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Nikolai Zelinsky first familiarised himself with poisonous gases in 1886 when he accidentally synthesised mustard gas whilst running an experiment. Thirty years later, when the Germans began using this substance as a chemical weapon in World War I, he invented an ”antidote” — the world’s first-ever gas mask.

Vladimir Shukhov is renowned for designing Russia’s first oil pipeline and refinery. He was also the first to commercialise motor gasoline into production. Yet, nearing the end of his life, he was sentenced to a ”suspended death by shooting”…

Ivan Romanchuk talking about UTMN — now and in 2030

10th Forum of Engineering and Technological Universities, hosted by BNTU in Minsk, Belarus, came to an end

The first event to take place on the renovated premises was a meeting of Vladimir Litvinenko with group prefects

Panel conference in memory of Nikolay Putilov, one of Russia’s greatest metallurgists, took place at Mining University

Admiralteysky Tournament of Connoisseurs — an intellectual game, similar to ’What? Where? When?’ — came to an end

The first event in the renovated assembly hall of St. Petersburg Mining University was the rector’s meeting with student group monitors. In fact, the hall was the first example of what the head of the university expects from the student government. “I would like it not to be empty, to be used by you all the time, from morning till night. I wish that the initiative would come from the students and not from the rectorate,” urged Vladimir Litvinenko.

St. Petersburg Mining University presents a unique online course developed for engineers learning Engish

Tyumen Oblast Government delegates paid a working visit to St. Petersburg Mining University