Lyudmila Verbitskaya


Lyudmila Verbitskaya was a Russian linguist and teacher. She served as president of Saint Petersburg State University.

Biography

Lyudmila Verbitskaya was born in Leningrad, October 17, 1936. She earned a doctorate in philology from Leningrad State University.
Verbitskaya was rector, and then president of Saint Petersburg State University. She also served as the chair of the Russian Academy of Education, and as the Academy's Honorary President, 2018–2019. She died in St. Petersburg, November 24, 2019.

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