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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: July 3-4, 2021

  … by Russian contemporary artists influenced by the artist’s genius. This is your chance to see the popular-yet-controversial movement in a completely new light: discover its history, meet its representatives, see the paintings of American and Russian artists side by side, and explore the many facets of pop art both in Russia and abroad. Exhibition: Ivan Shishkin. …

  30.06.2021

• From Evidence-Based Medicine to Neuroscience: Nine Most Popular Books on Health

  … Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All by Paul Offit Dr. Paul Offit, one of the most notable vaccine experts in the US, wrote a shocking story about the anti-vaccine America. In Deadly Choices, he powerfully describes when people started to fear vaccines and why, what can be the effects of the mass vaccine refusal, and whether t…

  29.06.2021

• ITMO.EXPERT Project Wrap Up: Portrait of a Modern Educator

  …honest with my students and share my experience. Before becoming a lecturer at ITMO, I did many different things and travelled a lot – that’s why I can think of an interesting story for any situation. At the same time, we have to teach our students to think critically and evaluate the information they receive to decide what to believe.  For core modules, such as E…

  29.06.2021

• Kazan: The Unique Flair of Russia’s Third Capital

  …nt, the snow-white Kremlin with its multicolored insides does look like something from a fairytale or at least a legend – a more suitable term once you learn a little of its history (which we’ll come to shortly). You can approach it from the south of the city by following Bauman St. (for reference, I would compare it to Nevsky Prospect) or admire it from the other sh…

  29.06.2021

• ITMO Researcher Ekaterina Noskova Becomes Winner of Skoltech’s Fellowship Program 2021

  …st – following the footsteps of Alexey Sergushichev and Konstantin Zaytsev – whose work was highly regarded by the expert council of the scholarship program.  Demographic history The researcher received a 600,000 rubles grant (with annual prolongation for up to three years) to develop a program for inferring the demographic history

  29.06.2021

• Summer in St. Petersburg: Best Places by the Water

  …ov metro station Ostrov Fortov (Kronstadt) For those who have knocked the other four off this list, there is a nice bonus – the first and largest park dedicated to the history of the Russian Navy. Located in Kronstadt (a bus ride away from the Begovaya, Chernaya Rechka, Prospekt Prosvescheniya, or Staraya Derevnya metro stations), it's an incredible place for r…

  28.06.2021

• New Research Highlights History and Importance of Preserving the Lesser-Known Chinese Mountain Cat

  …otted cat. The new field of genomics – which engages in the unravelling of DNA genomes of separate species – is resolving old conundrums and revealing new secrets across the history of evolutionarily related species among cats, dogs, bears, and ourselves. In the largest-ever study undertaken of Chinese cats, genetic detectives highlight the evolutionary uniqueness…

  23.06.2021

• How the Russian Gaming Market Reached New Levels During the Pandemic

  …wns. However, games are not always silly and mindless: with a plethora of genres to choose from, one can find pretty much anything. For example, you can follow an intricate story, test your strategic skills, role play, try calming and casual games, or even indulge in some horror. Here are some statistics showing which genres were the most popular in Russia during …

  22.06.2021

• Horror Movies for People Who Don't Like Horror Movies

  …e first giallo movie (giallo being a subgenre that mixes elements of horror, thriller, and exploitation), Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much is a noir-ish black-and-white story about a girl who witnesses a crime in the center of Rome. However, no one believes her account, and the crimes continue, now revolving around the only witness. It’s a beautifully thrillin…

  18.06.2021

• Student Spotlight: Alejandro Ramos, Mexico

  … it was one of the most interesting options to obtain a degree of studies. The FIFA World Cup was held in Russia in 2018, and every day there were reports about the culture, history, climate and food of Russia on the internet and on the news in my country. I think that is why I paid more attention to Russia. After a while, I became interested in hiSubscribe

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