Tambov State University named after G. R. Derzhavin (T.G.U, Russian: Тамбовский государственный университет имени Г. Р. Державина) is a state university in Tambov, Russia. It is the second largest university in the Central Chernozyom Region of Russia, and has over 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and more than 650 academic staff.