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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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2026 has been declared the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia. The main goal of this initiative is to strengthen friendly ties and mutual understanding between all ethnic groups in this multinational country.
Students from all corners of our vast country study at the Polytechnic University. Therefore, in honor of the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, SPbPU and the Karpinsky Institute launched the "Birthplace" project. Polytechnic students will discuss their small homeland through the lens of the region's geological features.
Each month, clips about different regions will be posted on the Polytechnic's official VKontakte page. The project's heroes will also be featured on banners outside the Main Building.
In the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, Polytechnic University and the Karpinsky Institute are launching a joint project that, in our opinion, will showcase the true wealth of our country. "Russia has a wide variety of mineral resources, for which various regions are renowned. We'll talk about this, too, but our greatest strength lies in our people, their community, and their shared destiny," noted Marianna Dyakova, Head of SPbPU's Public Relations Department.
The Karpinsky Institute explained how the idea for this project came about: "We constantly work with regions—their subsoil resources, their geological maps. At some point, we realized that behind every deposit, behind every figure in geological reports, there are people. When we met our colleagues from the Polytechnic University, it quickly became clear that we were looking in the same direction. You have students from all over the country, and we have knowledge of the geology of these regions. And we wanted to combine this in a single project: to make the region "speak" through the person who was born there, is now studying at the Polytechnic University, and is thinking about the future."
Marianna Dyakova emphasized: "We announced an open call for students to participate in the project and saw an incredible response—a huge number of students wanted to talk about their small homelands. I believe this is very valuable and significant. Students from all over Russia will share the riches of their region and, thanks to the collection of the Karpinsky Institute's Geological Museum, will showcase mineral samples."
The project will tell about 12 regions of Russia.
The Sakha Republic (Yakutia) is the leader in diamond reserves and production. Krasnoyarsk Krai is the leader in gold production. Belgorod Oblast is the leader in iron ore reserves and production. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug is the leader in oil reserves and production. Kemerovo Oblast is the leader in coal reserves and production. Murmansk Oblast is the leader in rare metal and rare earth element reserves and production. Komi Republic is the leader in aluminum reserves and production. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is the leader in tin reserves. Magadan Oblast is the leader in silver reserves and production. Kabardino-Balkarian Republic is the leader in tungsten reserves. Perm Krai is the leader in potash reserves and production. Zabaikalsky Krai is the leader in uranium reserves and production.
This project is about the living connection between regions. When a student, standing in our country's largest natural science museum, picks up a mineral sample and says, "This is my region," geology ceases to be a "quiet" science. It becomes a personal story, a responsibility and pride for one's region, for the entire country. And it's also an important conversation about unity. Different regions, different resources—one country," the Karpinsky Institute noted.
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