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• Everything for Victory: Lives of ITMO Scientists – Heroes of WWII

  This year, Russia commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe – and its victory in the Great Patriotic War. Just like any Soviet family, ITMO also has its heroes from that terrifying time. In those days, hundreds of students, lecturers, and graduates went to war, while dozens of scientists remained in the city, enduring hunger and bombings to design and repair optical devices and systems – and even develop new technologies. In this article, we look back on three stories of such scientists, who contributed to the victory with their inventions.

  07.05.2025

• ITMO’s Student Brigades Turn 75

  In the 75 years of their history, ITMO’s student brigades transformed from activist-driven organizations helping rebuild hydropower plants after WWII to a diverse community of students who travel the country, take part in archeological excavations, assist at summer camps, pick fruits and berries, and even work as lifeguards at resorts. February 17 is celebrated as the Day of Student Brigades in Russia and today we are looking back on the eventful history of student brigades at ITMO.

  17.02.2025

• ITMO University During World War II

  June 22 is the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Russia. On June 22, exactly 82 years ago, German troops invaded the Soviet Union, causing millions of people, including students and staff of LITMO (the Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, the former name of ITMO University) to go to the front. But even with the ongoing war, research activities were not put on stop. Scientists who remained in the city continued their studies despite the harsh realities of the war, designing and repairing optical devices, including those meant to protect Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Learn more about how the university lived and worked during the Second World War in the article.

  22.06.2023

• ITMO Historical Museum Releases Memories of Evacuation

  On January 27, St. Petersburg celebrated the 77th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad. During the Siege of Leningrad, LITMO (as ITMO was then known) experienced a relocation, shellings, repeated evacuations… Students and professors of those years shared their memories in a new book prepared by ITMO’s Historical Museum.

  29.01.2021

• ITMO University During the Second World War

  On May 9, 2020 we celebrate victory in the most horrifying war in the history of humanity, the Second World War, for the 75th time. Its history is compiled out of millions of stories about people, cities, villages, institutes, theaters, and museums. Together with the Historical Museum of ITMO University, we would like to share stories about our heroes, as well as challenges and triumphs that our university went through during those four years.

  08.05.2020