Union of People for Education and Science

Union of People for Education and Science Союз людей за образование и науку
Abbreviation	SLON (English) СЛОН (Russian)
Leader	Vyacheslav Igrunov
Founded	November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16)
Dissolved	April 16, 2007 (2007-04-16)[1]
Split from	Yabloko
Headquarters	41st Building, 9th Parkovaya Street, Moscow, Russia
Ideology	Social liberalism Support of science and education
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colours	Purple   Periwinkle
Website
slon-party.ru
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The Union of People for Education and Science (SLON; Russian: Союз людей за образование и науку, партия СЛОН, romanized: Soyuz lyudey za obrazovaniye i nauku, Partiya SLON, lit. 'Elephant Party') was a social-liberal political party that existed in Russia from 2002 to 2007.

The party was formed by a group of politicians who left Yabloko, led by Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Igrunov. Their political priorities included social protection, general liberal values, and support for science and education.^[2] The party received 0.17% of the vote in the 2003 Russian legislative election.^[3] On October 30, 2004, the party joined a coalition with the Patriotic Party of Russia. On March 21, 2005, the party signed an agreement with the Russian Party of Life.^[4] On August 8, 2006, the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography ruled that the party lacks the legally required number of members, and it was dissolved in February 2007.