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N.P. Bechtereva
Natalia Petrovna Bekhtereva ( rus, Ната́лья Петро́вна Бе́хтерева, p=ˈbʲextʲɪrʲɪvə; July 7, 1924 – June 22, 2008) was a Soviet and Russian neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approaches to psychology, such as measuring the impulse activity of human neurons. She was a participant in the documentaries ''The Call of the Abyss'' () and ''Storm of Consciousness'' (), which aroused wide public interest. Biography Though the granddaughter of the famous scientist Vladimir Bekhterev, she was brought up with her brother in an orphanage. Despite her impoverished beginnings, she was able to graduate from the First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg (1941–1947) and the graduate school of the Pavlov Institute of Physiology. Her education came during turbulent times. In the summer of 1941, more than 700 students entered the University but as a result of the Siege of Leningrad only 4 graduates survived, the rest h ...
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Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ...
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