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• 6 Unexpectedly Cool Things About Living in Russia

  …e shopping on Sunday? No problem! Not a necessity but a pleasant bonus, Russian supermarkets boast flexible opening hours all week long: the smaller ones like Dixy and nearby corner shops are usually open 24/7, while bigger chains like Perekrestok or O’Key close at about 11.00 pm. And they’re almost always located within a walking distance from your house. For exampl…

  21.02.2022

• Jack and Jill: Researchers Develop Novel Test to Efficiently Measure Human Cognitive Abilities

  …se order), Corsi block-tapping test or CBTT (the task is to reproduce a sequence of blocks), and memory updating figural or MUF (the task is to click on dots appearing at the corners of a rectangle). “We studied the correlations between the performance in our test and in other established testing systems to examine the accuracy of our measurements. It’s vita…

  14.02.2022

• A Guide to Writers’ Apartment-Museums in St. Petersburg

• Results in 15 Minutes: ITMO Researchers Develop Device to Detect Antibiotics, Bacteria, and Viruses

  …ll starts with chemometrics  The testing device was first developed in 2020, when researchers from ITMO’s Infochemistry Scientific Center tested its ability to detect tick-borne encephalitis in a biological sample. Today’s version of the device is a significantly improved one, although based on the same analysis principle, and is now used to detect bacteria in dai…

  28.01.2022

• Dress Like a Russian: Holiday Costumes

  …s up as a snowflake. Among the other costumes of forest dwellers and clowns, it was the most elegant option. The idea of the outfit is simplicity itself: a basic white dress adorned with silver tinsel or its pieces. And don’t forget a huge white bow or a tinseled crown on your head! As a result, you get a minimalistic but pretty Russian edition of a Disney princess. …

  27.12.2021

• Have Yourself a Vegan Russian New Year

  …The staples You might already know it, but there are three cornerstones of Russian holiday cuisine: the Olivier salad, the dressed herring, and… Well, to be fair, the third place goes to different meals in different households – it can be the crab sticks salad, buterbrody (sandwiches) with caviar or fish, vinegret, or the nightmare of my childhood, kholodets (aspi…

  24.12.2021

• The Four Wonders of Russian Winter

  …aikal, the world’s deepest and oldest lake, reaches a whole ’nother level of beauty once it completely freezes over by late January. Crystal blue, up-to-1.5-meter-thick, and adorned with lightning cracks and frozen methane bubbles, the ice transforms the whole area into a frozen wonderland as if an ice queen has cast her spell. Covered in ice, Lake Baikal turns into …

  13.12.2021

• One Perfect Day: Feel Swedish in St. Petersburg

  … the Swedish Lane att hälsa – to greet One magnet for all things Swedish in St. Petersburg is definitely the Consulate General of Sweden, located neatly on the corner of Shvedskiy (Swedish) Lane and Malaya Konyushennaya St. If simply seeing the consulate from the outside doesn’t feel like a legitimate reason to go there, consider discovering the Evange…

  10.12.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 27-28, 2021

  … Art November 10 - December 10 Online Free QR code: not required The high-tech future is here, and you’re just a click away from exhibitions running in every corner of the world. This weekend, you can witness the first-ever online-only virtual exposition by the State Hermitage Museum that offers an ingenious opportunity to truly experience art and th…

  24.11.2021

• Living in St. Petersburg: Architectural Layers

  … Petersburg’s historic suburbs The city center is known for its architectural marvels, canals, and bridges based on Amsterdam and Venice, and churches and palaces on every corner. While no one lives in the palaces anymore, the central district of St. Petersburg, with its mass of universities, museums, tourist attractions, and offices, also houses about 220,000 peo…

  23.11.2021