Kseniia Pavlova

To get an idea of how Earth looked like in the distant past, one just has to look attentively at today’s living creatures. Some ancient animals still resemble their progenitors. Some organisms are no longer found. The others have survived without losing their original form.

In 1918, the Soviet government relocated from Petrograd to Moscow. Subsequently, some of the Mining Museum’s most valuable objects were transferred to the Diamond Fund, which did not, however, stop the natural-scientific repository from replenishing its collections. By early 1941, the Museum had accumulated 130,014 exhibits, of which 25,540 were on display - samples of minerals, rocks and fossils, models and prototypes of mining and metallurgical equipment. The Mining Museum was highly popular at the time, by no means inferior to the Hermitage or Tsarskoye Selo.

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.

Researchers’ preliminary estimates of the deposit containing 9.8 mln tonnes of copper have been confirmed following the evidence from drilling operations.

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.

The marine vessel with an innovative water-jet engine will outspeed existing analogues by 25 km per hour.

Experts have presented their forecasts as to how the global fuel & energy sector will develop and answered what hampers the execution of our country’s natural resource potential.

Russia will cut funding for a programme supporting transformation to renewables by 22 per cent. Eco-activists say the Kremlin ”is ignoring the signs of the end of the fossil-fuel era”.

Before the pandemic kicked in, a major scandal had broken out in the museum world of St. Petersburg. The Amber Room was too popular among Chinese tourists. Deputy Minister of Culture Alla Manilova even suggested that on certain days of the week, the Catherine Palace be open to Chinese nationals only.

It is hardly possible to guess an exact number of museums - an estimate would be over 100,000 globally. As for exhibits on display, there must be tens of billions of them. While they are all to some extent interesting, some items are so unique that people travel long distances to glance at them.

Scientists from St. Petersburg Mining University, in co-authorship with their French colleagues, made a forecast regarding the prospects of global energy development.

The semifinalists of the CASE-IN Engineering Championship from St. Petersburg Mining University have been announced.

A presentation of RN-Yuganskneftegaz took place in the conference hall of Mining University.

Lecture materials are tailored to the needs of the oil & gas industry.