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Russia did not learn about sanctions in 2014. Back in the 1930s, during the implementation of the first five-year plans, the USSR waged an active struggle for independence from the global capitalist market. In its attempts to subjugate our country’s economy to its control, the West tried all sorts of tricks: from the credit and ”gold” blockade (refusing to accept Soviet gold in 1920) to the anti-dumping campaign and special treatment for Soviet exports. The only possible path to development remained the policy of import substitution.

At the defense itself, which was held within the framework of the double diploma program, Karsten Drebenstedt, director of the Mining Institute of the Freiberg Mining Academy, was present as a member of the grading committee and supervisor of the student on the German side. This shows once again that the academic environment remains an effective platform for the exchange of experiences and free access to knowledge.

The year 1956 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Georgy Plekhanov, the Russian Marxist theorist whose works Lenin called the most important ”textbook of communism.” In honor of the anniversary, the Mining Institute in St. Petersburg was named after the revolutionary. At first glance, this seems an ordinary occurrence, but the paradoxical situation was that Plekhanov was a Menshevik and almost openly accused the Bolshevik leader of treason against his homeland. Twenty years after 1917, such figures were, as Beria put it, ”washed into camp dust.

The most popular and memorable image that appears in all the movies about the extraction of ”black gold” is the fountain gushing from the well under pressure. But few people know that in Russia there is only one field where oil is extracted in underground mines and can only be obtained by one method - preheating.

Why is a mechanical mincer made of silumin 10 times cheaper than its stainless steel counterpart? If only because the threads of the clamping screw made of this aluminum-silicon alloy can tear off after the first attempt to secure the classic kitchen appliance to the countertop.

As early as the 2nd century B.C., during the Han dynasty, the Chinese learned to drill wells several hundred meters deep to underground pools of salt solution. Salt was the most important resource in ancient times, used to store food long before refrigerators were invented. The Celestial people used bamboo stalks and an iron chisel to extract it, while the brine was brought to the surface through the same bamboo pipes and using a system of leather valves.

What actions should the government take in order to overcome the economic downturn and achieve sustainable GDP growth?

He was awarded such a high award for his great services in scientific and pedagogical activities, training of qualified specialists and many years of conscientious work.

”The patriarch of the diamond industry of the Republic of Sakha and the non-ferrous metallurgy of the USSR”, ”the man-epoch” is how Taras Desyatkin has been called for decades. This is not just a figure of speech or high-flown compliments. It is not a joke because during a quarter of the century under his direct supervision, the teams of enterprises, pits, mines and artisanal teams of the region produced 760 tons of gold.

Representatives of five universities - Mining University, ITMO, Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg State University and Higher School of Economics - took part in the ”Spelling Bee” competition, which is very popular in many countries of the world, but so far little known in Russia. Its essence is to spell words correctly, reproducing their written form.