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St. Petersburg, Chechnya and UNESCO: what connects them?

Грозненский нефтяной
For an ordinary resident of St. Petersburg, the word Chechnya associates with something criminally dangerous. Or it sounds like a Russian analogue of the Middle Eastern monarchy. But there is a university in the Northern Capital of Russia, at which its scientists are well aware that the structure of the main industrial base of the Republic is oil. And for a good we can speak about a long-term cooperation with the republic. Graduates of the university have made a significant contribution to the development of the mineral and raw materials industry in Chechnya, to the exploration and development of oil and gas fields in the North Caucasus.
Society

SIBUR and Mining University will work together to enhance the competencies of engineers

СИБУР
A regional representative office of the International Competence Center in Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO was established on the basis of SIBUR. The agreement was signed by the rector of the St. Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko and the chairman of the board of SIBUR Holding Dmitry Konov.
Society

Technical Universities of Russia formed a Nedra Сonsortium

Фальков
Its task will be to improve the quality of higher education and scientific research aimed at increasing the efficiency of enterprises in the mineral resources sector.
Science and technics

How Pavel Anosov quenched the steel and obtained gold from sand

Аносов
The legendary metallurgist Pavel Anosov became world famous as the father of Russian damask steel, when he had managed to reproduce high-quality steel, whose recipe was lost in the Middle Ages. By his research, he also increased the extraction of gold from metal-containing sands by 28 times compared to conventional washing. Why was the scientist suspended from mining then, and the experiments were immediately blocked?
Society

The results of the russian stage of the british competition of young scientists summed up

IOM3
Every year the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining IOM3 (Great Britain) holds a worldwide competition for young specialists in their specialization. In Russia, it partners with the International Competence Centre for Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO. On October 1, Forpost found out information about of its results.
Society

Collections of the mining museum. Machinery

горный музей
The first technical devices began to be used in mining back in the 14th century. By the middle of the 18th century, the industrial revolution led to the replacement of tools such as picks, shovels, wedges and hammers, with albeit primitive, but machines.
Culture

Poison stone - the basis of medieval cosmetics

антимонит
The predatory appearance of this stone seems to warn of the danger hidden inside it. However, more than one hundred people were destined to die before the secret of the mineral was revealed.
Environment

Candy stone

Нашатырь
This mineral is most often associated with liquid, which has a sharp characteristic odor. It can be obtained from manure. However, this is no obstacle for making from it candies popular in Europe.
Environment

A stone that can be easily confused with a live flower

родохрозит
This stone is the official symbol of the American state of Colorado. However, its appearance is more like a flower than a mineral.
Environment

Collections of the Mining Museum. Iron Casting

литье
In the second half of the 19th century, art iron casting became the trademark of the Urals and gained wide recognition around the world. The real triumph of products of the Ural masters occurred at the world exhibition in Paris. Products of the famous Kaslin plant were presented in a chiseled pavilion of cast iron in the Byzantine style and received a “Grand Prix” gold medal, the top award of the time.
Environment

Vladimir Litvinenko told who will lose if Northern Stream-2 is not completed

Северный поток - 2
An energetic discussion is going on in Western mass media regarding the future fate of the Nord Stream 2 trans-Baltic pipeline, which was supposed to provide the EU with an additional 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. The controversy accompanied the project from the very beginning and recently it flared up with a new vigor after the German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the results of a toxicological examination, allegedly carried out in the Bundeswehr secret laboratories.
Energetics

Mining Museum in St. Petersburg

горный
The Mining Museum in St. Petersburg is three years older than America, while Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, can be considered the Museum's rightful mother. Now by its size, it is the world's third-largest natural-scientific exposition gathered in a building designed by Russian architect Andrey Voronikhin.
Culture

Is It a Lost Statue of Niobe That Was Found in Tsarskoye Selo?

Царское село
St. Petersburg Mining University specialists carried out a comprehensive no-contact geophysical survey within the territory of Freilinsky Garden, as a result of which a massive metal object was found in the ground. There is every reason to believe that this is a bronze sculpture, which the museum-park lost during the Great Patriotic War.
Society

The Mining Museum Shared the Secret of the Famous Kuinji’s Painting

Куинджи
The first exhibition of the painting "Moonlit Night on the Dnieper" took place 140 years ago. As is known, when creating the picture, the artist used special paints based on pigments from the collection of the oldest technical university in Russia.
Culture

St. Petersburg scientists are ready to synthesize an extraterrestrial mineral

метеорит
Based on it, a new type of battery surpassing modern lithium-ion batteries both in terms of lifespan and efficiency will be delivered.
Science and technics

Hall of Petrology

Горный музей, зал Петрология
The Hall contains systematic collections of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks from both Russia and other parts of the world. The exposition is based on the principle of genetic and chemical classification of rocks.
Culture
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