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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The Polytechnic University held an awards ceremony for the winners of the St. Petersburg Government Prize competition in scientific and pedagogical activity. The competition was attended by graduate students, doctoral candidates, and young doctors of science from St. Petersburg. The competition has been held since 2007. In 2025, 70 people were named winners, including 17 Polytechnic University students.
The award ceremony was attended by members of the Council of the competition for the St. Petersburg Government Prize in the field of scientific and pedagogical activity, representatives of the executive bodies of the state power of St. Petersburg, and representatives of educational institutions of higher education.
Opening the ceremony, Andrei Maksimov, Chairman of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg, congratulated the winners on behalf of St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov and offered a few welcoming remarks.
"St. Petersburg has created an entire system to support the scientific and educational work of students, postgraduates, young scientists, and PhD and doctoral holders," the committee head recalled. "But the competition for awards in scientific and educational activities is special. I am grateful to you for choosing this challenging, yet profoundly important, path—to spread knowledge and train highly qualified personnel—personnel who will bring new achievements to our city and country. Today, you can express your gratitude to your mentors, teachers, and professors, who instilled in you a love of science, and who enabled you to follow this path. It's truly gratifying to look out into the audience and realize that your work has not been in vain."
Andrei Maksimov concluded his speech with a quote from Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science."
"The competition has proven its importance and usefulness over time. It's gratifying that this year's engineering disciplines attracted a truly colossal number of applications, and the level of participation was exceptional. This makes your victory all the more valuable," SPbPU Rector and RAS Academician Andrey Rudskoy addressed the honorees. "You are our pillar, the future of both the country and St. Petersburg; you are the ones who carry the cup of enlightenment in your hands. Thanks to you, the importance of our education and science blossoms in ever new colors. Thank you for embracing our experience and our knowledge, enriching it with your talents, and passing it on to future generations."
Andrei Ivanovich wished the competition winners to be more energetic and courageous in their quest for well-deserved recognition and invited them to participate in competitions of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
This year, the size of the incentives for competition winners has almost tripled, and the age criteria have also changed.
The competition participants were traditionally nominated in three categories:
The first category is open to graduate students, adjuncts, residents, full-time assistant trainees, and employees of higher education institutions, industry-specific, and academic institutes located in St. Petersburg who do not hold an academic degree. The winners receive a prize of 100,000 rubles.
Second: doctoral students and employees of higher education institutions, industry, and academic institutes located in St. Petersburg who hold a candidate of science degree. The age limit for candidates has been raised to 40 years, and the award amount has been increased to 150,000 rubles.
Third: employees of higher education institutions, industry, and academic institutes located in St. Petersburg who hold a doctorate degree. The age limit for doctors has been raised to 45, and the bonus has been increased to 200,000 rubles.
In each category, awards were given in four areas: “Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences”, “Natural and Mathematical Sciences”, “Engineering Sciences”, and “Medical Sciences”.
Seventeen scientists and teachers who submitted their educational programs and teaching aids to the competition won the KNVSh awards from the Polytechnic University.
The winners in the category "Graduate students, adjuncts, residents, full-time assistant trainees, and employees of higher education institutions, industry and academic institutes who do not have an academic degree" in the competition's "Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences" category were:
Ekaterina Mushenko (curriculum for the course "Workshop on the Translation of Socio-Political Texts");Inna Seledtsova (practical course with elements of a multi-industry simulator on managing innovative products);Artem Ivaschenko (curriculum for the course "Cost Management at an Enterprise").
Direction "Engineering Sciences":
Liliya Talipova (practical course on "Parametric Modeling of Construction Projects"); Evgeniya Zavodnova (study guide "Organization and Planning in Construction. Development of Construction Organization Projects"); Gleb Averchenko (study guide "Basic Requirements for the Design and Construction of Bridge Structures"); Alexander Doronin (online course "Analysis of Technosphere Safety Data"); Anastasia Vavilova (lecture notes on "Structural Mechanics").
The winners among the candidates of science in the field of "Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences" were:
Angi Skhvediani (online course "Econometrics: Advanced Level"); Anton Shaban (study guide "Marketing Communications").
The winner in the Natural and Mathematical Sciences category is Yulia Kropotina, author of the two-part textbook "Mathematical Modeling in Astrophysics."
The winners in the Technical Sciences category were:
Konstantin Semenov (study guide "Software for Metrological Support of Procedures for Mathematical Processing of Inaccurate Information"); Marina Petrochenko (study guide "Organization and Planning in Construction. Fundamentals of Lean Construction" in 2 parts. Part 1); Dmitry Sharapov (study guide "Hydraulic Engineering. Ice Impacts on Arctic Offshore Structures"); Vita Belousova (lecture notes "Environmental Safety in Hydraulic Engineering").
Olga Kalinina, author of the textbook "Development of Transprofessional Competencies in the University Educational Environment," won the Doctor of Science (DSc) award in the Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences category.
In the Technical Sciences program, Dmitry Efanov, author of the online course Information Technology in Transport, is the author.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, Vadim Nenashev, a multiple laureate of the St. Petersburg Government Prize in scientific and pedagogical activity from the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, spoke on behalf of the winners.
The celebration ended with a general photographing and informal communication.
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