Question: Pyotr Alexandrovich Pletnyov, was a minor Russian poet and literary critic, who rose to become the dean of the Saint Petersburg University (1840–61), a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg, and is the oldest and one of the largest universities in which country/nation?
Sentence (from "Pyotr Pletnyov"): Pyotr Alexandrovich Pletnyov (Russian: Пётр Александрович Плетнёв ; August 21 [O.S. August 10] 1792 , Tebleshi, Tver Governorate — January 10 1866 [O.S. December 29, 1865] ) was a minor Russian poet and literary critic, who rose to become the dean of the Saint Petersburg University (1840–61) and academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1841).
Relevant evidence: Yes