Marine Corps of Peter the Great – St. Petersburg Naval Institute – a higher educational institution of Russia in St. Petersburg.
Full name – Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Naval Corps of Peter the Great – St. Petersburg Naval Institute” of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
It is the oldest institution of higher education in St. Petersburg and the oldest of the current ones in Russia.
In its current form, it has existed since 1998, when the Higher Naval School named after M.V. Frunze and the Higher Naval Diving School named after Lenin Komsomol were merged. It has had its current name since 2001.
The institute trains officers of the navy at 5 faculties: navigational, hydrographic, mine-sweeping and anti-submarine weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles of submarines, as well as special weapons.
Address: Lieutenant Schmidt Emb., 17 (12th line of VO, 11th line VO), Vasilyevsky Island, St. Petersburg. Vasileostrovskaya metro station.
Architects: Volkov F.I.
Year built: 1796-1799
Style: Classicism
