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as
Saint Petersburg Mining University
…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 work, which is alleged to include significant amounts of plagiarism…
Putin in 2024
Putin, c. 1960s
Putin in the KGB, c. 1980
Putin as director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), 1998.