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• This Week in St. Petersburg: September 11-17, 2025

  … Thursday, September 11 Dracula: A Love Tale 9 pm Rodina Cinema 350 rubles (tickets here) Dark academia lovers, this is for you! A love story, a horror, a centuries-old tale – that’s what you get in Luc Besson’s latest oeuvre. A perfect mid-week pick-me-up to get the fall mood going. The film will be screened in English with Russian subtitles. Age …

  10.09.2025

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #87

• Student Spotlight: Jorge J. Sosa Briseño, Mexico

  …sate with creativity, resilience, and a hunger to rise.  What were your first impressions of St. Petersburg? When I first arrived in this city, which is a cathedral of history, an empire of culture, I was struck silent. St. Petersburg was cloaked in white gold, a winter robe that shimmered with mystery and majesty. The cold didn’t numb me; it awakened me. It pi…

  04.09.2025

• This Week in St. Petersburg: September 4-10, 2025

  …om 500 rubles – tickets here A holder of the Big Five at the Oscars, Miloš Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) is rushing back into local theaters to tell the story of a criminal (Jack Nicholson), who pleads insanity to get into an asylum where he raises the patients up against a tyrannical nurse.   The screening is in English with Russian subtitl…

  03.09.2025

• Back to School Guide: Ring in the Academic Year

  …cle with tips from our current international students on what you should take with you. And if you are worried about the way St. Petersburg will greet you, take a look at this story, where we’ve debunked some common myths about studying in Russia. Next, we have a whole list of guides that cover every aspect of your student life, from St. Pete’s public transport to…

  02.09.2025

• Student Spotlight: Muhammad-Bilal Muhiuddin, Pakistan

  …Hi Bilal! Let’s begin with your story. What inspired you to pursue a Master's in automation and control? My primary motivation for automation and control goes back to my Bachelor’s. I studied mechatronics and robotics during my Bachelor's, and that built my keen interest in this field. No matter what work we do, in the end, the goal is to always control the output…

  28.08.2025

• This Week in St. Petersburg: August 28 - September 3, 2025

  …200 exhibited table services include those created for special occasions (coronations and weddings), as well as diplomatic gifts. The display offers a curious perspective on history, as well as a great view of Russian craftsmanship through the ages. …

  27.08.2025

• ITMO's Monday Science Roundup #86

  …am. Read more: Urban Planner Ali Alraouf on Arab Megalopolises, Beauty of St. Petersburg, and Cities of the Future Culture From the 19th century to present day, the history of Russian-language science fiction is a fascinating mirror of the nation’s own history. If you’d like to understand it better and get a taste for the uniqu…

  25.08.2025

• Urban Planner Ali Alraouf on Arab Megalopolises, Beauty of St. Petersburg, and Cities of the Future

  …gh technology. Our task is to strike the balance between preserving our identity and being open to new opportunities. For us, that is what a dynamic heritage is – to respect history, but not be afraid to speak the language of modernity. Staying on topic of the future: how, in your opinion, will cities evolve further? Which tendencies will we observe? It used to…

  20.08.2025

• 4 Russian Sci-Fi Film Classics You Should See

  …t, there is a very specific fleur to this “sub-genre” that has made it so captivating not just for Russian speakers, but for many readers and viewers abroad. Although its history goes all the way back to the days of the Russian Empire, it is during Soviet times that it truly came into its own. Inspired by the new ideology of the nascent workers’ state, writers cre…

  19.08.2025