- Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239
Infobox Secondary school
name = Lyceum 239
type =Lyceum
motto =
established = 1918
principal = Tamara Borisovna Efimova
faculty =
students =
mascot =
colors = Blue, Silver, Gold
city =Saint Petersburg
country =Russia
website = [http://www.239.ru www.239.ru]
grades = 8-11
address = Kirochnaya st., 8Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239 ( _ru. физико-математический лицей №239), is a public high school in
Saint Petersburg ,Russia that specializes inmathematics andphysics . The school opened in1918 and it became a specialized city school in1961 . The school is noted for its strong academic programs. It is the alma mater of numerous winners of International Mathematical Olympiads and it has produced many notable alumni.History
The school was founded in
1918 . Originally, it was located in the Lobanov-Rostovsky house, also known as "house with lions" at the corner ofSaint Isaac's Square andAdmiralteysky Prospect . It was one of only handful of school to remain open duringSiege of Leningrad . In1961 the school was granted status of city's school with specialization in physics and mathematics. In1964 school moved to the building on Kazansky Street 48/1, which was previously occupied by school of working youth, and in1966 it moved again toMoika River , 108. Finally, in1975 the school relocated to its current location, into the historicAnnenschule building.In1990 , the Russian Ministry of Education granted school the status of physico-mathematical lyceum and experimental laboratory for standard of education in physics, mathematics and informatics in Saint Petersburg. In1994 , the school won theGeorge Soros grant. US Mathematical society voted the school as one of top ten schools in theCommonwealth of Independent States .Famous alumni
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Yelena Bonner (? -1940 ) - human rights activist (widow ofAndrei Sakharov )
*Alisa Freindlich [ [http://ab-freindlih.narod.ru/biograf.htm Биография А.Б. Фрейндлих] ] (1941 —1943 , ?—1953 ) - major Russian movie and theater actress
*Yuri Matiyasevich (1962 —1963 ) -mathematician who solved Hilbert's tenth problem
*Natalia Kuchinskaya (1964 —1966 ) - Olympic champion in gymnastics (Mexico City,1968), the first in a row of young gymnastics champions
*Boris Grebenshchikov [ [http://www.biograph.ru/bank/grebenschikov_bb.htm Биография Б. Гребенщикова] ] (1968 —1970 ) - rockmusician , who is widely considered one of the "founding fathers" of Russian rock music
*Mikhail Zurabov [ [http://www.lenta.ru/lib/14161084/full.htm_Printed.htm Биография М. Зурабова] ] (?—1970 ) - minister of health of theRussian Federation , chair of the Russian pension fund administration
*Grigori Perelman (1981 —1983 ) -mathematician who was awardedFields Medal for his proof of thePoincaré conjecture
*Alexander Khalifman (1981 —1983 ) -FIDE World Chess champion in1999 References
* [http://www.239.ru Official web site of Lyceum 239]
* [http://www.sch239.spb.ru:8001/pages/history/history.pdf History of physico-mathematical lyceum #239] (in Russian)
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