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The Empress Catherine II St. Petersburg Mining University has started summer internships. The 2024 season is unique in its own way. For the first time, oil and gas students have the opportunity to gain full-fledged production skills in the field of exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons in the Leningrad Region.

The Kalashnikov assault rifle is widely known throughout the world - in a sense, it has become one of Russia's symbols, along with bears, black caviar and oil. The most widespread small arms in service in one hundred and six countries are included in the Guinness Book of Records: more than 100 million units have been produced to date.

The in-pipe scanner for oil pipelines, developed by scientists from St. Petersburg Mining University, has successfully passed initial testing at the university's Sablino training facility.

Mikhail Godlevsky's scientific career was on the rise by the early 1940s. He discovered new minerals and deposits, published textbooks and atlases for specialized universities, and his articles on industrially important nickel silicates and borates were highly valued by Vernadsky, Fersman, and Betekhtin.

Italy, 1911. The International Industrial Exhibition in Turin attracted 7.5 million visitors eager to explore the scientific and technological achievements of leading nations. Each delegation aimed to leave a lasting impression on the jury and spectators by constructing national pavilions in Valentino Park on the banks of the Po River, designed by renowned architects and designers.

There is a well-known saying: "A country can be considered a great power if it has three programs: space, nuclear, and Antarctic." In 1978, a young mechanic and designer, Nikolai Vasilyev, joined the Antarctic research department at his alma mater, the Leningrad Mining Institute.

The scale of the Patriotic War of 1812, according to historians, was "almost unbelievable." The military and civilian casualties were staggering to contemporaries and still shock us today. A significant factor in the victory over Napoleon was the accelerated pace of military production.

On January 1, 2024, five new countries joined BRICS, including Ethiopia. This sparked articles in the media questioning why Ethiopia, among all the candidates, was chosen as a member of this influential bloc.

On the fourth day of the war, June 26, 1941, the leadership of the Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University raised the question of forming a combat regiment composed entirely of its students and faculty. By the morning of June 30, more than 900 applications from university members had been submitted for enlistment in the Red Army.

In the midst of the Civil War, a young scientist from the Mining University, Ivan Bakhurin, along with his mentor Vladimir Bauman, found themselves on the banks of the Ural River at Mount Magnitnaya. They had come to use the magnetometric method of exploration to precisely determine the reserves of local ores, whose wealth had been the stuff of legends for more than a century.

The story of Rem Karpov dates back to a time when Soviet-Cuban friendship was just beginning, and the first Soviet specialists were sent to the revolutionary country to help develop its mineral resources. It was in the early hours of May 2, 1961, at 3 a.m., when a group of Soviet mining experts was greeted at Havana Airport by none other than Ernesto Che Guevara himself.

In February 1938, Dmitry Ivanovich Mushketov was sentenced under Article No. 58 to the highest punishment and executed on the same day.