 They were followed by an estimated total of 50,000 Vietnamese who studied in Russia during the Cold War.Academic exchange between the two countries continued even after the dissolution of the Soviet Union; , roughly 4,000 Vietnamese students were studying in Russian universities; the Russian government provides scholarships to 160 of them.Notable Vietnamese students who have studied in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union include Quynh Nguyen, a pianist from Hanoi who received a scholarship to Moscow's Gnessin State Musical College.