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On the eve of Victory Day, a wreath-laying ceremony took place at the oldest technical university in Russia. Wreaths and flowers were laid at the foot of the memorial to the students and professors who died during the Great Patriotic War.

In mid-June 1866, Alexander II approved the new charter of the Mining Institute. It was an event of particular importance to the institution, being inferior only to its foundation, which dates back to October 21, 1773. What changes did the Emperor of Russia, known for abolishing serfdom and reorganising the country’s judicial system, make?

In 1816 - 205 years ago - Empress Catherine the Great signed a decree on transferring her private collection of minerals from the Hermitage to the Mining Museum. The collectables were mentioned as far back as in the first guide to St. Petersburg. Yet, they have remained mixed with the rest of the exhibits for almost two centuries, with some of the items ending up gifted to other museums.

Maxim Vorona, a graduate of Mining University, now a top manager at MIBRAG Consulting, part of the Germany-based coal producer MIBRAG, talks on business transformation amid the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Mining University held a seminar dedicated to the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Its participants noted the high level of measures taken by the university’s management to improve the safety and quality of work and educational processes. Constant modernization of infrastructure, regular sanitation of premises, medical examinations of employees, reimbursement of food expenses, and a number of others are among them.

Mr. Koji Toyoshima, the head of the Moscow representative office of the Japanese National Oil, Gas and Metals Corporation JOGMEC visited St. Petersburg Mining University. During the meeting with the rector Vladimir Litvinenko he discussed the prospects of the partnership between the parties in such areas as scientific support of the company’s projects in our country, as well as research in the field of transportation and storage of hydrogen.

A delegation of the Dresden Government, headed by its Oberbűrgomistrator Hilbert Dirk, paid a working visit to Mining University. The representatives of the capital of Saxony came to St. Petersburg to participate in the German Week.

The “Bremen Metallurgists” team, representing the Department of Materials Science of St. Petersburg Mining University, took third place in the semifinal stage of the cup, which was held at Peter the Great Polytechnic University. This result allowed the team to reach the final of the tournament, where the winners of all its six clusters will meet.

On 17 April 1834, Alexander II of Russia turned 16. He had received countless gifts: a collection of historical medals, Turkish swords, even Alexander Brullov’s paintings. Yet, they were nothing compared to an unexpected gift handed by a famous Finnish chemist.

Its winners and runners-up can be enrolled in almost any Russian university without entrance examinations.