Moscow State University Tourist attraction in Moskva, Russia

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Map gps coordinates: 55.703889, 37.528611
Address: ul. Leninskiye Gory, 1 корпус Д, Moskva, Russia, 119234

When Reagan visited Moscow for the fourth summit in 1988, he was viewed as a celebrity by the Soviets. A journalist asked the president if he still considered the Soviet Union the evil empire. "No," he replied, "I was talking about another time, another era." At Gorbachev's request, Ronald Reagan gave a speech on free markets at the Moscow State University.

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Mikhail Gorbachev graduated from Moscow State University in 1955 with a degree in law. While he was at the university, he joined the Communist Party, and soon became very active within it. 

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In May 1963, Fidel Castro visited the USSR at Khrushchev's personal invitation and being awarded both the Order of Lenin and an honorary doctorate from Moscow State University.

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Over his lifetime, Kwame Nkrumah was awarded honorary doctorates by many universities including Moscow State University.

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Eager to improve Russia’s educational system, in 1755, Mikhail Lomonosov joined his patron Count Ivan Shuvalov in founding Moscow University.

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