Motivation letter I graduated from one of the leading universities of the country and after graduating had the choice of my future career. All these years I have studied the history of culture, So I decided to continue studying in graduate school. At first, I wanted to study only European culture. But as the time went by I realized that it is impossible to perceive foreign cultures without learning your own, so that I decided to study the history of Russian culture. Due to the fact that I apply myself to this duty with professionalism and great desire, I am ready to share my knowledges with everyone, especially with people for whom Russian culture is still unexplored. Moreover, doing my favorite work I also will be able to learn something new. I believe it is clear, that talking about Russian culture and history is absolutely impossible without knowing the history of the Saint-Petersburg State University. What is more, its graduates’ names became known all over the world. To talking about the graduates of one of the greatest University in our country, who became the country’s leaders, writers, artists and musicians, is not only honorable, but also significant duty that I am happy to do. As a result, to be a part of the University is very important to me, so I want to study in St. Petersburg University. And of course, it is impossible to imagine St. Petersburg without the University. Petersburg is called cultural capital of Russia. I believe that this city is best suited for the study of culture. A lot of museums, archives and libraries of this city have many sources for research. For me as a historian, this is a very important factor. So I want to study in St. Petersburg. To sum up, everything mentioned above is only a small part that I can tell about.