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Song of the Month: March 2022
… you don’t know the language. That’s something that I love so much about music. Leichter//kälter brings up a mixture of emotions: oddly enough, it manages to tell you a moving story, full of nostalgia and melancholy, and at the same time cuddle you with so-needed calmness and comfort. Elizaveta There’s no place to discover Leningrad Rock Club’s bands like S…
25.03.2022
ITMO.EduStars Winner Ilya Livshits: An Engineer Is Someone Who Lives Honestly
…ng systems, the argument can be solved by measurements and calculations. That’s what I teach my students. How did you start working at ITMO University? Thanks to a funny story. I was working in the industry at the time and I was approached by a colleague who was a graduate student at the Faculty of Secure Information Technologies. He asked me to come to his the…
25.03.2022
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 26-27, 2022
…ollowing the Hero. Journey into the World of Myth, Epos, Fairy Tale March 12 - May 18, Thu-Mon 10 am - 6 pm; Tue 1 pm - 9 pm; Wednesdays are days off Museum of the History of Religion 300 rubles (purchase tickets in advance online) At this exhibition, you will get the chance to trace the paths of mythological and legendary heroes of different lands a…
23.03.2022
ITMO.EduStars Winner Artem Beresnev: The Best Thing About Teaching is Opening up New Horizons for Students
…our view on your job. During the contest, I got to learn from my colleagues. I picked up some useful practices, techniques, and tools. Do you have any hobbies? I love history. At the moment, I’m learning more about the Time of Troubles – a period in Russian history I knew little about, as it turned out. I’m into architecture and …
23.03.2022
12 Decades: A Lot More Than 12 Milestones!
Birds As Heralds of Spring in Russian Folklore
…plentiful. Speaking of spring-related traditions, tomorrow is Zhavoronki, one of the folk holidays that celebrates the yearly awakening of nature – we’ve covered it in this story. The story is based on this article. …
21.03.2022
Explore St. Petersburg Like a Local: Vasilyevsky Island
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 19-20, 2022
…ome of the iconic movies that were filmed here. This weekend, we’ve got the duo of crime films, Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000), coming to the big screen. In following the story of Danila Bagrov, a young ex-soldier who moves to the big city to find his brother, you will become familiar with Russia's "wild '90s" and the underworld of St. Petersburg at the time. To…
16.03.2022
ITMO.EduStars Winner Natalia Gorlushkina on Teaching and Friendship With Students
…has a high level of empathy, which helps him suit the needs of others. So he doesn’t have a single “bad” student. His sense of humor is also of help – he’s able to add a funny story to the discussion of a complex subject. You’ve worked at ITMO University in various positions over most of your life. Why do you like working here? It’s hard to answer this question…
15.03.2022
Our Favorite Feel-Good Books
… Konoplev, a famous Russian physicist turning 92. It’s a memoir written by his wife, Raisa Konopleva, titled Professor, Who Are You? and it offers a raw and personal view of history from the Siege of Leningrad to the present day through the eyes of a female scientist. If there ever was an account of perseverance and the love of life, it’s in this self-published book.…
11.03.2022