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Presentation of Dmitry Ovsyannikov's book "Mikhail Vrubel: The Demon's Conqueror"

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The A.S. Pushkin Library and Reading Room will host a presentation of Dmitry Ovsyannikov's book "Mikhail Vrubel: Conqueror of the Demon," a biographical novel about the life and work of one of the most enigmatic artists of the turn of the 20th century.

Guests at the Frontier Club meeting will discuss Mikhail Vrubel's personality, woven from contradictions. The discussion centers on the author's perspective on the artist's destiny, in which creativity is seen not as a manifestation of madness, but as a source of inner strength and a means of confronting darkness. Particular attention will be paid to Vrubel's mythological and fairytale images, especially the theme of the demon, which became a symbol of his artistic and personal journey.

Dmitry Ovsyannikov is a writer who works in the genres of historical fantasy, adventure novels, and fairy tales. He is a member of the Union of Russian Writers and the Union of Writers of Russia.

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Bird Canteen: Feeding the Birds in Winter

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An environmental event, organized as part of the "Friends of Nature" project, will be held at V.V. Bianki Children's Library No. 207.

Participants will enjoy a kindness lesson called "Winter Guests," which will explain in an accessible way which birds stay in the city for the winter, what they eat, and why they especially need human assistance during the cold season. The creative portion of the program will include a workshop on making edible bird biscuits from seeds and berries, as well as an interactive activity where children will learn which foods are beneficial for birds and which can be harmful.

The event will conclude with a joint trip to the park or library courtyard, where participants will ceremoniously open the "Bird Canteen" and hang out prepared treats for wintering birds.

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Polytechnic University on the podium: December brought awards in nine sports

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The year 2025 ended with a bang for Polytechnic University athletes. At the Mining University Open Cup in mini water polo, the women's team, "ChM-Polytech-1," defeated "ChM-Polytech-2" 8-2, "VoenMekh" (5-0), and the Mining University's second team, "Gornyak-2" (9-2), to take second place, losing only to the Mining University's first team, "Gornyak-1," on additional scores (3-3).

Fourteen athletes competed for the university: Anzhelika Bondarenko, Anastasia Voevodina, Daria Dybulina, Ekaterina Zhurkova, Elizaveta Efremova, Kristina Kabanova, Irina Kabanova, Daria Kazakova, Anastasia Kozlova, Sofia Krasovskaya, Yulia Kudyasheva, Daria Kuznetsova, Elizaveta Pushkareva and Lilia Semutina.

The men's team beat all their opponents and took first place, leaving behind the winners of last year's VoenMekh Cup (score 11:7) and the first team of Gorny (11:4).

The honor of the Polytechnic was defended by 18 athletes: Alexander Aleshin, Daniil Antonov, Ilya Bolshakov, Alexander Brekhov, Stepan Gatsura, Ivan Davydkin, Dmitry Jolos, Oliver Thomas De Lowbank, Fedor Ilyin, Anton Kireev, Yaroslav Ostapenko, Igor Pobegalov, Danil Ponomarev, Denis Prostov, Nikita Romashko, Ilya Tornushenko, Oleg Fedorov, Nikita Fominov.

Valeria Abakanova won a silver medal at the St. Petersburg Junior Shooting Championships for men and women under 22 and a bronze medal in the superfinal of the Vladimir Khotko Memorial International Shooting Tournament in Brest, Belarus.

Polytechnic student Roman Ivasishin won a gold medal at the St. Petersburg mini-golf championship.

At the student kettlebell lifting competition in Pushkin, the SPbPU team took second place overall. The individual winners and medalists were:

Igor Narbutovsky, Maxim Shatalov – 1st place; Olga Mochalova, Alina Akhmetgareeva – 1st place; Yan Polyakov, Sergey Timofeenko – 3rd place.

The national hockey team won the Student Hockey League's 3×3 Cup trophy for the third time. In the group stage, the team won all three matches: the match against Nevsky Lions ended 7-5, Spartak RANEPA SPb lost to Black Bears 3-12, and the Foxes 4-13. In the deciding match against Lesgaft University, the Polytechnicians won 15-6.

Individual achievements: best goalkeeper – Stepan Trotsenko, top scorer – Gleb Sedykh.

At the All-Russian competition "Chirmania-Piter", the Polytechnic University cheer team took 1st place in the "Cheer-jazz-group" category, 2nd place in "Cheer-freestyle-pair" and "Cheerleading (large group), 1st and 3rd places in "Cheerleading-stunt" (mixed).

The regional stage of the All-Russian Summer Universiade in Memory of A.N. Kudrin brought together over 100 students in St. Petersburg. The Polytechnic University boxers did not disappoint.

Sofia Karyakina, Alexandra Noskova, Ekaterina Petruchkova, and Ekaterina Volokitina won gold medals; Marat Safin, Olesya Konovalova, Elizaveta Kadantseva, Sofia Argandeikina, Margarita Golubova, Elena Fedorova, and Daria Zagorskaya won silver. Anna Glukhova, Polina Sokolova, Elizaveta Orlova, and Batyr Osmanov won bronze.

The SPbPU team also took 2nd place among women.

The All-Russian competition in sports acrobatics "Nikolskie Pirouettes" was held in Veliky Novgorod, where Ksenia Kuznetsova took first place in the "Championship" category.

The dancers also showcased their talent. At the MSU Winter Cup 2025 Open Dancesport Championship in Moscow, Sofia Tsivkovskaya (solo) took first place in the Latin American program (D class), Ivan Kobernyuk and Sofia Safronova took second place in the Latin American and European programs (E class), and Arseniy Bauman and Anastasia Kozlenko won silver in the Latin American and European programs in C class.

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RUDN University students and experts discussed spiritual and moral values as the basis for alliances at a forum in Minsk.

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At the end of last year, the international forum "Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values of the Union State" was held in Minsk. The event, which brought together 137 in-person participants and 67 online guests at a branch of the Russian State Social University, marked an important step in strengthening humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Belarus, particularly among young people. Ekaterina Glebova, Director of the Center for the Promotion of International Youth Relations at RUDN University, moderated the discussion panel "Dialogue of Cultures: Values Unite."

The forum reaffirmed the two countries' commitment to supporting public-societal projects based on shared spiritual values. Participants represented 130 organizations from 14 regions of Russia and all regions of Belarus.

Universal language of intercultural dialogue

Discussing traditional values at such a venue is a direct reflection of RUDN's mission. The university, which unites cultures, sees respect for history, family, work, and mutual assistance as unifying rather than divisive principles. As participants noted, these universal principles create a solid foundation for trusting dialogue, overcoming superficial differences. The discussions revealed both obvious and profound points of contact between the youth of the two countries. In addition to shared historical memories, participants discussed the value of creative work and professional integrity, as well as responsible patriotism, which manifests itself in personal involvement in solving social problems through volunteerism and local initiatives.

In her presentation, Ekaterina Glebova focused on the university's distinctive practices for working with international students.

"An effective mechanism for developing international youth cooperation is engaging young people in international cultural, economic, and scientific processes. This fosters sustainable contacts between young people from different countries, creates an international network of professional connections, and creates conditions for cultural exchange. Creating an active youth community will allow students to pool their efforts in addressing pressing social issues," says Ekaterina Glebova.

Colleagues were particularly interested in RUDN University's experience integrating international students into cultural, educational, and volunteer projects. Vepa Atakhanov, a fifth-year student from Turkmenistan, presented the activities of the Volunteer Center for International Medical Students, discussing their participation in Blood Donor Day events, events for cancer patients, and introductions to Russian classical music. Volunteering allows international students to gain a deeper understanding of the values and everyday life of Russians.

The Role of the University and the First Steps to Community

The forum clearly highlighted a trend toward the growth of public-society projects. RUDN University engages students, particularly international ones, in this work by integrating relevant tasks into curricula and extracurricular activities. The university provides platforms for dialogue with government agencies, supports students' social initiatives with grants, and develops a mentoring system. Through this system, senior students help new students become involved in significant projects, becoming facilitators of humanitarian cooperation.

What are the first steps RUDN students of different nationalities can take to develop youth cooperation? University experts recommend starting with a conscious dialogue—creating informal spaces for discussing not only cultural differences but also deep similarities in understanding values such as family, respect, and justice. Such sincere exchanges are the foundation for genuine joint projects.

According to the RUDN University delegation, the main outcome of the forum was the strengthening of the shared humanitarian agenda with Belarusian partners at the strategic level. The event clearly demonstrated the consolidation of positions: traditional spiritual and moral values are an unshakable foundation for both youth policy and international cooperation.

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How a RUDN University student is creating an agrotech future with multi-story farms

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RUDN University is home to projects capable of transforming entire sectors of the economy. One of them is AgronomiaRus, a highly efficient, automated multi-story farm. The project's motto is: "Using the latest technologies to grow more, faster, and cleaner."

Challenges of the modern agro-industrial complex

The project's leader is Vladislav Volin, a third-year student at the RUDN University Engineering Academy. His team set out to challenge the systemic problems of traditional agriculture: high water and fertilizer consumption, the use of chemicals, the scarcity of fertile soil, crop losses due to climate and disease, and long supply chains that lead to higher prices and spoilage.

The AgronomiaRus project offers an innovative solution: vertical multi-level farms with fully controlled microclimate and lighting. The technology is based on hydroponics (growing without soil), which allows for water savings of up to 95%. Each farm level is equipped with a monitoring system, and the planting and harvesting processes are highly automated. The entire ecosystem is managed by a centralized intelligent system with predefined algorithms.

The implementation of such farms is aimed at achieving strategic goals:

Improving the country's food security; reducing the cost of vegetables, especially in regions with low yields; producing fresh, safe, and delicious vegetables directly in the city, eliminating long transportation routes; and automating and modernizing the agricultural sector.

"Healthy eating has always been important to me, but in recent years I've noticed a disturbing trend—the steadily rising prices of fresh vegetables, especially in regions with challenging climates. Searching for a solution to this problem, I came up with the idea of rethinking the concept of vertical farms. The principle itself isn't new: there are already many vertical farming startups around the world, but almost all of them focus on growing microgreens, lettuce, strawberries, and other low-growing crops. We, however, are primarily focused on adapting this technology to larger vegetable crops, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and eggplants. Our goal is to reduce cultivation costs, automate crop production processes, and introduce innovations into the domestic agro-industrial complex," says Vladislav Volin.

From idea to implementation

Vladislav's team includes students from various universities across the country. He is responsible for the farm's engineering design and overall management. Dmitry Rudakov, a third-year student at Moscow State Law University (majoring in Jurisprudence), oversees legal matters. Vladislav is developing the plant cultivation and care technology in collaboration with Gleb Matsak, a third-year student at Kuban State University from Krasnodar (majoring in Biology). The project manager notes that the team is close-knit and motivated, open to collaboration, and welcomes anyone interested in joining the agricultural development effort.

The project has already received significant recognition. As part of the Student Startup program (an event of the University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform within the federal project "Technologies"), the team won a grant of 1 million rubles from the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE). These funds were used to establish AGRONOMIYARUS LLC, and construction of the first industrial farm is planned to begin in February 2026. The team will submit a report on the use of the grant by September 2026.

The project also completed the RUDN.VC accelerator program, which, according to Vladislav Volin, was a key step in its development.

"The RUDN.VC accelerator was very helpful to me as a founder in defining my company's development strategy. I gained a lot of valuable information from the lectures, which will help me avoid mistakes when implementing the project in the future. I am especially grateful for the opportunity to work with the tracker, Yulia Vorokhob. Together, we conducted a detailed project analysis, created a financial model, carried out strategic planning, and optimized the business model. RUDN.VC is an excellent program that helps students implement their projects. It's great that students have this opportunity—to present their ideas, receive expert support, and even find investors. I'd especially like to note the large number of innovative startups among the participants. It's safe to say that the accelerator makes a real contribution to the development of technology and innovation in our country, which is critically important in today's rapidly changing world," says Vladislav Volin.

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Creating original compositions for Valentine's Day

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The Strogino Cultural Center will host a master class on creating original compositions for Valentine's Day.

Participants will learn the basics of decorative design and create unique compositions and decorations with their own hands, which will become a stylish interior accent or a unique holiday gift.

All necessary materials are provided. The class will be taught by teacher Evgeniya Eliseeva.

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Reflections on the topic…

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The Strogino Cultural Center will host the performance "Reflections on the Theme…"

On New Year's Eve, when the chimes seem to stop time, questions, doubts, and hopes arise between the past and the future. The play offers a philosophical journey into the world of teenagers who, like adults, reflect on the meaning of life, fears, and dreams, seek their path, and try to make sense of what's happening around them. Their thoughts are expressed in music, their emotions in dance, and their personal stories in dramatic sketches, forming a sincere and poignant dialogue with the audience.

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In Moscow, 19 gas regulating stations were built and modernized in 2025.

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In 2025, specialists urban economy complex Nineteen gas regulation stations (GRPs) have been built and modernized. This was announced by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing, Utilities, and Public Works. Petr Biryukov.

"The city is systematically upgrading gas pressure control stations, which are responsible for reducing gas pressure to specified levels and maintaining it within predetermined limits. Last year alone, 17 such facilities were modernized and two were built, ensuring high-quality gas supply to consumers and reducing network wear," noted Pyotr Biryukov.

During the renovation, obsolete equipment was replaced with modern cabinet-type gas distribution stations. These take up less space thanks to optimized placement of various devices and offer higher throughput. Where cabinet-type stations were originally installed, they were replaced with new ones that meet modern requirements and standards.

The installed gas distribution stations were manufactured in-house by Mosgaz JSC. They are reliable and feature reduced noise levels.

The work was completed within a tight deadline and without any service interruptions. Additionally, specialists upgraded the supply gas pipelines.

All gas pressure control stations in the capital are required to be equipped with shut-off devices. Their operating parameters are monitored 24/7 from the central control room of JSC Mosgaz.

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Schools and a community center: nine social facilities were built and reconstructed in TiNAO using public funds in 2025.

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In 2025, under the supervision of the capital Department of Civil Engineering In the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts (TiNAO), nine social facilities were built and reconstructed using city funds. This was announced by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction. Vladimir Efimov.

"We continue to develop the social infrastructure of the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts. In 2025, nine socially significant facilities were built and reconstructed here as part of the Targeted Investment Program. Their total area exceeds 93,000 square meters. Four projects were completed in the Novomoskovsky administrative district, and five more in the Troitsky district. The new facilities include a clinic for adults and children, an art school, a community center, and educational institutions," said Vladimir Efimov.

New social facilities have opened in six districts of the New Moscow: two projects each have been completed in Troitsk, Filimonkovsky, and Krasnopakhorsky districts, and one each in Shcherbinka, Bekasovo, and Kommunarka.

"Among the social infrastructure facilities that opened in the New Moscow Administrative Okrugs in 2025, schools are the most numerous. Six buildings, totaling approximately 70,000 square meters, were constructed or renovated in these administrative districts. They provide comfortable conditions for the comprehensive development of children. For example, in Shcherbinka, a new three-story building was constructed for 400 schoolchildren. It now includes laboratory and research complexes, specialized classrooms, a gym, spacious, bright recreation areas, a media library, and other spaces," noted the head of the Moscow Department of Civil Construction.

Alexey Alexandrov.

A modern outpatient clinic for adults and children, covering over 13,000 square meters, has been built in the Filimonkovsky district. It can handle 750 visits per shift. It features offices for doctors of all specialties, medical diagnostic testing, and treatment and preventive procedures, as well as modern laboratories, comfortable waiting areas, and a reception desk. Convenient navigation makes the building easy to navigate. A barrier-free environment has been created for people with disabilities.

The building also houses a family center, a branch of the Moscow City Rehabilitation Center, and a Moscow Longevity Center.

As the Chairman of the Moscow Committee for State Construction Supervision explained Anton SlobodchikovInspectors monitored the construction and renovation of social facilities in the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts at all stages. A total of 75 on-site inspections were conducted, assessing the quality of structures and materials. Following final inspections in 2025, conclusions were issued regarding the compliance of the constructed buildings with the requirements of the approved design documentation, after which occupancy permits were issued.

Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin said that a new building had been built in the Bogorodskoye district. school for 600 seats.

The construction of social facilities in Moscow is in line with the goals and initiatives of the national project Infrastructure for LifeMore information about Russia's national projects and the capital's contribution can be found atspecial page.

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And then they were all killed

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The A.P. Bogolyubov Arts Library will host a performance of "And Then They Killed Them All," a one-woman play by Svetlana Sologub.

The play is dedicated to the tragic events in the Kursk border region in August 2024 and is based on an artistic interpretation of real events. The narrative centers on the story of the village of Nikolayevo-Daryino, where all but one of the men were killed during the occupation. The playwright constructs the text as a "letter within a letter": the author's address to her mother transitions into a confessional letter from a fictional character—a village resident—who recounts life under occupation, fear, loss, and the gradual extermination of the male population.

Performed by Tatyana Dukhovskaya, an actress of the Bibliostsena theatre studio.

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