The Russian State Pedagogical University (St. Petersburg), also known as Herzen University, founded in 1797, has a history of more than 200 years, is a world-renowned pedagogical university, is the oldest in Russia, and is the only pedagogical university with the name of the Russian state. There are many Chinese students studying in the Department of Languages and Literature, including those who study Russian literature and those who study foreign languages, such as German, French and English, or study one of these languages and the other as a second language, so that they can master three foreign languages to adapt to the international era. The school's music and art have a history of about two hundred years, and their standards are among the best in Russia, but the school focuses on the teaching angle.