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Universities in Russia

Russia has 409 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1701. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES409

OLDEST1701

FOUNDED 1900+361

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15990 · 0%

1600–189941 · 10%

1900 or later361 · 88%

Date unknown7 · 2%

Oldest universities in Russia

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1701St. Petersburg Naval Institute

1712Mozhaysky Air Force Academy

1724Saint Petersburg State University

1755Lomonosov Moscow State University

1758I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

1773Saint Petersburg Mining University

1779Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography

1797Herzen University

1798S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

1802Voronezh State University

1803Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University

1804Moscow State Linguistic University

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