Graduates
As of 2020, there are 928 graduates of the Gymnasium. 53 of them are PhD degree holders from leading Russian and international Universities in different academic fields: 24 - in Philology and Linguistics, 10 - in History, Philosophy, Political Science, Law, Pedagogy, 10 - in Medicine, Chemistry, Biology, Bioengineering, Psychology, Geology, 5 - in Mathematics and Physics, 4 - in Economics. Here is the full list in Russian. 12 graduates currently teach and more than 40 have been teaching at the Gymnasium. Again, here is the list of graduates/teachers in Russian.
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