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"Russia, Don't Be Afraid, We Are With You": History Lessons for First-Year Students at the Polytechnic University

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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –

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On September 8, the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Siege of Leningrad, a series of screenings of the literary and musical composition “Russia, Don’t Be Afraid, We Are With You” began at the Polytechnic for first-year students.

For the fourth year, within the framework of the “Creative Semesters” discipline, a conversation has been conducted with students about the events in freezing blockaded Leningrad and the Donbass burning from bombings using music and words.

"Today is the day of the beginning of the Leningrad blockade, but also the day of the liberation of Donbass from the Nazi invaders. So, in one day, two such events have come together, as in our work, born in 2016, when a huge milestone in our history began and continues to this day," said the author of the project, actress of the G. A. Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Alexandra Kulikova. "I have great hope that our word will be heard. And it should not be otherwise. Because we are honest, and the Polytechnic is permeated with attention to the young – to those who are to seek, build, love, remember and pass on."

On September 8, two screenings took place in a row. The first to hear poems by Anna Akhmatova and Olga Berggolts, poems and documentary texts by Donbass residents, accompanied by an orchestra, were first-year students of the Institute of Energy and the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity.

Full halls, hundreds of students, and like one! Attentive and listening… They managed to put their phones aside for a while and live this story with us. I feel great gratitude and tenderness for each of them and I believe that each of them has purity, compassion, love for people and their country, – noted Alexandra Kulikova.

The composition, which combined poetry, documentary evidence and music, became an important emotional and educational experience for the students.

I couldn't hold back my tears… Expressive reading, piercing music and the topic itself – it was unexpected to find myself at such a lecture. This is a very important work of the university – everyone should know about the terrible events that happened and are still happening, – shared 1st year student of the Institute of Historical and Cultural Studies Valentina Fomina.

The management of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is grateful to the actress of the G. A. Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Alexandra Kulikova and the conductor of the Donetsk Philharmonic Valeria Putra, who united singers and musicians to implement this important statement. Preserving the memory of the exploits of the past and present helps polytechnicians become not only the engineering elite of the country, but also people devoted to their Fatherland.

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International Summer: Polytechnic Students Get to Know Russia

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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –

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Foreign students of the preparatory faculty of the Polytechnic University from more than ten countries spent their holidays getting to know Russia and St. Petersburg. Guests from India, Pakistan, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Algeria and many other countries rested in a summer camp, made friends, went on excursions and immersed themselves in the cultural life of the Northern capital.

The camp program was designed so that every day would give new impressions. The students visited magnificent palaces and parks, cozy courtyards and embankments of St. Petersburg, and discovered the beauty of the Leningrad Region.

Particular attention was paid to deep immersion in culture. For students from Pakistan, for example, a special interactive lecture was held on "Saint Petersburg: Historical and Modern Mysteries of the Northern Capital."

The children also took a virtual journey from the founding of the city by Peter I to the present day, learned about the main museums, theaters and architectural masterpieces. The meeting ended with a fascinating quiz, which helped consolidate new knowledge.

But the main result of the summer was, of course, friendship without borders. Language barriers easily collapsed during joint games, quests and informal evenings, giving way to sincere laughter and mutual understanding. The summer camp once again showed that, despite the differences in cultures and traditions, all Polytechnic students are one big and friendly team.

The organizers and participants thank everyone who helped make this summer so eventful. The energy and openness to the world of the Polytechnic University's international students make the university community even brighter and stronger.

Now the summer impressions have become a pleasant baggage of memories, which will help to start the school year with fresh strength. Let's wish everyone a productive autumn and success.

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Menla County Vocational High School welcomes over 350 Lao students in new school year

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

In early September, Mengla County Vocational High School in Yunnan Province, located on the China-Laos border, welcomed freshmen, including more than 350 Lao students.

With the opening of the China-Laos Railway, traveling by train to study abroad has become a new way for these Lao students to start the new semester.

Vocational education is an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative. As the "vanguard" of opening up vocational education in border areas, Menla County Senior Vocational School has been training Lao students since 2001. To date, the school has accepted a total of 3,186 Lao youth. This has created an important bridge for talent training and cultural exchange in building a community with a shared future for China and Laos.

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China firmly adheres to 'red line' on preserving arable land: minister

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — China is firmly adhering to the "red line" of preserving arable land, gradually establishing a comprehensive protection system covering its quantity, quality and ecology, Natural Resources Minister Guan Zhiou said Wednesday.

As of the end of 2024, China's total arable land area stood at 1.94 billion mu (1 hectare = 15 mu), Guan Zhiou said at a press conference in Beijing.

China is stepping up efforts to ensure that total arable land does not fall below a “red line” of 1.8 billion mu.

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Exhibition “International Friends and China’s Anti-Japanese War” Opens in Beijing

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — A themed exhibition, "International Friends and China's Anti-Japanese War," opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing on Tuesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.

According to a message on the museum’s website, the exhibition is being organized by the National Administration for Cultural Heritage of the People’s Republic of China, the State Archives Administration of the People’s Republic of China, and the National Museum of China, with the support, in particular, of the Russian Embassy in China.

The exhibition features over 300 relics and 400 photographs, systematically telling the story of foreigners' participation in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Among them are international friends who risked their lives to help Chinese refugees during the Nanjing Massacre, American pilots of the Flying Tigers, Soviet pilots, medical workers, war correspondents, etc.

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6 trapped in coal mine accident in northeast China

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

HARBIN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Six people were trapped after an earthquake triggered by mining operations at a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Wednesday.

The incident occurred at 1:44 a.m. Beijing time at the Fuli coal mine in Hegang City. The tremors caused significant damage to part of the mine workings.

Two miners were successfully rescued and taken to hospital for medical treatment, their lives are out of danger.

Efforts are currently underway to find the remaining six trapped people. -0-

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The 2025 Chinese-Russian Cross-Border Marathons were held in Heihe

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

The city of Heihe in Heilongjiang Province and Blagoveshchensk in Russia's Amur Region, which are located in the border regions of China and Russia, are separated by a river and are figuratively called twin cities.

At 7:00 a.m. on September 6, in Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province, at the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk Highway Bridge, the 2025 China-Russia Cross-Border Marathon Series (2025 Heihe Marathons) was launched.

The competition was organized by the Sports Administration of Heilongjiang Province, the People's Government of Heihe City, and the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports of the Amur Region of Russia.

The competition included a full marathon, a half marathon, a 10-kilometer cross-border bridge run and a mass run, which attracted about 4,000 Chinese and foreign participants.

Of particular interest in the event was the 10-kilometer run across the bridge over the border river Heilongjiang (Amur). Participants ran across the border on the bridge and finished on Russian territory at the Kani-Kurgan road checkpoint.

The cross-border marathons are a new testament to the vitality and friendship of these "twin cities".

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Mikhail Mishustin reappoints Mikhail Piotrovsky as General Director of the Hermitage

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Order dated September 9, 2025 No. 2476-r

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Order dated September 9, 2025 No. 2476-r

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order to reappoint Mikhail Piotrovsky as General Director of the State Hermitage Museum for a five-year term.

Mikhail Piotrovsky has been working at the Hermitage since 1991. At first, he was deputy director for research, and in 1992 he took the position of director of the museum.

Mikhail Piotrovsky is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Presidium of the RAS, and Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. He is a member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for Science and Education.

Mikhail Piotrovsky is a full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". He was also awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky and the Order of Friendship.

In 2003, he was awarded the Presidential Prize in Literature and Art, and in 2017, the State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and Art.

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Cruise ship Star Voyager visits Sanya for the first time

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

On September 4, Star Cruises' Star Voyager, carrying more than 1,200 tourists from 16 countries and regions, arrived in Sanya City, embarking on its maiden voyage to mainland China, marking a new stage of cooperation between Sanya City and international cruise companies and injecting new impetus into the development of the cruise industry in Hainan Free Trade Port.

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Zhang Aining on the Three Important Values of the UN Charter

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

On September 2, during the large-scale events to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, a seminar entitled "Towards a Community of Shared Future: From the Great Spirit of Resistance to Global Initiatives" was held at China Foreign Affairs University, where a paper of the same name was presented.

Zhang Aining, a professor at the Department of International Law at China Foreign Affairs University, believes that one of the most important achievements of human civilization after World War II was the establishment of the United Nations, and the UN Charter is the fundamental legal document for this organization. It is a multilateral treaty by nature, legally binding on all UN member states.

She believes that the three core values of the UN Charter deserve special attention.

First, understanding and preserving history. The UN Charter embodies humanity's profound understanding of two world wars that broke out in less than 30 years.

Secondly, the solution of contemporary problems. The UN Charter promoted new development of international law to solve problems revealed during the Second World War that required urgent solutions.

Third, shaping the future. The UN Charter sets out a plan for building a new world after World War II, that is, a new international order. The past 80 years of history have proven that the foresight of the UN founders has at least ensured relatively long-term peace for humanity.

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