Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239

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Lyceum 239
Established	1918
Type	Lyceum
Principal	Tamara Borisovna Efimova
Grades	9-11
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Colors	Blue, Silver, Gold
Website	www.239.ru

Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239 is a public high school in Saint Petersburg, Russia that specializes in in mathematics and physics. The school opened in 1918 and it became specialized city school in 1961. The school is noted for its strong academic programs. It is alma mater of numerous winners of International Mathematical Olympiads and it have produced many notable alumni.

Photo of Annenshule gymnazyum in 1912. Lyceum 239 moved to this building in 1975

[edit] Famous alumni

• Yuri Matiyasevich - mathematician who solved Hilbert's tenth problem
• Grigori Perelman - mathematician who was awarded Fields Medal for his proof of Poincaré conjecture
• Alexander Khalifman - FIDE World Chess champion in 1999
• Mikhail Zurabov - minister of health of Russian Federation, chair of the Russian pension fund administration
• Alisa Freindlich - major Russian movie and theater actress
• Boris Grebenshchikov - rock musician, who is widely considered one of the "founding fathers" of Russian rock music
• Natalia Kuchinskaya - olympic champion in gymnastics (Mexico City,1968), the first in a row of young gymnastics champions

[edit] External links

• Official web site of Lyceum 239
• History of phisico mathematical lyceum #239 (in Russian)

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