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• 10 Essential Russian Riddles: Test Your Wit

  …ome of them are still a part of everyday speech much like proverbs, so knowing the most popular ones may come in handy.  Can you guess the answer? In winter and in summer it’s always the same color (зимой и летом одним цветом – zimoj i letom odnim tsvetom). An elder sits wearing a hundred coats, the one to undress him shall shed tears (cидит дед в…

  03.08.2020

• Song of the Month: July 2020

  …e streets were waiting), which still starts playing in my head every time I step outside my door. It makes me think of long nighttime walks down the sleepy streets filled with summer air – and hope that I can get enough of those before August rushes by like a high-speed train.  Kseniia My favorite summer tunes this year belong…

  31.07.2020

• Neurotechnologies and Software Engineering Master’s Program to Go Corporate and Open Two New Specializations

  …gram consists of classes on hard and soft skills that are open to anyone, as well as private classes for those who pass the selection. The best students will be offered a paid summer internship. It’s important for every IT specialist to expand their purview, share their experience, and acquire new knowledge. This is the reason why we regularly host meetups, which are…

  29.07.2020

• This Mostly-Stay-At-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: More Parks

• Environmental-Monitoring Water Drones to Be Tested on St. Petersburg Rivers

  …, dean of ITMO’s Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies, and associate professor at the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics.  The tests were to be conducted in the summer, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed the scientists’ plans. Nevertheless, the engineers envision that they’ll be able to properly test their system on St. Petersburg’s waters as soon as th…

  28.07.2020

• ITMO’s Russian Language and Culture Summer School: A Passion for Learning

  …Participants of the summer school could make their own tracks with several different classes on offer over a four week period. General Russian, grammar and conversation classes were offered for beginner and elementary learners with a class on Russian movies and another on Russian theater thrown in the mix for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners. More experienc…

  28.07.2020

• Yagodnoe: More Than a Summer Camp

  …s), situated amidst a picturesque nature preserve in the Priozersky District of the Leningrad Oblast, eight kilometers from the Losevo railway station. Founded in 1958 as a summer tent camp, it has since become a year-round venue complete with different types of housing – from wooden cabins to chalet-style houses –, sports facilities, meeting spaces, and a cafeter…

  24.07.2020

• At-Home Lab Experiments: A Look at the Summer SCAMT Workshop Week 2020

  …SCAMT Workshop Week takes place twice a year: the international English-language school in the summer and the Russian-language one in the winter. The fifth in a row, this school was held in very unusual circumstances. Nevertheless, the organizers managed to overcome the limitations imposed by the online format, preserving the school’s motto of “less lectures, more pr…

  22.07.2020

• Russian Books to Read This Summer

  … there is no irony or satire. Instead, it’s a beautifully written tale of a journey through the steppe with not much action going on – perfect for reading without a haste on a summer evening. Elizaveta: Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedict Erofeev Moscow to the End of the Line (also known by its original title Moscow – Petushki) by Venedict Erofeev is a br…

  20.07.2020

• A Great Opportunity to Practice Public Speaking: SPIE Photonics Europe Participant on the Advantages of Online Scientific Conferences

  …The pandemic left a major impact on scientific activity, a significant part of which is participating in conferences, symposiums, exhibitions, and summer schools. Many Russian and international organizations cancelled all their events, while others decided to accept the challenge, trying to adapt to the online format as much as possible. The latter ranks included …

  20.07.2020