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RUDN University Student Awarded Named Scholarship by the Moscow Government

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Scholarships: Second-year student of the engineering academy RUDN Yulia Danilchenko became the recipient of the prestigious named scholarship of the Moscow Government. The high award was the result of the excellent academic performance of the young woman and her active participation in socially significant projects of the capital and the university.

From Saint Petersburg State Architectural and Construction UniversityPost

Project “Scientific Regiment.” Georgy Shubnikov – engineer-major of the Great Patriotic War and builder of the first cosmodromes

Saint Petersburg State Architectural and Construction University

History: Georgy Maksimovich Shubnikov(1903–1965), a graduate of the Leningrad Institute of Municipal Engineers (now SPbGASU), during the Great Patriotic War fought in the engineering troops. He led the organization of forcing major rivers as part of key offensive operations. And after the war, he contributed to space exploration.