Students from the State University of Management met with the acting governor of the Kursk region and received answers to their questions

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On September 3, 2025, a meeting of students from leading Moscow universities — natives of the Kursk region — with the acting governor of the region, Alexander Khinshtein, took place within the walls of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Among others, students from the State University of Management attended the meeting.

The dialogue was structured in the format of an open discussion, which allowed young people to directly ask questions about the prospects for the development of the region, as well as to identify key areas that, in their opinion, require priority attention. First of all, students were interested in the topics of young specialists returning to their small homeland after completing their studies in Moscow, creating a comfortable infrastructure for life and work, developing education, culture and the economy.

Alexander Khinshtein emphasized the strategic objective of attracting young specialists back to the region:

"It is interesting to learn about the problems that concern you and to answer an important question: what is needed to prevent young people from leaving Kursk Oblast? And this is, perhaps, the main goal of my meeting today – to talk about how I see the development of the region and why it is very important for young and competent specialists and managers to return home," the acting governor noted.

The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Konstantin Mogilevsky, who noted the special connection of young people with their small homeland. In his speech, he emphasized that, despite studying and working in Moscow, many students maintain deep personal and family ties with the Kursk region, and it is this connection that forms the basis for the return of young people and the future development of the region.

During the discussion, issues directly affecting the quality of life and prospects of the region were raised. Particular attention was paid to the development of transport infrastructure: students were interested in the construction of a new railway station in Kursk, the possibility of electrifying sections and constructing a second track in Zheleznogorsk, resuming work on the reconstruction of the airport, as well as the condition of roads and transport links between settlements.

A significant block of questions concerned the preservation of historical and cultural heritage. Alexander Khinshtein noted that there are nine cultural heritage sites on the territory of the Kursk Fortress, of which restoration work is already underway on four; in parallel, the reconstruction of the historical building of the former men's classical gymnasium has been resumed, and in the future, improvement of the Znamensky Cathedral is planned.

The topic of education was no less relevant. The acting governor emphasized that there are four universities in the Kursk region, and each has potential for development. He noted that the creation of branches of federal universities in the cities of the region is being discussed, as well as the expansion of opportunities for practical training and internships for students at regional enterprises. One of the students present at the meeting asked to pay attention to colleges in the region, in particular, the Rylsk Aviation Technical College.

Answering the question about how to attract students back to the region, given the level of wages in the region and in the capital, Alexander Khinshtein noted that it will be difficult to compete with Moscow, but at the same time it is easier to prove yourself in the region than in large cities. He also shared that plans include announcing a recruitment of young people to work in government bodies.

A separate area of discussion was measures to develop border territories. Alexander Khinshtein spoke about the preparation of a border restoration program, including socio-economic incentives for businesses and investors, which should become the basis for long-term growth and increased sustainability of the region.

Such events become a significant platform for open dialogue between the authorities and youth, as well as for generating ideas and finding practical solutions.

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Meeting of Epochs. Outstanding Mathematician Valery Kozlov Visits Polytech

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On September 4, SPbPU was visited by the outstanding Russian mathematician and mechanic, world-famous specialist in the field of classical mechanics, the theory of dynamic systems and deterministic chaos, stability theory and statistical mechanics, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences Valery Kozlov.

Valery Vasilyevich was met by the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy and the scientific secretary Dmitry Karpov. The guest was shown the Main Building, the gallery of outstanding scientists, the meeting room of the Academic Council. He also visited the Museum of the History of SPbPU, where he saw unique exhibits that tell about the great mathematical heritage of the Polytechnic University. The director of the museum Valery Klimov showed the scientist lectures and textbooks of the legendary mathematician, the founder of the mechanics of variable composition systems Ivan Meshchersky.

After that, the famous scientist went to the Technopolis Polytech Research Building. He got acquainted with the activities of the international scientific and educational center Additive Technologies. He also assessed the work of the Laboratory of Light Materials and Structures (additive arc technologies and friction stir welding).

"Today Andrey Ivanovich Rudskoy introduced me in detail to the history of your great university. I visited the museum, the historical meeting hall of the Academic Council, the research building, and also saw unique developments created using the latest technologies. All this made a very strong impression. It was especially pleasant to see that young people are participating in these projects – this is our present and our future, – Valery Vasilyevich shared his impressions. – I was deeply touched by my acquaintance with the gallery of outstanding scientists in the Main Building: Corresponding Member, mathematician Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov; the legendary scientist Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov, the famous mathematician Alexey Nikolaevich Krylov. I was shown the lectures of Professor Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky and his collection of problems, which I myself studied from as a student. Holding them in my hands is a fantastic feeling. And I want to wish that such a wonderful university with such wonderful traditions would be replenished every year with talented students, postgraduates, young teachers who are born not only in St. Petersburg, not only in Moscow, but throughout our country. So that they could study here, work and bring benefit to our great Fatherland."

Valery Vasilyevich Kozlov was born in the village of Kostyli in the Ryazan region. His path to science began with a gold medal in a Moscow secondary school, after which he continued his education at the evening physics and mathematics school at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. In 1972, V. V. Kozlov graduated from the mechanics and mathematics department of Moscow State University, proving himself to be a brilliant student. At the age of 24, he defended his candidate's dissertation, and at 28, he became a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences. Since 1983 – professor.

A specialist in theoretical mechanics and its applications. He obtained a number of fundamental results on the problems of exact integration of equations of dynamics, stability of motion, rigid body dynamics, nonholonomic mechanics, integral invariants, variational problems of dynamics and impact theory.

In particular, they solved:

Poincaré's problem on the absence of new analytical integrals in the problem of the rotation of a heavy asymmetric rigid body with a fixed point; Chaplygin's problem on the fall of a rigid body in an infinite volume of ideal fluid; Painlevé-Golubev's problem on the branching of solutions in the plane of complex time and the presence of a complete set of holomorphic first integrals of Hamilton's equations, as well as other problems in mathematics and mechanics.

Valery Kozlov made a significant contribution to the development of Russian science in the administrative field: Vice-Rector of Moscow State University for Schools for Gifted Children, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Academic Council of Moscow State University, Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, Director of the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-President and Acting President of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

For outstanding services to Russian science, Valery Vasilyevich was awarded orders and medals. He is a full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". He was also awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Order of Honor, and was awarded the State Prize of Russia.

Under the supervision of Valery Vasilyevich, 30 candidates of sciences were prepared, seven of whom became doctors of sciences. Among his students are academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The author of more than 350 scientific works, including monographs and textbooks, he is an honored professor of Moscow State University and a member of a number of foreign academies and scientific societies.

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We invite foreign students of the State University of Management to take part in the competition "StudRussia"

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The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation invites you to participate in the All-Russian competition for foreign students of higher education institutions "StudRussia".

The purpose of the Competition is to support foreign students in Russia who have special achievements in the fields of education and science, youth policy, student leadership, social activities, volunteering, creativity, and sports, through their involvement in social, cultural, and competitive activities.

The competition will be held in two language tracks in six nominations: “The Future of Science”, “Inspired by Creativity”, “Leader of the Generation”, “Russian Language and Culture”, “Goodness Without Borders”, “Conquerors of Peaks”, as well as the Grand Prix “Best Foreign Student”.

To participate in the Competition, you must submit an application on the official website of StudRussia by September 14, 2025, where you can also find additional information.

The district stage will be held until October 20, the All-Russian stage until December 10.

The organizer is the University of Science and Technology MISIS (Moscow) with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

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SPbGASU student wins All-Russian competition in landscape architecture for Ilya Mochalov scholarship

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At the award ceremony. With diplomas (from left to right) – SPbGASU students Alina Ziben, Bogdan Lobanov and Aurika Andreeva. In the center – Ilya Mochalov

Fourth-year student of the Faculty of Architecture, future landscape architect Bogdan Lobanov began his next academic year with a significant professional success: he became the winner of the All-Russian competition for the scholarship of Ilya Mochalov, the founder of the architectural and landscape company "Ilya Mochalov and Partners". This company, together with the company TM "ALTRAIN" and the Moscow Association of Landscape Architects (ROO MOLA), established scholarships for final-year bachelor's students. Scholarships are awarded based on the results of the competition for projects in the field of landscape architecture that reflect concern for nature, emphasize its natural beauty and are distinguished by an innovative creative approach.

"I submitted a project for the development of the territory in the cities of Murino and Bugry in the Leningrad Region to the competition. This is a significant, large area with a number of pressing issues. Working with real problems is always more interesting and useful. After studying many applied disciplines in the third year, solving design problems has become much easier. In addition, I am working on this topic as part of my final qualifying work," Bogdan said.

Ilya Mochalov noted that he was pleasantly surprised by the works of young architects, especially Bogdan's landscape study. "Bogdan Lobanov turned an abandoned field of 175 hectares into a huge park – a kind of green dystopia, reimagined as a future garden city. His other concept – a post-industrial park on the ruins of factories, where flowering herbs coexist with massive metal structures – is reminiscent of the best examples of the transformation of industrial areas in Germany. It is important that Bogdan thinks big: in his motivation letter, he said that in ten years he sees himself as a person who will influence the quality of the urban environment at the legislative level. This energy and desire to change people's lives for the better make his work especially valuable and inspiring," he believes.

Bogdan is gradually moving towards his large-scale goals and admits that his main task now is to finish this semester and prepare a “powerful diploma” by the summer. Then he plans to enroll in a master's program, most likely choosing “something at the intersection of landscape and urban planning.” The student is confident that everything will work out, since the Department of Landscape Architecture of SPbGASU is taught by both practicing architects and biologists, dendrologists, and specialists in urban landscaping. That is why the department trains specialists who will be well versed in natural and environmental processes and take them into account when designing an urban environment. Bogdan's words are confirmed by practice: students Alina Ziben and Aurika Andreeva became finalists in the competition and received the opportunity to do an internship at the company “Ilya Mochalov and Partners”.

"Last year, our students also won this competition, and this gave me confidence in my own abilities. The jury of the competition emphasized that our department of landscape architecture is the strongest in the country. This is very nice to hear, and I agree with this," noted Bogdan Lobanov.

The head of the educational program in landscape architecture, Nadezhda Kerimova, noted that a large volume of biological disciplines, such as botany, soil science, dendrology, and, at the same time, a practice-oriented approach allow us to train unique specialists who combine knowledge and skills in both architectural design and plant and environmental design.

"Thanks to our highly qualified teachers-architects, students gain experience in designing real urban objects and territories, thanks to knowledge of biological disciplines they understand how to organically "return nature to the city". I can confidently say that our university has formed a unique program for training specialists in the direction of 35.03.10 Landscape architecture, where in four years they train landscape architects who in the future will be able to make a great contribution not only to the aesthetics and comfort of the environment, but also to the health of our cities," noted Nadezhda Aliyevna.

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Andrey Shirokih: “Now I feel that I am exactly in my place – where I should be”

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The hero of the new issue of the "Person" section is Andrey Shirokih, an engineer at the Higher School of Power Engineering of the Institute of Power Engineering of SPbPU. Before his graduation, he managed to participate in career guidance for schoolchildren, scientific developments at the I. I. Kirillov Turbine Engineering Laboratory, created his own technology startup and supervised a direction at SKB "System Engineering" (Power Machines – Polytech).

And Andrey is also a straightforward, sincere and self-critical person with unusual hobbies. You can get to know our hero better by reading his a candid interview with the newspaper "Polytechnic".

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Polytechnic University student wins IT CAMP

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Students and graduates from 33 leading technical universities presented their ideas for Russia's digital economy at IT CAMP 2025, an educational program that annually helps young people find employment in the country's largest companies. Ksenia Eremina, a student at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, took first place as part of the IT_fountain team following the public defense of her projects.

The summer youth program IT CAMP is held with the support of the Scientific and Technological University "Sirius" for the fifth year in a row. Together with Gazprom Neft, its partners are 28 Russian technology companies, including: "Astra Group", P7, YADRO, Orion soft, "Trukonf", "Rostelecom", "Uralchem", SberTech and others.

"We created IT CAMP as a platform where talents and technologies intersect," said Leonid Potapov, head of the IT CAMP program. "Every year, out of several thousand students who pass the selection, a hundred future leaders of the digital industry meet here with those who determine its development today. Two weeks of complete immersion is an ideal environment for the birth of new ideas and the beginning of a brilliant career. We give young specialists the opportunity not just to find a job, but to find their place at the forefront of the Russian IT industry."

Participants of IT CAMP 2025 united into project teams and worked together to solve business cases related to the development of Russian IT products in the field of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and industrial automation.

For two weeks, young specialists studied technology trends together with experts from IT companies. Based on the new knowledge, the teams developed their own digital ideas for business. Following the defense of their projects before the jury, the best graduates joined the talent pool of IT CAMP partner companies, and 35 of them received offers from Gazprom Neft.

"Gazprom Neft already has more than ten thousand specialists with IT competencies, and the demand for IT personnel continues to grow," said Anton Dumin, IT Director of Gazprom Neft. "Over the years of IT CAMP, several hundred of its graduates have gone from beginners to middle developers, analysts and architects. Most of them are now working in our IT cluster. We expect that the share of young people in our team will grow by another 5-6 percent in the next two years."

"University education lays a fundamental foundation, forms a broad outlook and teaches systemic thinking," says Ilya Dementyev, Rector of Gazprom Neft Corporate University. "This is a necessary, but not always sufficient stage for starting a career in a high-tech company. Projects such as IT CAMP allow you to supplement the knowledge you received at the university. Here, in conditions close to real ones, students not only gain applied skills, but can also synchronize their level of training with our current needs. We see this as an effective tool that helps young specialists make a smooth transition from theory to practice."

The only representative of the Polytechnic University at IT CAMP, Ksenia Eremina, graduated from the PhysMech Institute with a bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. According to the girl, she decided to do something related to IT in her master's degree program and chose the Gazprom Neft and Polytechnic Institute's corporate master's program "Enterprise IT Infrastructure" at IKNK.

"Thanks to the corporate Master's program, I got to IT CAMP," Ksenia shared. "Our project was called "Model for assessing IT solutions in the oil industry." The goal was to optimize the process of selecting fields and generating project documentation. We developed a product based on LLM agents to automate one of the business processes related to document flow. Our team was made up of managers and specialists involved in analytics in IT products, so each participant was full of ideas. As a result of the discussions, we were able to come to a common vision of the solution and implement it. I am grateful to the guys for being able to unite, everyone gave 100 percent, thanks to which our team achieved such high results. I would like to especially thank our team mentor Daniil Rochev, who supported and inspired us. I would also like to thank Oleg Felixovich Mikhailov, former head of the development department at the CompMechLab laboratory at SPbPU, for the opportunities he provided and for believing in me as a specialist. I would also like to especially mention Igor Valerievich Nikiforov, a teacher at the Higher School of Software Engineering, and thank him for supporting students in all their endeavors."

IT CAMP is an all-Russian educational program that is included in the events of the Decade of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. IT CAMP is held every summer at the Sirius University of Science and Technology. Over the past five years, more than 10,000 students have taken part in the selection, and more than 440 young IT specialists have graduated from the program.

In 2025, the program for the first time combined two educational tracks – for university students and young IT specialists from large industry companies. The winners among students joined the talent pool of Russian technology companies, and three winning teams among young IT specialists were automatically enrolled in the final of the IT championship of the oil industry.

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SPbGASU has developed a new method for restoring objects after explosions

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Alexander Rudenko

Some buildings and structures in our country are in a limited-operability and even emergency condition after an explosive impact, as well as due to their high physical wear. Professor of the Department of Construction Organization of SPbGASU Alexander Rudenko proposed a new comprehensive approach to their restoration, ensuring high efficiency, safety, information content, remote assessment of the results of work at all stages of production. We talk to him about the essence and novelty of the approach.

– What exactly do you research in your scientific work?

– The topic of my research is “Organization of repair and restoration works of buildings after explosive impact based on an integrated approach using laser scanning, neural network and 4D modeling”. It is carried out within the framework of the grant of SPbGASU 20-NPR-25. The work contains an analytical review of the fundamental theoretical provisions of the physical processes of explosive impact on barriers. The existing approaches to predicting the degree of damage to buildings with the clarification of the mathematical calculation model are studied. The factors influencing the duration and quality of work on the restoration and repair of construction projects, as well as the possible nature of damage and categories of the technical condition of buildings after explosive impact are studied. An organizational and technological mechanism for the restoration and repair of construction projects is proposed.

The relevance and scientific and practical significance of the study are determined by the fact that a significant number of buildings in the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov, Volgograd, Saratov regions and in new regions of Russia have been damaged by external explosive impact. In addition, capital construction projects on the balance sheet have a high degree of physical depreciation. Thus, according to Rosstat data for 2023, the depreciation of at least 257.4 million square meters of administrative, industrial and residential buildings exceeded 66 percent.

The organization of restoration and repair of buildings in these conditions requires a different – comprehensive approach that ensures high efficiency, information content, safety, remote access to the assessment of results at all stages of work and multi-channel access to results. This can be implemented on the basis of the stages of both the "planning-control" complex and a set of tools – laser scanning, neural network and 3D modeling, which to date has not been sufficiently studied and developed.

The research work identifies, groups and ranks the most significant factors affecting the duration and quality of restoration and repair. A regression analysis was performed and a mathematical model of the impact of factors on the efficiency of construction and installation works (C&I) was developed. Using neural network modeling tools, an algorithm for planning the production of C&I using the methods of critical works (CW), continuous use of resources (CURS) and continuous development of work fronts (CDW). Based on the above, proposals were developed for planning and monitoring the implementation of C&I using a set of laser scanning tools, neural network and 4D modeling.

– Is this precisely what makes your research novel?

– Based on the results of the research work, provisions of scientific and practical significance have been developed: firstly, the design and mathematical model for predictive assessment of the degree of damage and technical condition of a building has been adjusted taking into account the parameters of explosive impact; secondly, a regression and analytical model has been developed for taking into account the impact of significant factors on the duration and quality of restoration and repair; thirdly, an organizational and technological model for restoration and repair of construction projects has been developed based on the following tools: laser scanning, 4D and neural network modeling; fourthly, an aggregated "object-node" method for restoration and repair of construction projects has been developed based on optimal design and organizational and technological solutions with the calculation for each proposed solution of such basic spatial-technological and resource parameters as the number of work fronts and sections, flow capacity, production rate, labor intensity, labor costs, consumption of building materials, estimated cost of work; fifthly, a software and information complex for calendar planning and dynamic adjustment of repairs to construction projects has been developed in the integrated PyCharm environment of the Python programming language, which makes it possible to determine the duration of work using the methods of R&D, MKR, NOFR, as well as their organizational and technological reliability.

Thus, a comprehensive approach is proposed that allows interactive implementation of planning and control processes as a single system with the ability to dynamically adjust construction and monitoring work during their implementation. All of the above is the essence of the novelty of the study.

– In what main directions can the expected results of your research be used?

– In science, the obtained dependencies allow predicting the consequences of explosive impact and possible categories of technical condition of buildings depending on the expected power and type of shock-explosive impact on the building. The proposed aggregated approach, information and organizational-technological models of restoration and repair will allow modeling all production parameters and the nature of their dependencies. In real construction, the application of the research results will significantly increase the efficiency of planning and monitoring of construction and installation works using the methods of R&D, MKR, NOFR taking into account the risks during their implementation. In the educational process, the obtained results are appropriate to use in the study of disciplines considering the technical inspection of capital construction projects, technical operation of buildings and structures, organization, planning and management in the process of repair and restoration works.

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NSU and Jiangsu Normal University to cooperate in the field of education

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Today, a delegation from Jiangsu Normal University, which is one of the leading universities in China, headed by President Mr. Chen Fener, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences, visited NSU. The universities agreed on partnership in education and science. The first joint educational projects may start as early as 2026.

— Jiangsu Normal University is a key university in this province. The university is distinguished by a high level of teaching mathematics and natural sciences. We consider it a new partner for the creation of joint educational projects in three main areas: applied mathematics and computer science, computer science and computer engineering, mechatronics and robotics, — noted Evgeniy Sagaydak, head of the department of education export at NSU.

Currently, NSU has three major partner universities in China: Heilongjiang University (Harbin), with which the Sino-Russian Institute was established; Xinjiang University (Urumqi), where joint bachelor's degree programs in the humanities are carried out; and Chongqing University (Chongqing), with which a joint bachelor's degree program in physics was opened in 2025. Jiangsu Normal University will become the fourth important partner. Currently, it does not have joint educational programs with Russian universities, so cooperation with NSU may be the first experience in this area.

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Students of the Humanities Institute of NSU took part in a music camp in China

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In August, female students Humanitarian Institute of NSU spent 10 days at a music camp in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, where they learned about Chinese culture and history. Last fall, the girls, in a team of four, shot a video for the world music competition "Sing and Learn Chinese", where, based on the results of the audience and jury votes, the team won in the nomination "Best Visual Effect" and received two priority places for a trip to the camp in Chengdu. After another selection, these places went to Elena Grishina and Anna Kuznetsova.

— Over these 10 days, I improved my listening skills in Chinese, since native speakers speak very quickly, and also in the Sichuan dialect. Over time, we managed to get used to all the peculiarities of pronunciation of the locals and speak with them freely. I also remembered English before the start of the school year, because there were many foreigners in the camp with whom we communicated in this language. We were not taught much singing techniques, but even so, by the end of the camp, I felt more confident in the moments when I sing, including due to constant practice and performances on stage, — said Elena Grishina, a 3rd-year student of the Linguistics program. The tour program was very busy: from 7 am to 10 pm — vocal lessons, excursions to museums, philharmonic societies and Chengdu attractions. Every day, the girls worked in a team with new acquaintances, put on musical numbers and showed them to the public.

— Of course, this trip gave me confidence in myself and my skills. I was always embarrassed and afraid to show my musical talents in public, although I graduated from a music school with honors. It was in Chengdu that I realized that I could openly declare myself. The skill of working in a team is also useful: we prepared joint numbers many times when it was necessary to agree with each other and come to a common denominator. We supported each other in public performances, since everyone was nervous one way or another. In general, we spent a lot of time together, performing on the city stages with our songs and performances. All this was accompanied by

filming a video about our trip, so we were always in the sights of cameras,” added Anna Kuznetsova, a third-year student majoring in Linguistics.

The final event was a musical concert, for which the children prepared joint and individual performances.

— The impressions after the trip were the warmest. Yes, in some moments my expectations from the camp program did not match reality, but we had a very fun and interesting time, and that is the most important thing. I like to travel, discover and try something new, study the world around me, so this camp became a great opportunity for me to broaden my horizons, meet interesting people and have a great time, — Elena shared her impressions.

— I met many talented people, we often communicated together and learned something new about the cultural features of our countries. In our free time from filming, we walked around the city with the guys — this was probably the best thing about this trip. I practiced languages a lot. As a future translator from Chinese and English, this was very useful for me. Live practice and a language environment give incredible progress in communication skills. Traveling and participating in such international events is the best way to develop your personality, the best opportunity to learn something new about the world and expand your horizons. I can say with confidence that I was in the place where I was supposed to be, in the environment where I always dreamed of visiting, — Anna added.

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NSU student took part in international speleological expedition to Uzbekistan

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Ilona Vladimirova, second year student Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, NSU, took part in an international speleological expedition to the Gissar Range in Uzbekistan this summer. For twenty days, a team of 34 researchers from Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Israel and the United States studied the largest caves in the region – Boy-Bulok and Vishnevsky.

The main objective of the expedition was to find a connection between the Boy-Bulok and Vishnevsky caves, conduct a topographic survey of the Boy-Bulok cave passages, explore an ice cave at an altitude of 3,700 m, and refine the topographic survey of the Khodja-Gur-Gur-Ata massif caves. In addition, more specific tasks were also solved: installing a hydrogenerator in the underground base camp (UBC) at a depth of -560 m to generate electricity, organizing communication between the caves using the Nicola device, delivering ground penetrating radars to both caves, and measuring the distance between the closest points, as well as other studies.

Ilona worked as part of a team at the Chulbair massif. The speleologists managed to pass a narrow section in the Boy-Bulok cave and explore a new clay passage about 70 meters long, which allowed them to refine the topographic survey data and increase the amplitude of the cave depth by another 6 meters.

— It was not easy, since the route through the cave has the fourth category of complexity. However, I really enjoyed life underground in PBL-560, where I spent three nights (some participants lived there for up to 14 nights). But the most pleasant thing was to come to the surface. It was very beautiful. We met the sunset on the edge of the Chulbair wall at an altitude of 3,700 meters, looking down at a four-hundred-meter cliff. I also remember the volleyball match in the Uzbek village of Dekhibolo between locals and cavers, in which friendship won, — Ilona shares her impressions.

In addition to research in Boy-Bulok, the expedition examined an ice cave at an altitude of 3,700 m, where bears' beds were discovered, and also carried out work on the Khodja-Gur-Gur-Ata massif.

Ilona admits that she would like to return to Uzbekistan to continue searching for the connection between the two largest caves.

The expedition was organized by the Sverdlovsk city speleosection under the leadership of Vadim Loginov, who has been conducting research in this area since 2007.

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