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The first stream of an online educational course has been completed at the Civil Engineering Institute of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Architectural designIt is being implemented on the national Open Education platform. The course was developed by Alexandra Zatsepin, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Civil Engineering and a member of the Union of Architects, with the support of the SPbPU Open Education Center and major developers—PJSC Samolet Group of Companies and Brusnika LLC. Over 300 students completed the program in the first cohort. The next cohort is scheduled to begin on March 30, 2026.

The main objective of the course is to explore modern trends in multi-apartment building design. Students learn to develop space-planning solutions that take into account urban planning constraints, ergonomic principles, safety, and accessibility.

The program includes four modules: "Building Placement on a Site," "Space Planning Solutions for Multi-Story Residential Buildings," "Enclosing Structures," and "Preparing Design Documentation in Accordance with Resolution No. 87." The theoretical portion consists of video lectures, longreads, interviews with partner company experts, test assignments, and a final certification test. The practical portion involves completing assignments and working on a multi-apartment building project.

The course utilized materials from partner companies. Samolet Group provided information on methods for creating courtyard areas, designing modern playgrounds and sports fields, landscaping, and creating utility infrastructure. The company also provided a database of standard section plans, sample layouts for apartments and individual spaces, such as bathrooms and kitchen areas, and sample design briefs. Brusnika provided albums of actual projects, solutions for underground parking and first-floor layouts, and access to photographs of completed projects.

The course is unique in that it includes exclusive interviews with representatives of partner companies. This allows students to gain insight into real-world design practices, explore current solutions, and examine case studies from leading construction industry experts. In an interview, Ekaterina Blagodar, chief architect of Samolet Group projects, discusses apartment layout trends, housing classifications, the impact of insolation and utilities on design, and the use of standard solutions in floor plan development. Konstantin Ustinov, chief engineer of Samolet Group projects, discusses the distribution of parking spaces between above-ground and underground parking, compliance with landscaping regulations, the design stages of underground parking entrances, and waste collection. Darya Batalova, head of the architecture department at Brusnika, shares her experience designing ground floors and underground parking garages in two interviews.

At Brusnika, we're happy to share our accumulated knowledge. In a project with the Civil Engineering Institute, we served as experts and helped supplement the theoretical portion of the course with practical examples. "In fields like urban planning or architecture, this is essential, as pure theory is significantly disconnected from what graduates encounter in the workplace," noted Daria Batalova, head of the architecture department at Brusnika.

Such partnerships are certainly the future. St. Petersburg Polytechnic University provides effective teaching methods and a structured theoretical framework, while industry experts provide practical experience and expertise. I sincerely thank my colleagues for their participation in creating the course: with their help, it was both useful and relevant! I am confident our collaboration will continue—we are already discussing practice-oriented topics for final theses for students at the Institute of Civil Engineering, emphasized the course's author, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Civil Engineering, Alexandra Zatsepina.

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A national referendum on the adoption of a new constitution was held in Kazakhstan. International observers from the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly monitored the referendum at the invitation of Kazakhstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yermek Kosherbayev. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that the constitutional reforms in Kazakhstan will contribute to the further strengthening of the alliance and comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Russia and Kazakhstan have long had strong ties, including in education and science. Andrey Rudskoy, Rector of the Polytechnic University, is an Honorary Professor of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. This is the university's highest award, given for outstanding contributions to the development of international scientific and educational cooperation.

"St. Petersburg and Almaty, Russia and Kazakhstan, are united by strong ties of friendship and professional cooperation," Andrei Ivanovich noted. "And for me, Kazakhstan is a small Soviet homeland, as I was born in the village of Tsabelevka in the Fyodorovsky District of the Kostanay Region of the Kazakh SSR."

Andrey Rudskoy specifically noted that model lawmaking is fundamental to the work of the CIS IPA Expert Council on Science and Education, enabling the implementation of international norms and principles at the national level that promote the development of all Commonwealth states. The council's experts are prominent scholars and specialists. During the formation of the CIS International Observer Mission, legal scholar and Doctor of Sciences Dmitry Mokhorov (deputy of the representative municipal body and director of the Higher School of Law and European Studies) was recommended by the academic community, at the request of the Rector of SPbPU.

During their work, international observers from the IPA CIS held working meetings with parliamentary senators and Majilis deputies, the heads of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, the chairperson of the Central Election Commission and the head of the referendum commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of government agencies, and public associations. On election day, they visited 24 polling stations with Kyrgyz parliament deputies Temirlan Aitiev and Zhanybek Amatov. "I would like to note the active participation of Kazakhstani citizens in the referendum, the well-organized work of the election commissions, and strict adherence to national legislation and international standards regarding the free expression of the will of citizens," said Dmitry Mokhorov.

The CIS International Observer Mission monitored the constitutional referendum both in Kazakhstan and at polling stations abroad in nine countries. The observers assessed the facilities created for people with limited mobility, visual impairments, and hearing impairments, including an audio recording of the constitution in Kazakh and Russian, documents in Braille, and volunteer assistance.

Secretary General of the CIS IPA Council Dmitry Kobitsky thanked the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan and noted the high level of transparency of the referendum.

“We thank you for your attentive attention to the work of the observers at this important event for your country,” he emphasized.

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