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Founded in 1907 by Vladimir Bekhterev, the St Petersburg V. M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute is the oldest scientific institution, with a focus on neurology, psychiatry and psychology, in Russia.It is based in St Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia.The institute is a major research institution, which trains and develops highly qualified specialists in the following areas: psychiatry, narcology, child psychiatry, neurology, psychotherapy, neurosurgery, gerontopsychiatry and psychodiagnostics.Teachers are leading specialists and training is completed by classroom education as well as internships in the workplace, to put learning into practice.The educational department conducts teaching in different ways to suit students: residency, postgraduate study, attachment, doctoral studies, as well as programmes of additional professional education both full time in St. Petersburg and remotely.The institute hosts numerous scientific forums and seminars.