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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The first Academic Council meeting of 2026 began with some good news. Polytechnic University Rector Andrey Rudskoy thanked the staff of the SPbPU History Museum for their meticulous work with the archives and tireless search for interesting facts about the university's history. It was also revealed that our university is associated with another Nobel laureate—the economist and creator of the theory of inter-industry analysis, Wassily Leontief.
Valery Klimov, Director of the Polytechnic Museum, explained that Vasily Vasilyevich Leontiev was born in August 1905 to an economics professor. In 1921, he entered the Faculty of Social Sciences at Petrograd University, graduating as an external student in 1923. From January 1, 1923, he worked as a lecturer in the Department of Economic Geography at the M. I. Kalinin Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. In 1925, he went to Germany for treatment and later moved to the United States. He taught and researched at Harvard University, developing new principles of mathematical analysis of the economy. He was elected President of the American Economic Association. And in 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics "for his development of the input-output method and its application to important economic problems." Vasily Vasilyevich began this research while still in the Soviet Union. In 1988, he was invited to the USSR to consult on the country's economic restructuring. That same year, he was elected a foreign member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
"Until now, we've had three Nobel laureates: Nikolai Nikolaevich Semenov (Nobel Prize in Chemistry), Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, and Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (Nobel Prize in Physics). And now our family has a Nobel laureate in economics—Vasily Vasilyevich Leontief," Valery Yuryevich concluded.
The traditional ceremonial part of the Academic Council opened with the presentation of the Polytechnic's main award—the "For Merit" badge—to Pavel Seleznev, director of the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Recreation and a 1985 graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Andrei Rudskoy thanked Pavel Andreevich for his interest and attention to his alma mater. help with decoration Polytechnic Park andopenness to cooperation.
The "For Merit" badge also recognized Vladimir Kobzev, professor of the Higher School of Industrial Management, for his many years of fruitful work at the Polytechnic University.
For assistance in the formation of the target capital "Engineering and Construction" Endowment Fund of the Polytechnic University, the director received a commemorative medal and gratitude from the university Higher School of Industrial, Civil and Road Construction Yuri Lazarev, Civil Engineering Institute.
The title of "Honorary Worker of SPbPU" was awarded to the head of the Rector's Administrative Office, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Professor Vladimir Glukhov, and the director of the Institute of Secondary Vocational Education, Roman Baibikov.
The ceremony followed with the awarding of diplomas conferring academic degrees. Candidates of Engineering Sciences diplomas were awarded to Ekaterina Yendiyarova, a junior researcher at the Research Laboratory for Materials and Electronic Products Technology (supervised by Professor S. E. Aleksandrov), and Anna Sevastyanova, a senior lecturer at the Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production (supervised by Professor Yu. G. Bazarnova).
Anna Senko, Deputy Head of the International Education Department, received a PhD in Pedagogical Sciences (supervised by Professor L.P. Khalyapina). Elena Knyazeva received a PhD in Biological Sciences (supervised by D.O. Vinokhodov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Vice-Rector for Research at the Saint Petersburg State Technological University).
Three Polytechnic institutes have accredited new educational programs. Nikolai Ivanov, Director of the Institute of Physics and Mechanics, received a certificate of professional and public accreditation for the "Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling of Media with Microstructure" program. Yulia Bazarnova, Director of the Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production, received a certificate of accreditation for the "Product Technology and Organization of Public Catering" program.
Pavel Kovalev, Deputy Director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport, was awarded accreditation certificates for four educational programs: "Computer Engineering in Materials Science," "Materials Science of Nanomaterials and Electronic Components," "Materials and Technological Processes of Additive Manufacturing," and "Composite and Nanomaterials Technologies."
Nine students received certificates of completion of the educational program "Operator of Unmanned Aircraft Systems": Valery Adonin, Nikita Batsienko, Ilya Vinkovsky, Nikita Demakov, Daria Kazantseva, Danil Krapp, Ekaterina Mudraya, Nurislam Yarmukhamedov and Victor Penkov.
It's time to honor polytechnicians for their achievements in various fields.
The team from the International Academic Competence Center "Intelligent Enterprise Technologies" of the "Digital Engineering" School of Economics (Nikita Golovin, Anton Ambrazhey, Anna Mandrik, Dmitry Shelkovnikov, and Vasily Kasilov) won the first "University of the Year" award, established by 1C, in the category "Best Extracurricular Educational Project in Business Automation."
Olga Nadezhda, Director of the Higher School of Public Administration, and Ekaterina Avduyevskaya, Associate Professor of the School of Engineering and Economics, received certificates of appreciation for their active participation in the International Financial Security Olympiad and their contributions to the development of the International Network Institute for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.
Polytechnic University students Ekaterina Makarova, Tatyana Sedegova, Danil Dyuryagin, Egor Semenov, Ekaterina Kushner, Mikhail Alekseev, Diana Zaydullina, and Ivan Barsukov won the All-Russian student project "Your Move" in the tracks "I Do," "I Define," and "I Inspire."
The ceremony honoring the best Polytechnic students concluded with a rousing chord, awarding the bronze medalists of the "Health 2026" Spartakiada Games to faculty and staff of higher education institutions: Maxim Pasholikov, Vice-Rector for Information, Youth Policy, and Security; Arsen Yusupov, Director of the Testing Center for Completion of Test Standards of the All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Complex "GTO"; Mikhail Mzhelsky, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physical Fitness and Sports; Anatoly Dimitropulo, Anatoly Shchukin, and Natalia Akopova, Assistant Professors in the Department of Physical Fitness and Sports; and Sergei Makovey, Lecturer in the Department of Anti-Aircraft Missile Troops of the Aerospace Forces. The Polytechnic team took first place in mini-football and the "Pyramid" billiards competition, second in the "Pool" billiards competition, and third in streetball. The result was third place overall.
Six issues were included in the agenda of the Academic Council meeting.
Vladimir Glukhov, Head of the Rector's Administrative Office, reported on the results of the inspection of the university's premises.
First Vice-Rector Vitaly Sergeev spoke about increasing labor productivity and presented a plan for the university's organizational transformation.
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Lyudmila Pankova summarized the winter session and outlined the goals for the spring semester.
Based on the voting results, the following were nominated for the academic title of "Associate Professor": Ekaterina Fedinishina (Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology), Vitaly Pavlov (IEIT), Ekaterina Burova (IPMEIT), Lyudmila Krivova and Evgeny Sheskin (IE), Gleb Vaganov (PhysMech), and Oleg Stolyarov (ISI).
SPbPU Academic Secretary Dmitry Karpov presented the Academic Council's work plan for the second half of the 2025/2026 academic year and reported on the results of monitoring the implementation of the Academic Council's instructions.
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