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September 8 is a special date in the history of our country and its northern capital, St. Petersburg. Today we remember the victims of the Leningrad siege during the Great Patriotic War.

The siege lasted an incredibly long 872 days, from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944. During this time, from 600,000 to 1.5 million city residents died from hunger, cold, bombing and shelling, according to various sources, with 97% dying from exhaustion and only 3% as a result of combat. Over 150,000 heavy artillery shells and over 107,000 incendiary and high-explosive bombs fell on the city during the siege. At its beginning, the average daily shelling lasted 9 hours.

During the hardest period, in December 1941, the daily bread ration for a worker was 250 grams, everyone else, including the elderly and children, received 125 grams. Despite these hellish conditions, the residents of Leningrad were ready to give even their own blood for the front. Every day, 300 to 700 people donated it for the wounded soldiers. By the beginning of 1944, a total of 144 thousand liters of blood from exhausted residents had been collected.

The terrifying statistics can be cited for a very long time. Or you can read these sparse but very vivid recollections of a witness to this war crime of Nazi Germany, candidate of economic sciences, senior research fellow of the research department of the Moscow Engineering and Economics Institute (now the State University of Management), chairman of the Council of Veterans of our university from 1997 to 2003 Georgy Lagunov.

In 1941, our hero lived in the very center of Leningrad, in a house on the corner of Gogol and Dzerzhinsky streets, where the famous composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky died.

"Summer 1941. Warm. No rain. You can go to Krestovsky Island to swim in the Neva. Shop windows are filled with sandbags. Windows of houses are covered with crosswise strips of paper. Slots have been dug in gardens and parks to provide cover from bombs. Policemen with guns. Curfew. The radio is on non-stop. The evacuation of the Hermitage has begun. The shops still have everything they need."

"September 6 – the first raid by fascist planes. A day later – a massive daytime raid. From the roof of the house you can see smoke spreading over the burning Badayev warehouses, where most of the city's food supplies were stored. During one of the night raids, which happened to coincide with my duty on the roof, two lighters fell on our house. One bomb – into a barrel of water, the other – with special tongs into the sand. The remainder of the second lighter – a stump of a cylinder with a tail unit – stood on my desk for a long time."

"Heavy snowfalls began at the beginning of November. Railroad communication with the country was interrupted. Trams and trolleybuses stopped. The daily bread ration was rapidly decreasing. Almost no other food products were issued."

"In mid-December, the lights in the houses go out. People started making smokehouses. There is no water. It is cold. The bread ration is 125 grams. People queue for it from 6 am. People fall down and die of hunger right on the streets."

"On December 27, my father died. From "general dystrophy," as stated on the death certificate, or more simply, from hunger. He was only in his 45th year."

"My mother went to work as a nurse at the hospital on our street. How far it seemed! I dragged myself there to the canteen for civilians for a plate of shchi made from khryapa or a flatbread made from duranda."

(Khryapa is the pickled upper green leaves of white cabbage. Duranda is the remains of oilseeds after squeezing oil out of them, cake.)

"In February 1942, food standards were set that would probably be minimally sufficient for healthy people. However, for dystrophic people, this was not enough. People continued to die. But even in such difficult times, the post office worked!"

"In the spring, trams started running again. The destroyed houses, at least in the city center, were camouflaged with plywood painted to look like walls and windows. The streets were deserted, there were few people. In the gardens, they began to dig up the vegetable gardens."

"In June 1942, I started working, and that's when my work experience began. At first, I worked as an apprentice electrician in a hospital, and when the restoration of electricity supply to residential buildings began in 1943, I moved to work as a foreman of electricians in the District Housing Administration, closer to home."

"On November 1, 1943, I was drafted into the Red Army by the Kuibyshev RVC of Leningrad. Together with me, there were only about 40 teenage boys born in 1926 in the area, who had survived the most brutal months of the blockade in the city. This was the last draft of soldiers who took part in the battles of the Great Patriotic War."

Georgy Lagunov did not manage to be in the battles to lift the siege of Leningrad. On January 27, 1944, the day it was lifted, the young machine gunner turned 18. He fought in the autumn offensive operations of the 3rd Baltic Front in Estonia and in the winter-spring East Prussian offensive operation in Poland. He was seriously wounded in the leg while crossing the border with Germany, and eight months later he was discharged from the army for health reasons.

Georgy Lagunov was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, the Order of Glory, 3rd degree, the medals For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, For the Defense of Leningrad, and the Resident of Blockaded Leningrad badge. A worthy warrior

In 2022, the St. Petersburg City Court recognized the siege of Leningrad as an act of genocide. We will forever remember the incredible resilience and unbending courage of the survivors of besieged Leningrad and the hundreds of thousands of innocent victims of this war crime of the Nazi regime.

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Every year on September 8, Russia celebrates a professional holiday – Financier’s Day.

This date was not chosen by chance: it was on this day in 1802 that Emperor Alexander I established the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire. The creation of this department was an important step in the development of the state's financial system and contributed to the strengthening of the country's economy.

The State University of Management proudly congratulates everyone involved in financial management, investment, accounting and economic activity on this festive day – both experienced professionals and future specialists.

We send special congratulations to the Institute of Economics and Finance and the Department of Finance and Credit, which are among the leading centers for training highly qualified specialists in this field, and their graduates successfully work in the largest companies, banks, investment funds and government organizations.

On this festive day, we wish everyone involved excellent financial health, confident upward movement and error-free formation of strategies.

Thank you for your contribution to the development of our country's economy.

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A new cafe "Respawn" has opened on the Polytechnic campus. It is located on the first floor of the fourth building, the sign is visible from afar and attracts attention.

Let's explain right away what the name means, because that's the point. In computer games, the word "respawn" is used to refer to the place where the hero is reborn and reborn, that is, the place of new strength. And indeed, there used to be a cafe here, too, but now it has been completely transformed.

The opening of the new establishment took place with the participation of the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy. He congratulated the students on the beginning of the new academic year and recalled that he himself once loved "fast food".

Dear guys, to study successfully, everything around you needs to be good: lectures, teachers, mentors, group, friends, health, and, of course, food. Here they will prepare food that maintains energy and does not take much time, while it is filling, and knowledge goes well on a full stomach. Therefore, we are organizing a network of fast food centers at the university, where it is cozy, tasty and decent, and the price-quality ratio is very decent, – said Andrey Rudskoy.

The Rector of SPbPU noted that the Polytechnic University is counting on long-term cooperation with the company "DTKP" (brand "Gamma Vkusa"), to which several food outlets in the Polytechnic University have been outsourced, and on expanding the range of services. For example, the possibility of food delivery around the campus, or pre-ordering to avoid standing in line, is being considered. Also, perhaps, dishes with a special Polytechnic flavor will appear on the menu of these cafes. "Pancakes of a first-year student" or "Gagarinsky borscht", for example. Competition for the best name for shawarma and burger it's already going in the official Polytechnic group.

What can you have for lunch today at the Respawn cafe?

The Wild Burger with beef is a combo with potatoes and cheese sauce, and the Chicken Burger comes with chicken nuggets and potatoes, respectively.

Classic shawarma, cheese shawarma, signature shawarma "Respawn" with bacon or beef.

The lunch is completed with a cocktail of the day.

You can order separately St. Petersburg-style potatoes and Moscow-style potatoes. St. Petersburg-style potatoes are fried with smoked sausages, and Moscow-style potatoes are fried with bacon.

Those who are in a hurry get a hot dog.

You can’t call this cuisine dietary, but it has many fans, and there’s no end to those who want it.

There is also food for vegetarians. For example, falafel with mixed salad or just a salad "Cole Slaw".

Hot drinks include four types of coffee, chocolate and tea. Also soft drinks and sweet snacks.

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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University announces the start of registration for the international Olympiad Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project. The winners will have the opportunity to study free of charge at the expense of the federal budget of Russia in bachelor's, master's and postgraduate programs.

Organized by the Global Universities Association with the support of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Open Doors Olympiad provides foreign citizens, compatriots living abroad, and stateless persons with the opportunity to get into budget places without entrance examinations.

In 2025, we are betting on expanding opportunities for international applicants: three educational tracks are available. According to our data, IT, robotics and nuclear energy are traditionally of particular interest. SPbPU, coordinating two profiles, confidently strengthens its leadership in engineering training, – noted the head of the International Education Department Evgeniya Satalkina.

The Olympiad schedule includes several stages. Registration and portfolio submission will last from September 1 to November 16, 2025.

If you are graduating from high school, undergraduate or graduate school in 2026, here's what you need to do.

Register onon the website of the International Olympiad Open Doors. Upload your portfolios to the system. Complete the Olympiad tasks in proctoring mode. Complete an online interview with potential academic supervisors (only for the postgraduate track).

Research experience and publications in international journals are particularly valued.

"My academic path in Russia began with participation in the Open Doors Olympiad. I learned about this scholarship when I was searching for opportunities to enroll in a postgraduate program on the Internet," shares Li Ziming, the winner of last year's Olympiad. "The choice of SPbPU was strategic. The university is known in the field of automation, and what is important, the research of my scientific supervisor, Professor Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Potekhin, perfectly coincided with my interests."

Statistics from previous years demonstrate the growing popularity of the Olympiad. In 2025, more than 240 winners were selected. Most of the talented children came from China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan. St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is waiting for talented students from all over the world.

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A research fellow at the State University of Management visited the international forum of unmanned vehicles of all environments “Wings of Sakhalin”, which took place from August 6 to 8 in the Korsakovsky district on the territory of the first drone port in Russia “Pushisty”.

Opening the forum, Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko noted that Sakhalin is becoming a real innovative platform for the development of unmanned technologies. The complex terrain, long coastline and remoteness of many settlements have allowed the island to become an ideal testing ground for the introduction of unmanned vehicles.

On September 5, at the Eastern Economic Forum, the visiting venue of which is "Wings of Sakhalin", Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Sakhalin experiment on the introduction of civilian drones will be extended to other regions of our country. Today, more than 70 scenarios for the civilian use of UAVs have been developed in the Sakhalin Region. Drones are used to deliver medical supplies and small parcels, help prevent floods, identify forest fires, help catch poachers and search for lost people.

The Wings of Sakhalin forum brought together more than a thousand experts in the field of unmanned aircraft systems from 19 countries, and 19 companies presented their products at the exhibition.

As part of the working group of JSC "Ploshchad", whose specialists took part in the business program and in test and demonstration flights, the event was attended by Dmitry Nikitin, a research fellow at the Department of Coordination of Scientific Research at the State University of Management.

On the sidelines of the forum, a representative of the State University of Management held a meeting with the head of the Advanced Engineering School of Sakhalin State University "Island Engineering" Sergey Kotsukon to discuss strategic areas of cooperation within the framework of the PISH and joint research in the field of unmanned aircraft systems. Dmitry Nikitin also took part in discussions devoted to the formation of a scientific and technological base and infrastructure for UAS, legal regulation, the contribution of regions to the country's technological leadership, the creation of uniform standards for the interaction of unmanned devices and the training of qualified personnel for the unmanned industry.

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The very first week of school brought to the digest

— The history and significance of the State Council of Russia was discussed by the adviser to the rector's office of the State University of Management, head of the department of public and municipal administration of the State University of Management Sergei Chuev. "And if the State Council in the 19th century was still a national structure, which to some extent replaced parliament, then the modern State Council is, first of all, a body that allows the voice of the regions to be heard, to develop national decisions, but from the position of those who are on the ground, in the subjects," the adviser says.

— Marina Grigorieva, Director of the Pre-University of the State University of Management, discusses changes in the Moscow educational infrastructure. In her opinion, digital platforms allow teachers to quickly find teaching materials, teaching aids and assignments of various levels of complexity, conduct virtual excursions, demonstrate multimedia presentations and video materials, which makes lessons more lively and exciting.

— The results of the study of yard games were shared by the employees of the State University of Management Olga Vasilyeva and Ksenia Ovsyannikova. The study made a gradation between generations and preferred games. For example, the generation born in 1924-1944 preferred team sports games, and the baby boom generation of 1944-1967 preferred role-playing family games of mothers and daughters and school, as well as checkers and shakhvaty.

— Associate Professor of the Department of Public and Municipal Administration, Head of the Project and Educational Laboratory of Urban Development of the State University of Management Irina Milkina discusses uniform standards for the integrated development of territories. The expert believes that uniform standards are necessary to guarantee the same level of comfort and safety, but at the same time notes that they should take into account the characteristics of specific territories, adapting to local conditions and the needs of the population. — Irina Milkina discussed the urban trend of rooftop gardens. "Rooftop gardens are becoming an important part of modern urbanism, helping to improve the urban ecology, quality of the living environment and increase the level of comfort of living in the city," the expert says. — Irina Milkina helped to calculate the number of cities in Russia. According to Rosstat, as of January 1, 2024, there are 1,119 cities in Russia. This figure may change slightly over time. Of these, 16 are cities with a population of over a million and 803 are small towns.

— The initiative to abolish homework in schools was discussed by Petr Tazov, senior lecturer at the Marketing Department of the State University of Management: “In my opinion, the key problem of modern education is the search for student subjectivity. Neither parents nor artificial intelligence will replace independent thinking. But they will cause doubts in one’s thoughts. The more often a student delegates tasks to others, the greater his unwillingness to think and doubts about the correctness of his own conclusions.” — Petr Tazov analyzed stereotypes in higher education. For example, about the fact that fee-paying students are not expelled. The situation may change next year, when the Ministry of Education and Science will set quotas for the number of fee-paying places in universities.

— Senior lecturer of the Department of State and Municipal Administration of the State University of Management Alexander Shakhov pointed out the clarifications in the model charter of the urban and municipal districts of the Perm Territory. The expert draws attention to the fact that in the Perm Territory it is proposed to fix a number of powers that can be withdrawn at any time by the subject of the Russian Federation. At the same time, no clarifications are made about the actual scope of competence of municipalities. — The lack of places in dormitories of Russian universities was discussed by Alexander Shakhov. Theoretically, a student can challenge in court the refusal of an educational institution to provide housing, but if the fund is exhausted, then the demands cannot be satisfied.

– The recognition by the US court illegal monopolization of the market by Google was discussed by the associate professor of the Department of Economic Policy and Economic Measurements of the Institute of Economics and Finance GUU Maxim Chirkov. He believes that the separation of the company will lead to healthy competition and reducing services for services. This stimulates innovation, since technological giants will no longer be able to suppress growing businesses. – Maxim Chirkov pointed out the failure of the policy of secondary sanctions: “The sections of the Americans that they will introduce or threaten to introduce secondary sanctions and the third countries will stop cooperation with Russia, it did not materialize, this is obvious. Accordingly, the meaning of these sanctions is lost. ” – Maxim Chirkov discussed the measures to confront the fraud of fraud in the banking sector. “It is probably hardly possible to completely defeat such a phenomenon as fraud, as it is impossible to defeat crime so far. But we see that Russia today adapts to new challenges, because so far there is a kind of race in which the same criminals use new technologies, including informational ones, ”the economist argues. – The chances of Hungary to win the court at the European Union were appreciated by Maxim Chirkov. The expert believes that there are chances, but they are small. And in general there is no confidence in the reliability of the European legal system. – The possibility of the autumn economic crisis in Russia was discussed by Maxim Chirkov. “In general, our economy, no matter what, is developing, is growing. Of course, growth rates in 2025 have somewhat decreased compared to the record last year, but we see exactly stable growth. And in 2026, our economy has a chance to show the growth rates similar to the fact that they were 2024, ”Maxim Chirkov is sure. 

— The growth in the number of public-private partnership (PPP) projects related to infrastructure construction was discussed by Olga Astafyeva, Head of the Department of Economics and Management in Construction at the Institute of Industry Management at the State University of Management. The expert believes that attracting private investors to PPP projects is not only becoming an additional source of financing for significant infrastructure projects, but also stimulating economic growth.

— The list of systemically important banks in Russia was discussed by Nikolay Kuznetsov, Associate Professor of the Finance and Credit Department at the State University of Management. The main advantage of systemically important banks is that the state will support them during a crisis and will not allow them to collapse. There is also a downside — the terms of service in such banks may differ significantly from those of small banks.

— The reasons for the sharp increase in the number of dollar millionaires in Africa were discussed by the head of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations at the State University of Management, Evgeny Smirnov. There are currently 123 thousand millionaires in Africa, and over the next decade their number will grow by 65%. According to the economist, the gap between the rich and the poor will continue to grow at least as long as African countries are characterized by consistently high rates of economic growth.

— Associate Professor of the Department of Economic Policy and Economic Measurements of the State University of Management Artem Savostitsky spoke about the significance of the Eastern Economic Forum in an interview: “Over 10 years, the platform has become a very significant driver and the second most important platform in Russia after the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. More than 70,000 participants from 130 countries have passed through it, almost half of the world.”

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The hero of the sixth issue of the video digest “Polytech in Priority” is the chief designer, head of the key scientific and technological direction “New Materials, Technologies, Production”, director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport of SPbPU Anatoly Popovich.

In the new issue, Anatoly Anatolyevich spoke about the priority tasks that the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport solves to achieve the goals of technological leadership of the country. As an example, Anatoly Popovich named the achievements of IMMiT in the field of additive technologies, thanks to which the institute occupies a leading position not only in Russia, but also in the world.

Information video digests prepared by the SPbPU Office of Technological Leadership tell about the most important scientific and technical projects and areas of the university that participate in the Priority-2030 program. These videos are created to help understand the essence of the program, learn about the projects receiving funding, and follow how they are being implemented.

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St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the State Hermitage Museum present a new joint project – a series of video films “Formula of Art”.

The leading engineering university and the largest museum in Russia are long-standing partners. The cooperation began back in 2016, and at the end of 2023 it received a new impetus for development. All these years, the university and the museum have been developing and improving the engineering and security systems of the Hermitage, conducting scientific research, interacting in expert and information-analytical activities, joint public and youth projects, in the field of employment and job placement.

The new creative initiative was born as a result of mutual interest and cooperation between the press services of both institutions and has evolved into a large-scale joint project.

"The idea is to connect masterpieces of the past with the achievements of modern science," said Marianna Dyakova, Head of the SPbPU Public Relations Department. "The project is based on searching for parallels between the museum exhibits and the scientific developments of Polytechnic University scientists. For example, research in the field of lithium-ion batteries is reflected in antique mechanical watches from the museum collection. More than a dozen such interesting intersections have already been found, and work on new ideas continues."

In the first episode of Formula of Art, viewers are invited to take a journey from the Middle Ages to the present day. The subject of the research was the protective clothing of warriors five hundred years ago and now. The role of an expert on knightly armor was played by Yuri Efimov, a senior researcher at the Arsenal Department of the State Hermitage. Straight from the Knights' Hall of the Hermitage, we are transported to the Scientific and Educational Center of the Polytechnic University "Mechanical Engineering Technologies and Materials", where its director Pavel Novikov talks about modern protective equipment.

The science that the Hermitage is engaged in comprehends and organizes the past. Scientists at the Polytechnic University create technologies of the future. Our project, born out of mutual curiosity, shows that both can be equally fascinating, says Olga Eberts, Head of the Information Projects Department of the State Hermitage.

The authors plan to release new films every month. Not only the Polytechnic University staff and students, but absolutely all viewers will be able to see them on the university's information resources, immerse themselves in the atmosphere of historical halls where works of art created by great creators are kept, and feel the amazing connection of eras, the unity of age-old wisdom, talent and service to progress. The project will also be presented on the official communication channels of the State Hermitage. Placing content on the media platforms of one of the world's leading museums will allow for maximum audience reach and attract the attention of both Russian and international users.

The target audience of the project is the broadest circles of the public. It will be interesting for both children and teenagers, as well as adults who want to see familiar museum exhibits in a new light. "Formula of Art" allows you to take a new look at the connection between the past, the present and the future, – Marianna Dyakova is sure.

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