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• Unexplored St. Petersburg: Yusupov Palace

  …History Built in the 1770’s for one Count Shuvalov, the neoclassicist palace complex was purchased and greatly expanded in the 1830’s by Prince Boris Yusupov and remained with the family for five generations; it soon became known as the Yusupov Palace – even though it was but one of 57 (!) palaces owned by the family at the time. Passionate patrons of the arts, th…

  13.03.2020

• Alexia Vanmalder: I Love Being in Russia. This Culture Is So Different From What I’m Used To

  …ce. She is also comparing the two languages. In total, more than fifty concepts are described in each language not only through their semantic meaning but also through their history and etymology. Are there any misconceptions people generally have about Russia that have proved wrong since you’ve been here? This is not big news, but people often think Russians a…

  12.03.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 14-15, 2020

  …rs, the next one taking place this Saturday, March 14. Once inside, you’ll find yourself in the world of cinema, film sets, backlots, dressing rooms and all. Learn about the history of TV and how movies are made today, try your hand at makeup artistry, create some props – filmmaker badge unlocked! Cinema Rodina movie theater And if you’d rather st…

  11.03.2020

• ITMO’s Intelligentsia Culture Club: Be Kinder to Others and Never Fear Change

  … a way that would make people choose it because of what you’ve written instead of simply going by the title.  Every Wednesday last semester, we took a journey through the history of Russian cinema, starting from the very first film and going all the way to the introduction of sound and color. We were very pleased to see international students at these screenings. …

  10.03.2020

• Make It Like a Russian: Free Classes in St. Petersburg

  ….  Open Workshops at the Lermontov Library Local artisans share their expertise in ceramics woodworking, photography, working with leather, flower arranging, and graphic storytelling, just to name a few. It’s super hands-on, tangible and just perfect for those used to working with their head.  A local artist Darina Biryulina recently made an entire map of no…

  09.03.2020

• On March 8 We Celebrate International Women’s Day

  …The history of women in higher education is a bit hazy at best but the biggest strides were made in the 20th century. Many of the most well-known universities around the world historically did not admit women to universities until the last century. Oxford University, for example, changed its statute to admit women to full membership of the university for the first ti…

  06.03.2020

• ITMO University Launches Laboratory of Genomic Diversity

  …are yet to be collected,” explains Aleksey Sergushichev, the head of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity. “Knowledge about their genome and understanding of their population history can also give us something for comprehension of human genetics. In recent years, several international projects have been created, such as Genome 10K and the Vertebrate Genomes Project, a…

  05.03.2020

• ITMO Scientists Develop an Algorithm That Makes the Inference of Population History Models for People and Animals Easier and More Accurate

  …e Moroccan gazelle? When did the division of the African and the Eurasian Homo Sapiens occur? The answers to all these questions can be found in the population’s demographic history: a scenario that shows what stages a population went through in the course of its history, whether it underwent any mass extinctions, migrations, or sharp s…

  04.03.2020

• Explore Saint Petersburg Like a Local: Moskovsky Prospect

  …all, leaves will twirl around the passing trams. In the twenty minutes it takes to travel its length, I’ll get my dose of everything that’s important to St. Petersburg – the history, the triumphs, the elegance, the spirit. Visually a straight line between the Peter and Paul Fortress and the Pulkovo Observatory, the Prospect has always played an important role in t…

  03.03.2020

• Researchers Suggest Using Blockchain to Boost Self-Driving Cars’ Security

  … from the general storage to check if it was part of an accident or verify its mileage.  “The majority of online services nowadays require car owners to fill in a car’s history – their mileage and any road traffic accidents,” explains Bezzateev. “Our technology will make this data more reliable. Thus, the data will be stored in a blockchain by the car itself and…

  03.03.2020