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What awaits us this week?

Get ready for a stretch of vibrant expos, captivating performances, and thought-provoking talks. Your ultimate weekly guide is here:

🏙 City. Alexey Sobolev
• Nov 29 | 12 - 8 PM | Free

Well-loved St. Petersburg locales gain a new aesthetic interpretation in this exhibition of street photography.

🎨 Dialogues about art
• Nov 30 | 1 PM | 200 RUB

This Saturday, join the English-language discussion of travel in art – and cultural POVs – at New Holland Island.

🎬 Paddington in Peru (2024)
• Dec 1 | 5:30 PM | 300 RUB

Cold days call for comfort movies! Join the jolly bear Paddington on a heartwarming adventure to Peru, screened in English with Russian subtitles.

📔 The Fiery Stronghold​
• Dec 3 | 11 AM - 8 PM | Free

At the exhibition marking Nicholas Roerich’s 150th anniversary of birth, the revered artist’s works are displayed alongside collections of Russian icons, Tibetan art, and more.

For more recommendations, head over to our article on ITMO.NEWS 👈

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Let’s take a small quiz on some of Russia’s most unusual flags!

We wrote an article about it, but don’t look at it just yet — test your intuition first 😉
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This is the flag of Shuya, a town in the Ivanovo region. Does it depict a bar of…?
Anonymous Quiz
34%
Gold
14%
Soap
52%
Butter
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Which city does this flag belong to?
Anonymous Quiz
29%
Chelyabinsk
51%
Astrakhan
20%
Saratov
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This is the flag of Veliky Ustyug. Who is the man on it?
Anonymous Quiz
21%
Russian Santa Claus
52%
Neptune
27%
A jolly beachgoer
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Is this a real flag or just something we drew ourselves?
Anonymous Quiz
46%
Real
54%
Fake
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Why is there a dinosaur on the flag of Chernyshevsky District (Zabaikalsky Krai)?
Anonymous Quiz
22%
This is where they shot Jurassic Park
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The governor’s nephew drew it
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It’s the “home” of a new dino species
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The latest buzz at ITMO!

From pioneering projects to useful city-dweller tips, here’s our recap of the latest highlights:

💰 Eleven breakthrough initiatives in health, materials, and engineering were declared winners of this year’s open call for projects, with up to 20 million rubles allocated to each. Here are the details.

🤖 A course on integrating AI into classrooms was completed by 155 teachers from 52 cities, thanks to a collaboration between ITMO and Alfa-Bank. Catch the highlights.

🚶‍♂️ Use our tips to discover hidden gems in St. Pete and turn your daily walks into memorable adventures.

And now, let’s re-visit a top post from this week👇

🎭 A day in St. Pete for free! From free meals to coffee and cultural events, see how you can spend a cost-free day in our beloved city.

#newsdigest
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Homework for the weekend: watch a show and boost your English 📺

Our regular collaboration with ITMO Speaking Club mentor Alyona Malinka has got a new twist! Now, we’re diving into vocabulary from must-watch series and movies (follow the #idioms hashtag in our channel to see how it was before).

This is our last chance saloon to recommend something with an autumn vibe – and that’s why our first pick is Over the Garden Wall, a cult animated series that is both eerie and humorous:

Two brothers find themselves lost in a strange forest, adrift in time. With the help of a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, they travel through the mysterious lands to find a way home, encountering a variety of strange and fantastical things along the way…


Stay tuned for more big screen idioms!
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