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• New Year in Russia: Traditional Snacks & Appetizers

  …ly loaded with various fruits and sweets. Fruit bowls often contain tangerines (a must!), grapes, and kiwis, whereas sweet bowls differ greatly from home to home. Give this story a read if you want to try it out the vegan way.…

  18.12.2023

• Student Spotlight: Mahmoud Hikal, Egypt

  …s popular as Pushkin! I want ITMO to have its own publishing house. I am sure many students will want to publish their writing. We can find such talents by organizing essay or story writing competitions within the university. Just like we have tournaments for sports, we should have literary feuds as well. We are in the digital age now, why do you still want to pub…

  14.12.2023

• This Week in St. Petersburg: December 14-20, 2023

  …r, hope, and witchcraft to place it somewhere in between all the Christmas tales and the darker worlds like the exhibition above. This one will be an unusual performance – the story will be told as seen through the eyes of a child. Bonus: this could also be a gentle and joyful introduction to the world of opera!  Note that the performance will be in German with Ru…

  13.12.2023

• Student Spotlight: Akylzhan Kerimbay, Kazakhstan

  …bout St. Petersburg? I love St. Petersburg. The city is amazing with its architecture and historic landmarks. I enjoy watching how the city preserves its heritage and the history behind it. Of course, as I am a person from the south, the cold climate is a slight inconvenience for me. What advice would you like to give to future students? Don't be afraid. Try…

  07.12.2023

• This Week in St. Petersburg: December 7-13, 2023

  …up of events yet to come. Saturday, December 9 Multimedia show at Palace Square   December 9-10, 6-11 pm Palace Square Free entrance This weekend, the story of St. Petersburg is to unfold in a blaze of images projected onto the majestic facade of the General Staff Building. A 13-minute-long 3D performance, with the words of Russian historians…

  06.12.2023

• How Did People Dress in the USSR? Soviet Fashion Explained

  …in politics, economy, culture, and, of course, fashion. That’s why talking about Soviet fashion in general won’t take us anywhere – it would be more convenient to divide its history into periods. 1920-1930s: Fashion for the working people In the first years of the Soviet Union, everything had to be basically built from scratch after the First World War and the …

  04.12.2023

• 8 Russian Jewelry Brands For Every Taste & Budget

• Student Spotlight: Vladimir Kartashev, Kyrgyzstan

  …ects I am a part of is ITMO Memory, where I am supervised by Galina Zhirkova, the head of ITMO’s Center of Social Sciences and Humanities. We are working on an app about the history of the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens.  As for my projects, I am now learning C++ to make a Perlin noise-based algorithm for pseudorandom number generation more accessible and user-…

  30.11.2023

• This Week in St. Petersburg: November 30 - December 6, 2023

  …depictions of various historical events, as well as everyday scenes from rural Russian life. A visit to the exhibition will likely tell you a thing or two about both Russian history and traditions. The tickets are available for purchase here. …

  29.11.2023

• New City, New University: Applications Underway for DVIZH Academic Mobility Program 2024

  …t university, I studied the foreign policies of the CIS and the EU, foreign policy analysis, and diplomatic and consular services. In these classes, I learned more about the history of international organizations and figured out how to analyze international situations based on rankings, media coverage, documents, and political speeches. Namely, I analyzed which words…

  29.11.2023