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Voices of Leningrad: ITMO Students’ New Project Offers New Look at Children’s Stories of WWII Siege
… audio, and include a search feature based on keywords and historic events. |s=1,center| Children’s Voices… isn’t the only project by ITMO students that focuses on the history of the Siege of Leningrad. Earlier on, another student team collaborated with the Prozhito project to create a digital map of the city with geotags sourced from wartime diaries. Together …
08.05.2024
Russian Hollywood: Lenfilm Behind the Scenes
…The history of Lenfilm The studio's beginnings date back to 1914, when it produced newsreels, documentaries, and feature films as part of the local military cinematic committee – and even earlier, in 1896, when one of its existing pavilions, Aquarium, hosted Russia's first movie screening. Nonetheless, the "official" history of the f…
07.05.2024
ITMO Students Create Interactive Map Featuring the Legendary Food Supply Route During the Siege of Leningrad
…The Dedovichi district developed into a partisan stronghold during the Great Patriotic War, with one of the most significant events in its history being the food supply carriage, which was assembled by the inhabitants of the Nazi-occupied region in March 1942 and transported across the front line to the besieged Leningrad. The partisans, who themselves lacked food…
06.05.2024
The City of Superlatives: Firsts in St. Petersburg
Where To Watch Movies in English (and Not Only) in St. Petersburg
…. On Mondays, you can enjoy movies for 150 rubles. Dom Kino Karavannaya St. 12 The next-door neighbor to Rodina Cinema, Dom Kino is a movie theater with a rich history that still delights audiences with a superb collection of movies, including new releases, iconic classics, and original-language screenings. Lenfilm Studio Kamennoostrovsky Pr…
30.04.2024
Chicken Blindness and Cuckoo’s Tears: Unusual Russian Flower Names and Their Origins
…”, or кукушкины слезы in Russian. There are little spots on its petals, which, according to folk beliefs, mark places where those tears fell. There are several versions of the story behind that, but in general, they’re about a mother (either a cuckoo or a woman who turned into one) who cared a great deal about her children, but they grew up without appreciating that.…
29.04.2024
Games for Lectures: Introducing IdenTrack, ITMO’s New Educational Platform
…tion. These dialogs aren’t linear, meaning that students can choose different learning tracks for every lesson, as well as return to turning points to work through alternative storylines. “Every player creates an avatar, chooses their name and appearance, learns the rules, and then is admitted to the game map. At first, the majority of the game’s levels are unav…
26.04.2024
Discovery of the Month: Online Purchases
… is also deliciously good. It can be found in local supermarkets and, better still, Yandex Lavka. I definitely recommend you give it a taste. Kseniia Recently, I wrote a story on how to navigate Avito, a Russian classified ads website, and what do you know – soon afterwards, I was able to finally sell a pair of jeans that I had put up for sale there a couple of…
26.04.2024
Our Favorite Russian Household Hacks
… for Orthodox Easter. It’s celebrated on May 5 this year, so there’s enough time to prepare: to get inspired by the end results and find out how to do it right, check out this story. – Kseniia Looking for more life tips? Check out our students' top tips for first-years and the list of must-have apps for anyone traveling – or moving – to Russia.…
23.04.2024
Recap of IT_Conf 3.0: Careers in IT, AI in Business and Cybersecurity
…nders, and Alexey Schekoldin, the founder of ITMO.KIDS and ITMO FabLab, a laureate of Leaders of Russia 2024, and an ITMO graduate. For the first time in the conference’s history, participants were to represent their side of the debate in five themed rounds. There could be only one winner in each round. The audience voted for the winner of the round by raising up …
19.04.2024