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• The Eye-Opening Journey of Language Learning

  Learning foreign languages is a beautiful journey through history and traditions and even your own mind. In this article, I’m going to share its spectacular beauty with you and show you how far you can go without moving an inch.

  11.05.2023

• 5 Important Tips to Know Before Moving to Russia

  Moving to a different country can be very difficult and frightening! However, many people have overcome those difficulties and moved to Russia to study. I asked a few international friends at ITMO what they wished they knew before moving here. Here are the five most commonly repeated tips they shared, starting from the most common one.

  11.10.2022

• A Mexican Chef’s Journey to Russia

  Here in Russia, it’s incredibly difficult to find traditional Mexican food. You can find a few places here and there, but most of them lack that authentic Mexican taste. Taqueria Don Garcia, a Mexican food stand, serves the most unbelievably delicious tacos I have ever tried in Russia. It’s owned and founded by Gerardo García, born and raised in Mexico, who immigrated to Russia 5 years ago.

  21.06.2022

• Student Spotlight: Jorge Eduardo Mayor Fernández, Colombia

  Jorge Eduardo Mayor Fernández is a first-year Bachelor’s student of software engineering at ITMO University. I chatted with him about his life at university and his experiences in Russia so far.

  31.05.2022

• Ayaz-Kala: A Fortress From the Distant Past

  The Ayaz-Kala archaeological site encompasses the ruins of three ancient fortresses from the time of the Kushan Empire, located in Uzbekistan’s Kyzylkum Desert. The name of the settlement translates as "fortress in the wind." Built when Kushan culture was at its peak in the third and second centuries BCE, it bolstered the empire’s northern defenses and protected those territories from foreign encroachment.

  23.05.2022