The farewell ceremony for Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg State University Tolstoy will take place on November 13 in St. Petersburg.

The farewell ceremony for Yuri Tolstoy, Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University), will take place on Thursday, October 13, in the assembly hall of the Twelve Colleges building. This was announced on November 10 on the website of the educational institution.

"The civil memorial service will be held on November 13, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in the Assembly Hall of the building of the Twelve Colleges of St. Petersburg‑St. Petersburg State University," the message says.

It is specified that the funeral service will be held at noon of the same day in the University church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, after which the burial will take place at the Nikolsky cemetery in St. Nicholas.‑The Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

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Professor Tolstoy died at the age of 98 on Monday, November 10. The professor received the title of Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, was awarded the highest departmental medal of the Ministry of Justice named after Anatoly Koni, and became a knight of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. Among Tolstoy's students were Russian President Vladimir Putin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, and Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuichenko.

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