The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russian Academy of Sciences">Russian Academy of Sciences</a> is founded in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="St. Petersburg">St. Petersburg</a>, Russia, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peter the Great">Peter the Great</a>, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.