Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
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The Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas is a university in Moscow
. The university was founded on 17 April 1930 and is named after the geologist Ivan Gubkin
. The university is affectionally known as Kerosinka , meaning "kerosene stove". The university had been known in 1960-1980s (when many Soviet universities had unofficial restrictions on the number of Jewish students) for its lax attitude toward accepting student of Jewish origin.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. The university was founded on 17 April 1930 and is named after the geologist Ivan Gubkin
Ivan Gubkin
Ivan Mikhaylovich Gubkin was a Russian geologist and president of the 1937 International Geological Congress in Moscow. He was a petroleum geologist particularly interested the region between the Volga and the Urals....
. The university is affectionally known as Kerosinka , meaning "kerosene stove". The university had been known in 1960-1980s (when many Soviet universities had unofficial restrictions on the number of Jewish students) for its lax attitude toward accepting student of Jewish origin.
Notable alumni
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