 The School is ranked as number one school in the world in the field of mathematics, taking the lead from Russian Special School "Kolmogorov", (which operates under Moscow University), and is among the best 5 in physics and in informatics in the world, for its continuous success in International Science Olympiads.Mathematical Gymnasium stands out with its own curriculum, focusing on natural sciences, especially mathematics, physics, and computer programming.The School was established in 1966, following the model of Kolmogorov School at Moscow University which had been launched in Moscow a year earlier, in 1965, under Lomonosov Moscow State University, by one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, Andrei Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, and which was later named after him – Kolmogorov School.