Дайджест "Весь РУДН" 2015

EVENTS  PEOPLE  COMMENTARY
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PEOPLES’ FRIENDSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA

Russian President V.V. Putin awarding
Alfredo Alfonso Torrealba, a Ph.D. student
at RUDN University, with an Order of
Friendship
Russian Deputy Prime-Minister
D.O.Rogozin at the International Forum
‘Russian innovative technologies and
world market’
Over 90 000 RUDN
University graduates work
in 170 countries around the
world
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Atul Khare’s
visit to RUDN University
Veterans, RUDN
University students
and employees
at the Wreath-
Laying Ceremony
at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier
Racing car built by students of the
Engineering Faculty, Department
of Vehicles Operation
Scientific and research work carried
out by students of Agrarian and
Technological Institute, RUDN
University
RUDN University Rector
V.M. Filippov and RUDN
University students on the stage
of the State Kremlin Palace
Today students from 152 countries
study at RUDN University
More than 200 student organizations and unions
function at RUDN University
International dancing
group ‘Rhythms
of Friendship’ at the
55th Anniversary
of RUDN University
in the State Kremlin
Palace
RUDN University actively
promotes cultural values and
traditions of other nations
through tolerance and mutual
respect
International student
building team ‘Meridian
of Friendship’
RUDN students at the concert
dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN
University
RUDN University KVN team participates in the
Major League of the International KVN Union
International tournament in mini-football ‘1000 days before the start of the 2018 World Cup’
All colors of the wolrd at RUDN University All colors of the wolrd at RUDN University

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l RUDN University in the‘5-100’
The ‘5-100’ Project, which is aimed at increasing competitiveness of the
leading Russian universities and strengthening their positions in the inter-
national ratings, has 6 more universities joined. The universities defended
their programs in increasing competitiveness on the Project Expert Coun-
cil session chaired by Dmitry Livanov, the Minister of Education and Sci-
ence of the Russian Federation. There were 18 universities competing to
enter the ‘5-100’ Project. However, only 6 out of 18 universities displayed
high results and were chosen to join the Project. RUDN University was one of universities in the list of the
chosen ones.
l RUDN University was ranked 5-6th in the Annual National Rating
of Russian universities
RUDN University preserved its positions in the Annual National Rating
of Russian universities for 2014-2015 academic year and took 5-6 place
among 208 universities. RUDN University was also ranked 1st
in terms of the development of internation-
al activity (internalization).
l RUDN University entered the TOP-500 according to the
Round University Ranking (RUR)
Round University Ranking (RUR) analyzes the activity of more than
3,800 universities and chooses 750 best among them and introduc-
es the results of the ranking to public. According to RUR Top-500,
RUDN University ranks the 491st. In 2015, universities from 78 coun-
tries, 26 of which were Russian, entered the list.
RUDN University is in Top-200 in quality of education, out of 3,800 universities from all over the world,
and ranked 3rd
among the Russian universities, being only after the Moscow State University and the
Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
l RUDN University joined the BRICS Universities Univer-sities
League, which has united the most prestigious universities in
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
In October 2015, the Forum of the University Presidents of BRICS
countries took place in Beijing. Then the Forum participants dis-
cussed the major aspects of the concept of the BRICS Universities
League.The meeting resulted in a document headlined‘Beijing con-
sensus’which expressed the striving of the BRICS Universities to es-
tablish profound cooperation in the spheres of education, science and innovations. It is appealing to de-
velop higher education for the sake of progress and human development. The final stage in establishing
partnership between the universities and creation of the League is expected in future. The Forum par-
ticipants have decided to create a special Work group to work on the major aspects of the Charter of the
BRICS Universities League.
RUDN University MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2015
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l RUDN University is ranked 3rd
in the number of registered patents and
published articles in the sphere of pharmaceutics
‘Thomson Reuters’ has summoned the results of technological innovations within
the last 10 years. Major tendencies in the global development in this sphere have
been analyzed. The analysis counted the number of registered patents and pub-
lished articles in 12 fields of study (from automobile industry to tele-communica-
tions). RUDN University is among 5 world biggest innovators in pharmaceutics according to the current
rating it is ranked the 3rd
. According to the ranking of top technological innovations within the last 10
years, RUDN University has registered 375 patents.
l RUDN University is a leader in social media network activity
Idea Logistics Agency ‘Interium’ introduced University ranking in the
efficiency of social media network activity. 88 universities were ranked in
accordance with their activity on social media networks such as Vkontakte
and Facebook as well as on the number of publications made within a
certain period of time. The 1st
place in social media network activity goes
to RUDN University with a great gap in points (more than 100 points)
between RUDN University and the university which was ranked 2nd
.
l RUDN University is a winner of the Project ‘Best
educational programs of innovative Russia’
According to the results of the 6th round of the project
‘Best educational programs of innovative Russia’, 25
programs of the RUDN University have been recognized as the best.The judgment was based upon
the expert voting, objectivity of the project can be proved by the contents of the offered programs.
All the educational programs presented within the Project have been highly recognized: 01.03.01 –
Mathematics, 01.04.01 – Mathematics, 01.03.04 – Applied Mathematics, 03.03.02 – Physics, 05.03.06 –
Ecology and management of natural resources, 42.03.02 – Journalism, 42.04.02 – Journalism, 46.03.01
– History, 45.03.02 – Linguistics, 45.04.02 – Linguistics, 41.03.05 – International relations, 41.04.05
– International relations, 37.03.01 – Psychology, 37.04.01 – Psychology, 42.03.01 – PR, 45.03.01
– Philology, 45.04.01 – Philology, 40.03.01 – Law, 40.04.01 – Law, 39.03.01 – Sociology, 44.03.02 –
Psychology and Pedagogy, 44.04.02 - Psychology and Pedagogy, 38.03.02 – Management , 38.04.02
– Management, 38.03.01 – Economics.

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Official opening ceremony of the Annual Winter Tournament in mini-football ASSAFSTU-RUDN
University took place at the Football Club ‘Megasphera’. There were 18 RUDN University teams
from African countries participating in the tournament.
Students of the RUDN University Institute of Foreign Languages
(members of the Italian language and literature lovers club) participated
in an Internship Program organized by Istituto Italiano Language school
(Florence, Italy). The trip was aimed to upgrade the Italian language skills
and get introduced to the regions of Tuscany and Lazio. During their stay
in Italy students participated in the scientific and research conference
‘Tuscany: history, traditions, gastronomy’ and ‘Siena and its outskirts’.
Moreover, during their internship RUDN University students visited
Florence, Rome and Siena.
RUDN University team participated in the International Festival of KVN teams ‘KiViN-2015’ in
Sochi.
Memorial Day of the First Prime-Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo
was traditionally held at RUDN University. The participants laid a wreath to
the bust of the national hero, recalled his life and his fight for the freedom
and independence of his country and watched a movie dedicated to his life.
The Acting Ambassador of Congo (Republic) in Russia Ndanda Rangu Anselm
attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Students, teaching and academic staff of the Faculty of the Russian language and general
disciplines participated in a monthly chess tournament held at the Faculty.
Inter-university conference ‘Comparative analysis of the
civil rights in the modern times’ was held at the RUDN
University Institute of Law. The participants of the
conference admitted the importance of research in the
sphere of regulatory reforms and legal proceedings, as
well the importance of existing experience in the use
of new alternative dispute resolutions. The following
matters were discussed at the conference: civil rights
regulation in antimonopoly legislation in foreign countries, concept and functions of civil
responsibility in the Roman-Germanic and Anglo-American law, comparative analysis of legal
regulations of right of patent in the RF and foreign countries, international commercial arbitration
in Peru, major tendencies in the development of arbitration proceedings in the RF, civil code of
judicial practice in Japan, heirless estate in the legislation of RF and foreign countries.
Within the frame of the International Christmas educational
readings, RUDN University organized a conference‘Spiritual
and ethical culture in the higher school’.The conference was
aimed to develop major aspects of the spiritual and ethical
education concept, teaching and enlightening of students
in higher schools in Russia. At the closing ceremony
Deputy-Chairman of the Sinodal Department for Religious
Education and catechesis, Hiegumen Mitrofan (Shkurin),
and the Chairman of Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Ministry of education and
science, RUDN University RectorV.M. Filippov granted awards to the winners of the IX Annual All-
Russian contest in the sphere of pedagogy, education and work with children and teenagers‘For
the acts of moral courage’. This year 5 teachers and 8 teams received the award. The rewarding of
the clergymen and laity with Patriarchal Order‘For the acts of spiritual and ethical enlightenment’
also took place when metropolitan Mercury awarded 17 people including the RUDN University
Rector V.M. Filippov. In his speech, the Rector expressed his gratitude for such honour and
announced that it was that very day when the presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission
took a decision to create a new scientific field of studies, i.e. theology.
January 2
RUDN University in sports
January 12 –
February 3
RUDN University and
Education
January 16 – 25
RUDN University Student’s
world
January 17
RUDN University holidays
January 20
January 23
RUDN University at
conferences and
exhibitions
January 23
RUDN University at
conferences and
exhibitions
Tatyana Vladimirovna
Volosovets
Born on January 1, 1965 in Ta-
ganrog. When she was a kid,
she wanted to become a kin-
dergarten nurse. She graduat-
ed from the Lenin Moscow State
Pedagogical Institute with hon-
ors and then Pushkin Leningrad
State University.
Ph.D.inPedagogy,associatepro-
fessor. Head of the Department
of special education, Director
of Federal State Budgetary Re-
search Institution ‘Institute of
child, family and education stud-
ies of Russian Academy of Edu-
cation’.
Interests: ‘I’ve been providing
professional training and retrain-
ing of psychological and ped-
agogical workers for 26 years. I
have experience in running insti-
tutions of federal level. I super-
vise a number of research proj-
ects in the sphere of pre-school
education’.
Favourite book: O’Henry ‘The
Last leaf’
What is RUDN University for
me: ‘RUDN University is the Uni-
versity that solves so important
global issues that it will takes de-
cades until we realize its results’.
Advice to the
younger gen-
eration:‘Do not
educate your
kids, they will
take after you
anyways. Edu-
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January 23
January 24
RUDN University Student’s
world
January 25
RUDN University at
conferences and exhibitions
January 27
RUDN University at
January 28
Visit RUDN University
January 28
RUDN University at
January 31
RUDN University and
Education
January
RUDN University and
Education
Dmitry Yurievich
Ovsyannikov
Born on January 14, 1975 in
Minsk It was his childhood
dream to become a doctor. He
graduatedfromthePirogovRus-
sian National Research Medical
University, Department of Pedi-
atrics. DSc, honored member of
the Russian Association of peri-
natal medicine specialists, Head
of the Pediatrics Department,
RUDN University. He is the au-
thor of 325 published works. He
loves travelling in his free time.
Interests:pediatrics,neonatolo-
gy, child pulmonology, allergol-
ogy and immunology.
Favorite book: Andersen’s fairy
tales,.
me: ‘Place of work and profes-
sional development’
Life motto: ‘Per aspera ad astra’
(Through hardships to the stars).
Advice to the future genera-
tion: ‘Try hard….’
Creative clubs and ensembles of RUDN University celebrated the annual holiday ‘Tatiana’s Day’
with a concert where they presented their new songs as well as the most popular of their earlier
performances.
A special concert dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN
University was organized by RUDN University chorus‘Rose of
winds’ from IHBiT under the supervision of concertmaster A.
Ryzhinsky and band director N.Vitko. Participants performed a
number of their earlier and new compositions and presented
their gift to RUDN University, i.e. a very popular song ‘Misa
Criolla’#1, 2, 4, 5 by an Argentinian composer Ariel Ramirez.
Conference ‘Development of competencies for the hospitality industry in the university
environment’ took place at the IHBiT, RUDN University. The organizer of the conference was the
regional department of theWorld Association for Hospitality andTourism Education andTraining
AMFORHT headed by the IHBiT Director S.B. Dikhtyar.
III International scientific and research conference ‘English language at higher educational
institutions: contemporary tendencies in teaching methods’ took place at RUDN University. The
conference was organized by the Department of Foreign languages of the Faculty of humanities
and social sciences and Macmillan Publishing Company. This year the conference was dedicated
to the issues of preparing and taking international examinations in English. The participants
discussed modern tendencies in teaching foreign languages and online technologies in teaching
English in higher educational institutions.
RUDN University graduates, Chairman of the Russian Federa-
tion Council in constitutional legislation and state construc-
tion Andrey Klishas and a member of RF Council Committee
for defense and security Oksana Belokon met with the stu-
dents of the Law Institute at RUDN University. Andrey Klishas
told students about the activities and work of the Federation
Council, law-making process as well as cooperation with oth-
er bodies of the government. In her speech, Oksana Belokon announced that Russia has enough
resources to come out of crisis without any negative side-effects. Moreover, she highly evaluated
the national defense capability.
RUDN University held a Conference of RUDN University research-teaching staff, other categories
of employees and students. The following reports were delivered at the Conference:‘On the Mid-
term development program execution at University, faculties and institutes in 2014 and on the
goals of Mid-term development program at University, faculties and institutes in 2015-2016’;‘On
changes in the University Academic Council’; ‘On the results of work carried out in accordance
with the Collective agreement between the RUDN University administration and RUDN University
Student Council in 2014’. Finally, the new members of the Social Insurance fund Commission
were confirmed and the list of‘RUDN University Veteran’badge holders was established.
RUDN University traditionally held the Open Doors Day,
when a great number of people arrived to visit the university.
School-leavers and their parents had the opportunity to
get acquainted with the university administration, deans of
faculties and directors of institutes and learn more about
the departments and curriculum programs offered at RUDN
University, student life and future perspectives of RUDN
University graduates.
Results of the William Lowell Putman Mathematical Competition were announced at RUDN
University. More than 250 students from 9 countries participated at the competition. The
participants were the students from the RUDN University Faculty of Science. The winner of the
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RUDN University celebrated its 55th
Anniversary. Representa-
tives from more than 170 countries arrived to congratulate
RUDN University! Anniversary Week was full of joyous and
blissful events such as meetings with foreign delegations,
launching new innovation centres, solemn ceremonies of Ac-
ademic Council Session at faculties and institutes, meeting
with RUDN University alumni and, finally, unforgettable con-
cert in the State Kremlin Palace.
Educational Research and Innovation Flight Control Centre
(FCC RUDN University-Central Mechanical Engineering Sci-
entific Research Institute) and Training- Demonstration Cen-
tre (TDC RUDN University- Russian Space Systems) were
launched at RUDN University. These two centres were initiat-
ed at RUDN University in order to promote space activities in
the Russian Federation. The projects were initiated by RUDN
University along with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), URSC (United Rocket and
Space Corporation), Federal State Unitary Enterprise ‘Central Mechanical Engineering Scientific
Research Institute’, Joint Stock Company ‘Russian Space Systems’. The solemn opening ceremo-
ny was attended by V. Filippov (RUDN University Rector), A. Milkovsky (Director of FSUE ‘Central
Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering’), A. Tyulin (CEO of JSC ‘Russian Space Systems’), S.
Krikalev (first deputy Director of FSUE ‘Central Mechanical Engineering Scientific Research Insti-
tute’), V. Selin (Deputy CEO, Deputy Chief Designer of Russian Space Systems), N. Volobuev (CEO
‘Rostec’). At the solemn ceremony the online contact with the spacecraft was established.
Vladimir Filippov held a press-conference‘International University: strategy and tactics of devel-
opment’. The press-conference, which was dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University,
took place in the International Multimedia Press-Centre‘Russia Today’. ‘Once in 5 years we orga-
nize a very big event. February, 7th
there will be a big concert dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of
RUDN University. More than 6,000 people from 170 countries are invited to the concert’, - said Mr.
Filippov. The speaker also added that among the guests there would be some honored guests,
RUDN University alumni, presidents and country leaders. According to the RUDN University Rec-
tor, the State Award Ceremony will also take place during the concert.
From February 4 to 8th
many foreign guests arrived at
RUDN University on the celebration of 55th
Anniversary of
RUDN University. Among the guests were RUDN Universi-
ty alumni, RUDN University friends and presidents of many
countries. Vladimir Filippov held meetings with long ex-
pected guests from Bangladesh, Brazil, Great Britain, Viet-
nam, Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Germany, Domin-
ican Republic, Egypt, India, Jordan, Spain, Kazakhstan,
Canada, Cote D’Ivoire, Lebanon, Mali, Nepal, Sultanate of Oman, Peru, Singapore, Tanzania,
the Czech Republic, Japan. Among guests were also delegations from Universities and educa-
tional institutions from all over Russia, including Chelyabinsk, Belgorod, Stavropol, Uryupinsk
and many other regions.
Solemn opening ceremony of the Institute of Alternative Med-
icine took place at RUDN University. The Institute headed by R.
Singh is one of RUDN University Departments which provides
postgraduate education. For those who are interested in alter-
native medicine, the Institute offers departments of physiother-
apy, Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine, Ayurveda. The teach-
ing and academic staff consists of the best professional and
leading experts in the sphere of alternative medicine including Doctors of Medicine and many
experienced experts from South-Asian countries. After the solemn opening ceremony, the guests
were invited to visit the Institute of Alternative Medicine Clinic and were offered to take part in
the workshops of Thai massage, acupuncture and yoga.
RUDN UNIVERSITY BIRTHDAY
February 3-7
RUDN University holiday
February 3
RUDN University and Education
February 4
RUDN University at
February 4 – 8
February 5
RUDN University and Education
Ivan Nikolaevich Kurinin
Born on January 19, 1950, in Ta-
ganrog, Rostov region. His child-
hood dream was to become a
pilot.
He graduated from the Peoples’
Friendship University of Russia.
Ph.D. in Economics, CombatVet-
eran, awarded with the Badge
‘Peacekeeper’. Head of the De-
partment of Computer Technol-
ogy, Head of Financial Manage-
ment and Planning Department.
Favorite book: M. Bulgakov
‘The Master and Margarita’
me: ‘Home’
Life motto: ‘Never give up!’
Advice to the younger genera-
tion: ‘Move only forward’
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Romanna Evgenievna
Safir
Born on January 21, 1965 in
Moscow, she graduated from
the Patrice Lumumba Peoples’
Friendship University. Ph.D. in
Chemistry, associate profes-
sor. Head of the Department
for Higher qualification training.
She loves travelling. She is very
optimistic about the future.
Interests: educational manage-
ment, international Ph.D. pro-
grams.
Favourite book: L. Caroll ‘Alice
in wonderland’
Life motto: ‘In indefatigability
does a man find himself… ’
Advice to the younger gen-
eration: ‘Luck comes to the
hard-workers’
Solemn Sessions of Academic Councils dedicated to the
55th
Anniversary of RUDN University, were held at faculties
and departments. The solemn sessions were attended
by RUDN University alumni, honored guests, veterans of
work, honorary figures of the Russian Higher Education,
RUDN University employee and teaching and academic
staff.
Under the auspices of UNESCO, International scientific and research conference ‘International
university – strategy and tactics of development’, dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN
University, took place at RUDN University. UNESCO, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian
Federation, Russian Academy of Education, IREG supported RUDN University in the organization of
the conference.
Among the topics of discussion at the conference were the process of internalization and global
education,developmentofinternationaleducationassociations,networkandtransarealuniversities,
development of integration of innovative technology in education, accomplishing practice-oriented
and continuing educational programs.
RUDN University served an example of a universal educational institution. Using RUDN University
as an example, the conference participants discussed humanization of education and training
highly-qualified specialists, developing the socio-cultural environment at RUDN University (training,
science, innovation, education and work culture), establishing comprehensive dialogue and
strategy in education of the XXI century as well as promoting cultural dialogue in the context of
internalization of higher education.
Anniversary Week ended with the most entertaining event, i.e. the
Gala-Night at the State Kremlin Palace. The Gala-Night was dedicated
to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University. More then 6,000 people
from 170 countries attended the concert. The Gala-Night opened with
the demonstration of a movie about the University ‘RUDN University
- 55’, which was warmly welcomed by the audience. RUDN University
Rector Vladimir Filippov made a welcoming speech. Honored guests
also delivered speeches and greeted and congratulated RUDN
University on its anniversary and expressed all the best wishes and
prosperity to the University. Among the honored guests were the First
Deputy Minister of Science and Education of the Russian Federation
N. Tretyak ,who represented the Russian Prime Minister D. Medvedev; Prime Minister of Kazakhstan,
RUDN University Doctor Honoris Causa, RUDN University graduate K. Massimov; State Duma Deputy
Chairman S. Zheleznyak (who forwarded greetings from the Russian State Duma Chairman S.
Naryshkin). Chairman of the Council Federation V. Matvienko wished prosperity and bright future to
the University. Distinguished RUDN University workers were awarded with State Prize of the Russian
Federation, awards of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, RUDN
University was awarded with the Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation.
More to that, CEO of Russian Space Systems A. Tyulin and cosmonauts directly from the spacecraft
wished RUDN University to achieve faantastic success.
At the closing part of the ceremony RUDN University Rector Vladimir Filippov took over the stage
and delivered his closing speech.
After the official opening ceremony was finished and the break was over, RUDN University students
presented a big and very entertaining concert. The concert included performances of fraternities of
Asian, Arab, African, Latin American, CIS countries as well as of different parts of Russia, and themed
performances including those devoted to the 70th
Anniversary of Great Victory in WWII.
The concert ended with the performance of all the concert
participants and those who made this Anniversary Concert
happen.
During the whole night thousands of multinational hearts
were beating in unison, in one rhythm – in the rhythm of the
peoples’ friendship which made every single person proud
of their University, the RUDN University.
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We congratulate the representatives of the teaching and academic
staff of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia for the awards
that they received at the Solemn Ceremony, which was dedicated
to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University and was held in the State
Kremlin Palace! V. Filippov was awarded with Certificate of Merit of
the President of the Russian Federation. V. Plyuschikov, Director
of the Agrarian and technological Institute, RUDN University, was
awarded with the Order «For Merit to the Fatherland» II degree.
The following people received the Honorary title of ‘Worker of Higher School of the Russian
Federation’:
- P. Grechko, Head of Department;
- Yu. Pochta, Head of Department;
- A. Khaustov, professor.
The following people received the Honorary title of ‘Honorary Worker of Higher Professional
Education of the Russian Federation’:
- V.Filippov, Rector of the Peoples’Friendship University of Russia;
- A. Dolzhikova, Vice-Rector;
- A. Zorin, University Chief Accountant;
- S. Kudinov, Head of Department;
- O. Rudenko-Morgun, professor;
- Yu. Serov, Head of Department;
- V. Tsvyk, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social sciences;
- B. Sternin, professor.
The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education ‘Peoples’
Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)’ was awarded with Certificate of Merit from
the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation for active social and political
engagement.
The following people received the Honorary title of ‘Honorary
professor of Peoples’Friendship University’:
- V. Frolov, Head of Department;
- N.Gusakov, Head of Department;
- N. Zagorodny, Head of Department;
- Zh. Kobalava, Head of Department;
- V. Moiseev, Head of Department.
The following people received the Certificate of Merit of the Ministry of Education and science of
the Russian Federation:
- I. Aidrus, ass.professor;
- M.Moseykina, professor;
- Zh. Puzanova, professor;
- V. Sinyachkin, professor;
- R.Kh. Abu-Nijim, Head of Department;
- O. Maksimova, Deputy-Dean of Ecological Faculty;
- S. Koyka, Hostel Superintendent.
The following people received Acknowledgement of the Ministry of education and science:
- M. Redina, Head of Department;
- K. Radkevich, ass.professor.
On the occasion of the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian
Federation awarded the Director of the Agrarian and Technological Institutte V. Plyuschikov
with a title ‘Honored worker of agriculture of the Russian Federation’ for his hard work and great
contribution to training highly-qualified specialists in the sphere of agriculture.
The following people received Acknowledgement of the Ministry of Agriculture:
- P. Dokukin, Deputy-Dean;
- E. Dovletyarova, Deputy-Dean;
- V. Vvedensky, Head of Department;
- E. Romanova, Deputy-Dean;
- M. Nozhevnik, Head of Laboratory;
- E. Pakina, ass.professor;
- Yu. Elbaev, Head of Department;
February
RUDN University in faces
(Anniversary Week)
Revaz Ismailovich
Sepiashvili
Born on January 24, 1955 in a
city of Kutaisi in Georgia. He
graduated from the Kuban Med-
ical Institute in Krasnodar. DSc,
professor, Academician of Geor-
gian National Academy of Sci-
ences.
Director of the Institute of Im-
munophysiology, President of
World Immunopathology Or-
ganization (WIPO), President of
Union of Allergists and Immu-
nologists CIS, President of the
Union of Physiology Councils in
CIS, honored member of Amer-
ican Thoracic Society, ERS (Euro-
pean Respiratory Society) Gold
Membership card holder.
Interests: immunology, aller-
gology, pathophysiology, cel-
lular therapy, asthma, chronic
pulmonary diseases, immunore-
habilitation, physiology of the
immune system, AIDs.
Favorite book: J. London ‘Mar-
tin Eden’
me: ‘It’s my home, a part of my
family, it’s my life’
tion: ‘Never think that you know
everything. Only the stupid can
think that he or
she does not
need to study,
that they al-
ready know ev-
erything’.

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and Education
February 6 – 9
February 9 – 15
RUDN University Student’s world
RUDN University hosted the last (on-campus) stage of ‘United Inter-University Mathematical
Competition’for schoolchildren of 9-11th
grades from Moscow, Moscow region and other regions
of the country. There were 69 participants, 53 of which were schoolchildren studying in the 11th
grade. 14 schoolchildren became winners of the first, second and third prizes.
Representatives of the Free University of Brussels Christine Titkhart and Anne Peters paid an of-
ficial visit to RUDN University. During their stay at the University they discussed current matters
of effective cooperation in future. Christine Titkhart offered a speaking practice workshop to the
students of basic course in Esperanto.
Within the frame of 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University a delega-
tion from Soka University (Japan) visited the Faculty of humanities
and social sciences. The Vice-Rector of the Soka University Khiroto-
mo Teranishi, the Director of International department Masaru Osa-
nai, professor Micuru Eguti and professor Stella Valria Sivakova had
a meeting with the Faculty administration.
Doctor Honoris Causa of RUDN University, professor of political sci-
ence, Director of the Centre for management and government pol-
icy of Carlton University (Canada) Piotr Dutkevich visited RUDN
University. RUDN University Rector V.M. Filippov gave him a warm
welcome. During his stay at RUDN University, the Professor met with
RUDN University students and made a report on the topics of‘Insta-
bility and uncertainty in the world – reasons and consequences’.
A delegation from the Manama University (Bahrain) visited RUDN University.The President of the
Manama University Ibrahim Mohammed Janahi, who participated in the ceremony of signing
the framework agreement, emphasized the importance of developing cooperation between two
universities in the spheres of education and scientific research.
‘School for innovation development-2015’ was held at RUDN University. The major goal of the
School was to develop innovational fields at RUDN University by attracting students to carry out
research and break-through projects. RUDN University graduates and post-graduates of the Fac-
ulty of Science, Economics, Engineering, Ecology as well as Medical and Agrarian and technolog-
ical institutes participated in the event. Within the framework of the event, lectures in ‘Research
and innovation contests for the young: steps to success’, ‘Innovation and innovation manage-
ment’,‘Innovative marketing’were carried out.
Within the celebration of the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN Univer-
sity, a delegation of representatives from the Green building
industry from the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, EU, Jor-
dan and Cambodia visited the Ecological Faculty (RUDN Univer-
sity). During their visit the delegation held a number of meet-
ings which were also attended by the RUDN University Rector
V.M. Filippov, representative from IES company in the European region (RuGBC) M. Farrell and the
CEO of the Russian Green Building Council (RuGBC) G.A. Imza. The major topic of discussion was
the launching of an inter-disciplinary master’s degree program‘Green building and spatial devel-
opment of territories’and the necessity of international community to support educational pro-
grams in green building, scientific and research works and academic mobility of students at the
Ecological and Engineering faculties at RUDN University.
The University held culture days of students from Cameroon.
Within the frame of culture days national exhibitions of the fra-
ternity, the conference ‘The role of the youth in the develop-
ment of Cameroon’ and the evening in the RUDN University In-
terclub were organized and attended by the RUDN University
administration. A tournament in mini-football also took place
on the same day in the RUDN University Physical and recreational centre.
Taisia Nikolayevna
Matulis
She was born on February 2,
1930, in Moscow. When she was
a kid, she wanted to become a
lawyer, but then she changed
her mind and decided to join
the Faculty of History.
She graduated from the Lo-
monosov State Moscow Uni-
versity with honors. She speaks
Czech, Polish and English. Ph.D.
in Pedagogy, professor-trainer,
professor of the Department of
History of Russia, academician
of Russian Academy of Natural
sciences, academician of Inter-
national Academy of Pedagog-
ical Education, Veteran of the
RUDNUniversity.T.Matulisisthe
author of more than 100 works.
Interests: history of Russian uni-
versities in XVIII-XIX c.; meth-
ods of teaching history to inter-
national students in secondary
and higher school; education
and pedagogy in the history of
world civilizations.
Favorite book: Encyclopedia
‘Wisdom of the millennium’
Life motto: ‘Only forward, over-
come difficulties’
Advice to the younger gener-
ation: ‘Love
Russia, there is
no other coun-
try like that
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February 14
RUDN University in the world
February 14-15
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and Education
February 15
February 16
RUDN University in science
February 16 – 18
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Student’s world
February 20
A meeting dedicated to the Russian Diplomatic worker’s
day took place at RUDN University. It was not the first time
when celebration on this occasion took place at RUDN Uni-
versity. This professional holiday serves the interests of the
Russian government to strengthen national identity and
its grounds, i.e. international affairs service, development
of patriotism and pride for our Motherland and its history.
Association of Pakistani Alumni from Russian and CIS universities celebrated 55th
Anniversary of
RUDN University at the Russian scientific and cultural centre in Pakistan. RUDN University alum-
ni and friends arrived to participate in the celebration. The Vice-General Councilor of Russia in
Karachi A.V. Fedorov and the Director of the Russian scientific and cultural centre S.L. Kuznetsov
attended the official opening ceremony. The celebration night included an official opening cer-
emony, toasts and congratulations, movie preview ‘RUDN University Today’ devoted to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University, small talks about the university and reception.
Final round of the Inter-regional competition of schoolchildren‘Highest probe’attracted school-
children of 7-11 grades to compete in the spheres of law (199 participants), journalism (122 par-
ticipants) and literature (227 participants).
The Director of the Institute of Law O.A. Yastrebov and the Dean of the Philological Faculty
V.V. Barabash met with the parents and schoolchildren, the participants of the competition
in law, journalism and literature in order to promote the university and attract the schoolchil-
dren to come and study at RUDN University. RUDN University, in cooperation with the High-
er School of Economics, offered a ‘Workshop in how to negotiate’ to the participants of the
competition in journalism and a mind game ‘Literature mascaraed’ to the participants in the
competition in literature.
The final game of the tournament in mini-football organized by Association of Students from Af-
rican countries (ASSAFSTU-RUDN University) which was scheduled for the winter holidays, took
place today.The winners were the team from Cote d’Ivoir.The second came the team from Ango-
la, the third was the team from Morocco.
The big event‘The Day of Science’was organized at the Faculty of Humanities and social scienc-
es. A number of round-table sessions were held then which covered all the spheres of studies of-
fered at the Faculty. Leading specialists from the top Russian scientific and research institutions
visited the Faculty. The section of ‘History’hosted the representatives of the Russian Geographi-
cal Society M.V. Zakharova (a Counsellor to Executive Office of the Russian Geographical Society)
and A.V. Kluychko (an expert in the sphere of media-projects of the Expedition Centre of RGS in
North Federal District). An outstanding Russian scientist, the Director of the Institute of Sociolo-
gy of RAS, academician M.K. Gorshkov joined the Section of‘Sociology’.
Soloists of the Interclub vocal studios ‘Preobrazhenie’, ‘Radu-
ga’,‘Orfei’participated in the XIII Contest of the Patriotic songs
‘Gvozdika’devoted to the 70th
Anniversary of WWII.
The results of the Contest are as following:
Laureate in the nomination‘Patriotic song’were:
1st
laureate was Kristina Abdel Kadel (Jordan, Preobrazhenie
studio)
2nd
laureate was Leyla Gargacova (Russia, Raduga studio)
3rd
laureate was Alina Shorina (Russia, Preobrazhenie)
4th
laureate was Artur Correia (Cape Verde, Raduga studio)
RUDN University Faculties and Institutes celebrated Russian
Cheese Fare Week (Maslenitsa). Foreign students expressed great
interest in the Russian traditions and with great pleasure tried Rus-
sian home-made pancakes.
Gennady Alekseevich
Ermolaev
He was born on February 15,
1955, in the Kuibyshev dis-
trict, village of Niz. He graduat-
ed from the Lumumba Peoples’
Friendship University, Faculty
of Economics and Law. He has
been working for RUDN Univer-
sity since 1976, he started as a
laundry operator and achieved
the position of a Vice-Rector for
Administrative work. His child-
hood dream was to become a
school teacher. He is fond of
classical works of the Russian lit-
erature. He prefers staying opti-
mistic about the future.
me:‘It’s my job and devotion’.
Life motto: ‘Treat people the
same way you would like to be
treated’.
ation: ‘Never be afraid of any
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February 25
February
26 – 28
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at conferences
and exhibitions
February
26 – 28
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February 27
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Student’s world
February 27
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in the world
February 28
RUDN University
in the world
February
RUDN University
in faces
The University held culture days of students from the Dominican Republic. In the frame of culture
days national exhibitions of the fraternity were held, films were shown and the evening concert
and disco were organized.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt in Russia, Mr. Mohammed Elbadri and
Embassy officers met Egyptian undergraduate and post-graduate students studying at RUDN
University in the assembly hall of the Building of the Faculty of Russian language and general
disciplines.
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia participated in the
41st
Annual international exhibition‘Education and career –
XXI century’. The event took place in the Gostiniy Dvor Guest
House. There were exhibitions presented by more than 300
universities, colleges, professional oriented centres of Mos-
cow and Russia and more than 20 foreign educational institu-
tions. The visitors had an opportunity to receive information,
talk to the teaching staff and Admission Committee members, representatives of different facul-
ties and institutes in RUDN University.
Soloists of RUDN University folklore studio ‘Raduga’ participated in
the international vocal contest‘Voice of future’held in Tobolsk. The
students successfully represented the university and received their
awards in the end. 1st
laureate in the nomination ‘Small forms-the
young team’ was a trio Bazi Vingle (Haiti) Natan Massena (Haiti), Ar-
tur Correia (Cape Verde), 2nd
laureate was a duet Bazi Vingle (Haiti),
Natan Massena (Haiti), 3rd
laureate was a duet Ansta Razdraniriana
(Madagascar). 2nd
laureates in the nomination ‘Soloists’ was Natan Massena (Haiti) and Artur Cor-
reia(Cape Verde). Diploma holders: Ansta Razdraniriana (Madagascar), Bazi Vingle (Haiti).
The University held National Exhibitions of students from Oman and Tunis. National souvenirs,
costumes, books, booklets, catalogues and other cultural attributes were exhibited.
The capital of Bangladesh, the City of Dhaka held a meeting dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of
RUDN University. The event was organized by the Association of Soviet (Russian) Alumni in Ban-
gladesh.
Celebrations dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN Uni-
versity took place in India. Members of the Indian Association
of Russian (Soviet) Alumni gathered in the Russian Centre of
science and culture, which is located in New Delhi, in order to
take part in the official ceremony dedicated to the celebra-
tion of 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University. The official cer-
emony started with an exhibition ‘Studying in the USSR/RUDN University – those golden years’.
The organization of the event was taken over by the Delhi Alumni Association.
RUDN University academics were awarded with the President
awards in various fields of scientific research.
We congratulate:
E.A. Degtereva, Ph.D. holder in Economics, ass.prof. of the De-
partment of Marketing, as she has won the President of Russia
Scholarship and the state support of young Russian scientists - Ph.D. holders (contest YC-2015,
field of studies: special technologies)
K.M. Belikova, Dr. in Law, Prof. at the Department of Civil and Labor Law as she won a Scholarship
and state support of young Russian scientists – Dr. of sciences in the field of‘Legal regulation of
labor relations, complicated with foreign elements in the BRICS countries’’.
N.V. Badaeva, Ph.D. holder in Law, ass.prof. at the Department of Civil and Labor Law, as she won
the President of Russia Scholarship and the state support of young Russian scientists - Ph.D. hold-
ers, field of research:‘Perspectives of harmonization of private law in the countries of EurAsEc’
Kira Nikolaevna
Dubrovina
1935, in Moscow. She graduated
the Lomonosov Moscow State
University with honors. Ph.D. in
Philology, professor of Depart-
ment of the General and Russian
Linguistics.
Honored veteran of the RUDN
University. She was awarded
with the Badge of 25th Anniver-
sary of RUDN University, Badge
of the 40th Anniversary of RUDN
University, Badge of the 50th
Anniversary of RUDN Universi-
ty, a Badge ‘Veteran of Labour’.
In 2011, she received the major
prize of International academic
publishing company ‘Nauka’ for
the best publication in the area
of Humanities’ (Encyclopedia of
Biblical phrasal verbs)
She is the author of more than
110 works.
Interests: lexicology, lexicogra-
phy, phraseology (including bib-
lical phraseology), stylistics.
Favourite book: M. Bulgakov
‘Master and Margarita’, I. Ilf and
E. Petrov ’TheTwelve Chairs’.
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RUDN University KVN team‘Chistie prudi’won the 1st
prize in the 16th
round of theTV First League
of KVN International Unity.
The University held Culture days of students from Jamaica. In the frame of Culture days nation-
al exhibitions of the fraternity took place in different buildings of the University. Students orga-
nized a disco-night in the Interclub of RUDN University, a mini-football tournament and the eve-
ning concert in the RUDN University assembly hall.
RUDN University held national fraternities exhibitions of stu-
dents from Bulgaria and Moldova in the hall of the main RUDN
University building. National souvenirs, costumes, books, book-
lets, catalogs and other national attributes of Bulgaria and Mol-
dova were presented at the exhibition.
Regional academic Director of EF English First I.I. Sedov, RUDN University graduate, visited RUDN
University. The meeting was arranged as a part of the curricular practical training (psychological
and pedagogic) of the Bachelor degree students. At the meeting I.I. Sedov offered RUDN Univer-
sity to sign an Agreement with EF English First where RUDN University students could undergo
teaching training.
RUDN University Days, dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN
University, took place in Lebanon. The organizer of the events
was the Association of Soviet and Russian Alumni in Lebanon. On
March 4th
, the Ambassador of RF in Lebanon, A.S. Zasipkin and
Cultural and educational Attaché S.A. Vorobiev welcomed the
RUDN University delegation in Lebanon. During their visit the
RUDN University delegation discussed matters of Lebanese students’ enrollment at RUDN Uni-
versity and decreasing education quotas for Lebanese students. During their stay in Lebanon,
the RUDN University delegation visited the St. Joseph’s University where they reached an agree-
ment to create a working group consisting of the representatives of the RUDN University Med-
ical Institute; the RUDN University delegation also had a meeting with A.A. Akhmetov, Head of
the Russian cultural centre in Beirut and the representative of Rossotrudnichestvo in Lebanon; a
meeting with alumni from RUDN University and other Russian universities took place in the cities
of Nabatieh and Tir. On March 5, the RUDN University delegation was welcomed by the Adnan
Sayyed Hussein, the President of the Lebanese University. It was the same day when the Associ-
ation of the Soviet alumni in Lebanon arranged a reception dedicated to the 45th
Anniversary of
the Association which was attended by the Ambassador of RF in Lebanon, Counsellor of the RF in
Lebanon and the Counsellor of Ukraine in Lebanon.
RUDN University hosted the final round of a student con-
test “You’re Simply the Best-2015”. The event was attended
by honoured guests, RUDN University partners in the sphere
of education, i.e. A.I. Khrapach, CEO of‘InterAcadem’interna-
tional educational agency, and M.L. Prikhodko, Chief Officer.
E. Pankratova, a student from the Department of Ling-uistics
won the Title ‘Miss the Best’ and was awarded with a Certifi-
cate for a 2-weeks’internship in Kaplan schools in Great Britain and the USA.
A number of events devoted to the International Women’s Day took place in RUDN University In-
terclub: a conference‘An increasing role of a woman in the African community’and a gala night-
the concert of African Students Association.
Teachers of the Philological Faculty (RUDN University), Department of the Russian language and
methods of its teaching E.N. Baryshnikova and assistant I.I. Rybakova organized a concert on March
8th
at the academic centre of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. The concert was ded-
icated to the International Women’s Day. Students, who study the Russian language in San Domin-
go, sang songs about women and for women in Russian. The concert was attended by the Repre-
sentatives from the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic, Association of Soviet and
Russian alumni and by many other popular political figures from the Province of Altagracia.
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world
Nailya Garifovna
Valeeva
Born on February 22, 1955. Ph.D.
in Pedagogy, professor. She is
the author of 187 works. Current
occupation: Head of Foreign
Languages Department, Eco-
logical Faculty. She was award-
ed with diplomas of RUDN Uni-
versity Administration and the
RUDN University Academic
Council.
Interests: linguistics, linguo-di-
dactics, translation and transla-
tion studies, cross-cultural com-
munication.
me:‘RUDN University is the best
university in Russia’.
Life motto: Per aspera ad astra
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University Championship in Ping-pong ‘RUDN University Golden racket’ was held in the Physical
and recreational centre at RUDN University. The organizers of the event were Sport club‘Druzhba’,
the Faculty of Physical education and sport and Association of Russian Student Sports Clubs. The
major goal of the championship was to attract as many people as possible to doing sports and ex-
ercises on a regular basis. More than 50 athletes competed for the title of‘RUDN University Golden
racket’. The winner of the Championship and the holder of the title‘RUDN University Golden rack-
et’among men became Andrey Martynenko and Emma Enkhtaivan - among women.
Director of ‘Group IB’ I.K. Sachkov gave an open lecture on ‘Cy-
ber-crime: facts, people, countermeasures’ at the Faculty of Hu-
manities and social sciences. With the rapid development of the
informational technologies the number of crimes against busi-
nesses today is increasing immensely. In 2013, the cyber-crime ef-
fect totaled to 27 bln $. It was not just a potential threat but the
actual money that the hackers had stolen from the companies
and ordinary people. In order to give a precise evaluation to the risks of the informational securi-
ty, we need to know the people who are on the other side of the law. During his lecture, I.K. Sac-
hkov discussed the following matters:
- What is cyber-crime today?
- Who are those hackers who get into our systems and steal our money?
- How was the investigation of the biggest cases carried out?
- What are the true motives behind hacking?
- What is the structure of the cyber-crime market, how does it develop and what shall the owners
of businesses today be ready for?
RUDN University held national fraternity exhibitions of students
from hot Cuba. National souvenirs, costumes, books, booklets,
catalogs and other national attributes distinguishing the Cuban
culture were presented at the exhibition.
A gala night devoted to the festival of Spring “Mercishor”was arranged in Interclub by Moldavi-
an students.
Students of the Faculty of Humanities and social sciences participat-
ed in the meeting with Pierre Helg, the Extraordinary and Plenipoten-
tiary Ambassador of Switzerland to the Russian Federation, who dis-
cussed the ‘Perspectives and development of Swiss-Russian relations
in the spheres of political, economic and humanitarian cooperation’.
A concert, dedicated to the 50th
Anniversary of the Department of Ophthalmology, took place
in the RUDN University Main building. University administration officers, Director of the Medical
Institute A.U. Abramov, the heads and teaching staff of the leading Russian universities, special-
ists in Ophthalmology arrived to congratulate the Department on such an important occasion.
Supported by the Department of Latin America and the Embassy of Republic
of Guatemala, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Re-
public of Guatemala in the Russian Federation Prof. Herbert Estuardo Mene-
ses Coronado gave an open lecture on ‘The culture of Maya and ecology in
the Republic of Guatemala’to the students of the Ecological Faculty at RUDN
University.
The Agrarian and Technological Institute, Department of Soil Science and Farming held a‘Univer-
sity Saturday clean-up Day’for students and schoolchildren of high school. What is more, the Fac-
ulty also held a workshop‘Use of unmanned flying vehicles’where the speakers demonstrated the
technology of monitoring natural resources, solving land and other issues with the help of un-
manned flying vehicles and system of operative cartography.
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Natalya Vladimirovna
Syulkova
1965, in the town of Orsha in Be-
lorussia. She wanted to become
a doctor when she was a child.
She graduated the Lumumba
Peoples’ Friendship University.
Ph.D. in Philology. Now she is
acting Vice-Rector for interna-
tional activity.
Interests: international educa-
tion, export of educational ser-
vices.
Favourite book: Poems by A.
Akhmatova and B. Okudzhava
me:‘It’s life’.
Life motto:‘Never give up’.
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Samsung Electronics Company and RUDN University signed a
bilateral agreement on cooperation in the field of social and
educational project‘IT SAMSUNG SCHOOL’. The RUDN Univer-
sity administration attended the meeting:
RUDN University Rector V.M. Filippov, L.G. Voskresensky
(Dean of the Faculty of Science), El.V. Martynenko (Vice-Rec-
tor for PR) and A.P. Efremov (First Vice-Rector). Among the
representatives of the Samsung Company were the Director of Department for Corporate rela-
tions of Samsung Electronics head-quarters for CIS countries S. Pevnev, manager for educational
programs of the Samsung Electronics Scientific and research centre S.Yun.
The project‘IT SAMSUNG SCHOOL’is aimed at helping to prepare future IT engineers, that is the
aim which corresponds to the goals in the educational sphere in Russia today. Moreover, it is
aimed to help students in professional orientation and to increase their interest in the sphere of
IT-innovations. The curriculum includes a course of Introduction to IT and Programming for the
high school schoolchildren (10th
grades mainly). The project was to be launched in all secondary
schools, lyceums, gymnasiums and institutions for continuous education in Russia. A compre-
hensive and integrated approach of the Samsung School is a technical basis of the project and
in order to make the educational process more attractive they use an interactive board, i.e. Sam-
sung 75” LCD-panel and Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 tablets, as well as Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite laptops.
The Samsung School approach ensures complete engagement of students in the educational
process by using interactive approach along with educational materials and any other addition-
al materials (chosen by the teacher).
Within the current project Samsung Electronics also provides support in the educational process.
Education project ‘IT School Samsung’ is a free educational course. Students can be enrolled to
the program upon the result of their admission tests.
Student chess tournament took place at the Faculty of the Russian
language and general disciplines. Several dozens of students took
part in the tournament.
RUDN University team of Willem C. Vis Arbitration Moot took part in the VI Moscow Pre-Moot,
devoted to the preparation to the 22nd
International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienne
(Austria). The Pre-moot took place in the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Among the par-
ticipants were 20 teams from the leading Law Universities of Russia, Germany, Belorussia, Turkey,
Switzerland and the USA. RUDN University team displayed high level of preparation and self-or-
ganization and took the 1st
prize in the contest.
The language of the competition was English.
RUDN University hosted the XVI Culture week of the stu-
dents from the Middle East (a Week of the Arab culture).
RUDN University Rector V.M. Filippov and Mr. H. E. Faed Mus-
tafa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pal-
estine to the Russian Federation, delivered speeches at the
opening ceremony which took place in the Main building of
the University.
Within the Week of culture RUDN University students organized a tournament in mini-football,
national exhibitions of fraternities from Middle East countries, a round-table ‘Russian-Arab rela-
tions in the modern times’, chess tournament among students from the Middle Eastern coun-
tries and gala-night which took place in the assembly hall of the RUDN University main building.
The Institute of Foreign Languages organized an Open Door
Day “Live and Learn”, where they presented educational pro-
grams in foreign languages, pedagogy, psychology, family
consulting and management‘Lifelong Learning’.
Svetlana Vladislavovna
Shmeleva
She was born on March 8, 1960,
in Tomsk. When she was a child,
she wanted to become a writer.
She graduated from the Peoples’
Friendship University of Russia,
Law Department, and finished
Baltic Federal University (Kalin-
ingrad State University), ‘Teach-
er of mathematics’. Ph.D. in Sci-
ence, Dr. in Pedagogy, associate
professor. She is the author of
more than 90 works.
Interests: administrative laws
and regulation of informatiza-
tion in Russia and abroad.
Favorite book: Saint-Exupéry
‘Little prince’
Life motto: ‘The rule of the dis-
tinguished is to cultivate kind-
ness and not to quarrel’ (Lao
Tzu).
ation: ‘Work hard for your own
sake and for the sake of others’
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Students of the Medical Institute participated in the Inter-University student conference ‘Con-
temporary issues of child surgery and intensive therapy’which took place at the Pirogov Russian
National Research Medical University.
Interclub creative teams participated in the VIII Moscow Youth patriotic contest «Spring 1945».
The Preobrazhenie, Orfei, Raduga studios as well as dancing ensemble ‘Rhythms of friendship’
had absolutely enlifting and mesmerizing performances.
Supported by the Non-government Ecological Fund named after Vernadsky and Helmholtz As-
sociation, the Ecological Faculty held a scientific and research seminar for the Vernadsky schol-
arship holders ‘Environment management and ecological security in regions’. The major aim of
the seminar was to create teams of intellectual youth in order to work on common scientific and
research projects.
Within a joint-program ‘Pritok’ initiated by RUDN University and Moscow Domodedovo Airport,
RUDN University organized an outdoor Open Doors Day in the gymnasium of Ramenskoe. The
following departments participated in the event:‘Unikum’Centre, Faculty of Humanities and so-
cial sciences, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Ecology, Institutes of Medicine and Law.
RUDN University Institute of Foreign Languages hosted a Week of Second foreign languages.The
educational project is one of the most important events in the cultural and scientific life of the In-
stitute. The Project was dedicated to several events such as theYear of the Spanish language and
literature in Russia, Year of the German language and literature in Russia, Year of the Chinese lan-
guage and literature in Russia.The Project was aimed to encourage students to learn more about
cross-cultural communication and country studies.
The University held culture days of students from the Republic of Columbia. In the frame of cul-
ture days students organized national exhibitions, demonstrated a Columbian film ‘Mateo’, held
a conference ‘Columbia – the art of the world’, a gala-concert in the assembly hall of the RUDN
University main building and a tournament in mini-football. Columbian students visited School
#1329 where they also gave a fiery concert and presented their country.
A musical lectorium‘Muses also fought’dedicated to the 70th
Anniversary of the Vistory over Fas-
cism was organized by Prof. Frolov at the Medical Institute. The core idea was to perform the po-
ems and songs from the times of the WWII .
The University held culture days of students from the Republic of Kazakh-
stan. In the frame of culture days students organized national exhibitions,
presented a Kazakh film and arranged a gala-night in the assembly hall in
the RUDN University main building.
XI Scientific conference among undergraduate and
post-graduate students and young scientists ‘Contemporary
issues of the international relations and world politics’ took
place at the Faculty of humanities and social sciences.
‘Kulturnoe prostranstvo’ club initiated a fantastic and unique holiday of national costumes. Stu-
dents from different countries made very nice presentations where they told about the origins
of their national costumes.The audience had an opportunity to get acquainted with the national
costumes of the following countries: Angola, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Vietnam, Guinea-Bis-
sau, Zambia, India, Jordan, Yemen, Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Syria and
Turkmenistan.
Svetlana Andreevna
Koyka
She was born on March 17, 1960
in Moldovan Republic, USSR, vil-
lage Bubuieci. Graduated from
Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship
University. PhD in agricultur-
al sciences, associate professor.
Head of the internship program
‘Planting’, Agricultural and Tech-
nological Institute.
Interests: orcharding, orchard
development in the world.
me: ‘It’s all my life. The universi-
ty helped me to develop myself
and gave me a ticket to Life’.
View of future: ‘Creativity at
work, independence, the op-
portunity to use experience and
knowledge, to be of use to oth-
ers’.
ation: ‘Happy family is a key to
personal happiness. Interesting
job you love is a key to person-
al fulfilment. These two are the
conditions that make your life
complete and meaningful’.
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Agrarian and technological institute in RUDN University, in cooperation with the Federal Agency
for State Support for Agricultural Insurance (AFAESA) and the Russian Agriculture Ministry,
organized the III Scientific and research conference ‘Independent expertise in agricultural
insurance. Perspectives of development’.
Interclub creative teams participated in the XXII Moscow
Student festival‘FESTOS - 2015’.‘Raduga’studio,‘Orfei’studio and
other dancing groups from Ecuador, Vietnam, Turkmenistan,
ensemble ‘Legends of mountains’, ‘Rhythms of friendship’ and
‘Preobrazhenie’studio presented RUDN University.
The University held culture days of students from Nepal. In the
frame of the culture days RUDN University students held a round-
table discussion‘Modern Nepal: Country. People. Culture’.The event
also featured national exhibitions of the fraternity, demonstration
of a documentary movie and gala-night.
RUDN University participated in the conference ‘Scientometrics and perspectives of its use in
evaluation and planning of science in Russia’, which was organized by the Thomson Reuters
Company. The main topics of discussion were: the current state of science in Russia, strategies
of its development, the present and the future of scientific project management, presentation
of the book ‘Introduction to scientometrics: indicators of development of sciences and
technologies’, modern informational resources and solutions in scientometrics.
Department of theory and history of journalism held an
International conference ‘Perspectives of world journalism: the
history and the modern times’. The conference proceeded a
dialogue traditionally established between RUDN University
undergraduate and postgraduate students, leading scientists
and researchers on the issues of journalism in Russia and in the
world. The representatives from countries of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova and
Uzbekistan as well as various educational institutions. i.e. from the Russian State University
for the Humanities, Moscow Institute of International Relations (University) MFA RF, Surgut
State Pedagogical University, Bashkir state university, Rostov state university of economics,
journalists-researchers from international informational agency ‘Russia today’ participated in
the conference. The book of Conference proceedings was published to cover the main points of
discussion at the conference.
Final concert to mark the end of the University contest ’70 years
of the Great Victory’ took place at RUDN University. During the
concert the results of the Contest were announced.
The results of the contest are:
1st
prize – Institute of Hotel Business and Tourism.
2nd
prize – Institute of Foreign Languages and Institute of Law.
3rd
prize- Philological Faculty
Medical Institute launched a unique project of Separate collection
of waste. RUDN University volunteers established special rubbish
bins on every floor of the RUDN University buildings, which could
be used by the teaching staff and students to throw rubbish in
and, thus, follow the internationally recognized classification of
waste collection. Separate collection of waste in RUDN University
is a project initiated by RUDN University students and strongly
supportedbytheuniversityadministration.Themaingoalistointegrateecologicalmanagement
at University and, therefore, decrease the negative effect on the environment.
Alexandr Vitalievich
Ermakov
He was born on March 19, 1955,
in Gorky district. He graduat-
ed from the Faculty of Econom-
ics and Law, Lumumba Peoples’
Friendship University. Award-
ed with diplomas and badges
from the Ministry of Education
and Science of the RF (‘Hon-
ored Worker of Higher Educa-
tion of the Russian Federation’,
‘Honored worker in the sphere
of youth policy of the Russian
Federation’), badge of honor
from the Russian Federal State
Statistics Service, the Certificate
of Honor from the Moscow City
Duma. Current position: Head of
the Department for work with
students.
Interests: history of internation-
al relations.
Favorite book: I. Efremov ‘An-
dromache nebula’.
me: ‘The university became my
destiny. I have been working
here for more than 30 years. I
met my wife here, who is teach-
ing at the Department of Civil
and Labour Law. My two daugh-
ters graduated from RUDN Uni-
versity’.
Life motto: ‘Al-
ways believe
in destiny and
luck!’
Advice to the
younger gen-
eration:
Be persistent,
hard-working
and tolerant’.
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RUDN University hosted ‘Mr.Agrarian Faculty-2015’ which
is equally popular as ‘Miss Agrarian Faculty’, which became
a nice tradition at the Faculty. The winner of the Contest ‘Mr.
Agrarian Faculty-2015’ was Gagik Nahapetyan, Vice-Mr. was
Uzeir Fahatov, Audience Award went to Alim Akhumashev.
RUDNUniversityhostedthetraditionallyheldfolklorefestival‘Nations
of Russia’. It’s been the 21st
consecutive year of the festival where
individual performers and student groups from all parts of Russia
come to display different unique instruments and national costumes.
They familiarize foreign students with traditional songs and dances
and give an opportunity to learn more about the national diversity of
our big country. During the days of the festival national exhibitions
and workkshops were held and attended by foreign students. There
the students could see all national costumes, ornaments, household
items of small and bigger nations in Russia.
Celebration dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of
RUDN University took place in Nepal.
During those days solemn meetings and themed
seminar ‘Development of ties between academic
institutions of Russia, CIS countries and Nepal’were
organized. The core topic of discussion was the
development of cooperation between universities
of Russia, CIS countries and Nepal in the spheres
of education, science and culture. RUDN University Alumni from Nepal and other Russian and
soviet universities and their families and other social figures attended the meeting.
The University held national exhibitions of fraternities of Antigua and Barbuda. National
souvenirs, costumes, books, booklets, catalogues and other cultural attributes were exhibited.
A delegation from the State of Palestine headed by President
Mahmoud Abbas who was on an official visit to Moscow upon
the invitation of the Russian Federation visited RUDN University.
The delegation was welcomed by A.P. Efremov, Acting Rector, First
Vice-Rector – First Vice-Rector for educational matters. During the
meeting, the parties noted the contribution of RUDN University
in the preparation of highly-qualified specialists for Palestine. Mr.
Mahmoud Abbas was awarded the honorary title of RUDN University
Doctor Honoris Causa upon the Decree of the RUDN University
Academic Council on April 6th, 2015. The corresponding Diploma and regalia were given to
him at a solemn ceremony. During his visit to RUDN University Mr. Mahmoud Abbas signed the
Guest Book.
RUDN University hosted a Culture week of students from Palestine. During the week national
exhibitions of the fraternity, a round-table and a gala-night took place in the assembly hall in
the RUDN University Interclub.
As part of the celebration dedicated to the 70th
Anniversary of theVictory in theWWII the Faculty
of humanities and social sciences, Department of History of Russia held an All-Russia scientific
conference among undergraduate and postgraduate students and young scientists‘WWII 1941-
1945: courage and triumph of the soviet nation’.
Tatyana Fedorovna
Minyazeva
ShewasbornonMarch30,1955,
inDzerzhinsk,Gorkydistrict.She
graduated from Lomonosov
MSU. Dr. in Law, professor. She
is the author of more than 150
works including monographs,
textbooks, course-books and ar-
ticles. Awarded with a badge of
the Russian Ministry of Internal
Affairs 200th Anniversary, Cer-
tificate of Honor from the Minis-
try of Education and Science of
the Russian Federation. She su-
pervised 18 postgraduate the-
ses and 1 doctorate dissertation.
Loves poetry and collects dolls.
Interests: individualization of
the criminal responsibility and
execution of criminal sanctions.
Life motto: ‘Don’t give up. The
heart beats with the thought of
the future’.
View of the future: ‘Optimistic.
There’s more to come!’
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An amateur chess tournament for the ‘RUDN University Planet’
Cup took place in the RUDN University main building. The
tournament took place within the ceremonial events dedicated to
the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University. Among participants were
the students and teaching and academic staff of the University as
well as the members of the State Duma, members of the Russian
Federation Council, representatives of the Russian Government,
diplomats from many other countries including such figures as Mr. Alexander Ageev, Chairman
of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Law and State Construction, Dmitry Gorovtsov,
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-corruption,Viktor Likhorev,
Representative of Central Office of the Russian State Duma.
Grand Master Igor Gleck held a simultaneous game session for those willing to participate. The
winner of the tournament was Dmitry Zamega, a RUDN University graduate from the Faculty of
Science in 2005 who is currently holding a position of an assistant of a member of the Russian
State Duma. The 1st
award for the best result among women was given to Maya Gvilava, who
totaled 5.5. points. The prize winners were awarded with Cups, medals and diplomas of different
degrees respectively.
RUDN University hosted the XIII ‘Fair of ideas at Yugo-Zapad’.
This year 498 schoolchildren from 5 to 11 grades from schools
from Moscow, Moscow region and the Republic of Belorussia
participatedinthecontestofprojectsandresearchworks.Intotal
there were 241 project works in various fields of studies offered
at RUDN University. More than 220 experts, representatives of
the Faculties and Institutes in RUDN University, evaluated the
project works within 5 scientific and academic fields, which were presented in the form of poster
sessions and open public platforms.
RUDN University hosted the IX Culture week of students from
African countries. During the week the following events took
place: tournament in mini-football, meeting of the African
cinema-club, national exhibitions of the fraternities, a round-
table ‘Creole languages of the African countries’ and a gala-
night in the assembly hall in the University main building.
Faculty of Science held an All-Russian conference (with international participants)‘informational
and tele-communicational technologies and mathematic modelling of highly-technological
systems’.
Medical Institute successfully held a Russian-Norwegian conference in somatic aspects of alcohol-
induced damages. The conference was organized by the teaching staff from the Department of
hospital therapy.
Delegation from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(Greece) headed by its Rector, Prof. P.Mitkas, visited
RUDN University. The delegation consisted of Prof. J.N.
Kazasis, President of the Cetre of Greek language of
the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and D. Fotiadis,
International relations Department Senior Officer.
RUDN University Rector V.M. Filippov welcomed the
guests. During the meeting the parties exchanged their opinions concerning the current
state of cooperation between the Russian and Greek universities. The Greek party expressed
their interest in establishing and developing cooperation with RUDN University in the spheres
of education and scientific research. The priority in the fields of cooperation were given to
the joint Master degree programs and programs in Russian as a foreign language, academic
staff and student exchange programs including the programs within the European program
‘Erasmus-plus’. The meeting resulted in signing a Cooperation Agreement and Work Program
for 2015-2017.
Alexandr Ivanovich
Gromov
He was born on April 8, 1945,
in the village of Chernish, Smo-
lensk district. He graduated from
the Lumumba Peoples’ Friend-
ship University. Ph.D. in Science,
associate professor. Current oc-
cupation: Head of the Depart-
ment of mathematics and com-
puter science. He is the author of
more than 100 works.
Interests: queuing theory (Ph.D.
thesis); pedagogy, methodol-
ogy.
Favorite book: Tvardovsky‘Stra-
na Muraviya’
Life motto: ‘Never regret any-
thing from the past’
ation: ‘Love and enjoy the work
that you are destined to do’.
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Musical salon ‘Musical planet’ devoted to the topic ‘We
brought spring to the Planet’ took place in the assembly hall
of the University main building. The event was dedicated to
the 70th
Anniversary of WWII and attended by the veterans
of WWII, teaching staff, university employees and RUDN
University students.
RUDN University held culture days of students from Mexico. As part of the Culture days program,
students organized national exhibitions and demonstrated Mexican movies.
FacultyofHumanitiesandsocialscienceshostedVIAnnualInter-Universityscientificandresearch
conference ‘Languages and cultures in the age of globalization: functioning, perspectives of
development and interaction’.
Ensemble‘Rhythms of friendship’organized a gala-night
at RUDN University.The program of the concert included
the most fiery performances which are so much loved
by the audience: a number of dances dedicated to
the 70th
Anniversary of the Victory in WWII, traditional
dances of various nations, popular songs performed by
the graduates from the Classical Vocal Studio.
RUDN University held national fraternities exhibitions of
students from Chechen Republic. National souvenirs, costumes,
books, booklets, catalogs and other national attributes of the
Chechen Republic were presented at the exhibition.
All-Russian scientific and research student conference ‘Law,
society, state: issues in theory and history’ was held at the
Institute of Law. The organizers were the Department of Theory
and History of state and law. The conference was aimed to
attract the students to the issues in theory and history of
legislation, to search for new approaches in understanding
and comparative analysis of the aspects of legislation. The best
works, presented at the conference, were included in the book of the Conference proceedings,
which was to be published after the conference.
It was the 7th
time that RUDN University students visited the children’s holiday camp ‘Lesnoy
gorodok’ (Pushkin district, Moscow oblast). 50 RUDN University post-graduate and graduate
students, representatives of the RUDN University Student Council, RUDN University Hostel
Council, Women’s Committee, student committees of the Faculties and Institutes, fraternities
and other foreign student organizations, participated in the trip.
The final event of the socially-oriented volunteer project ‘From the first person’ was held in the
assembly hall at RUDN University Interclub. The representatives of Vladimir Potanin Charity
Foundation, schoolchildren and head-masters of the schools of South-West Administrative
District and Istrinsky district in Moscow, representatives of RUDN University administration,
teaching and academic staff and RUDN University students attended the event.
The University held Culture days of students from Turkey. In the frame of Culture days national
exhibitions and demonstration of the movie took place.
Within the Francophonie Days the Faculty of Humanities and social sciences opened a Festival
of foreign languages. 300 participants including the representatives from the Embassy of France
in the Russian Federation, students from all Departments of the Faculty of Humanities and social
sciences attended the Festival.
Vladimir Mikhailovich
Shulyatyev
in the village of Lesnie Polyani,
Kirov district.When he was a kid,
he wanted to become a trainer.
He graduated from Lomonosov
Arkhangelsk State Pedagogical
Institute.
Dr. in Pedagogy, professor, hon-
ored worker of the higher pro-
fessional education of the
Russian Federation. Current oc-
cupation: Head of Physical edu-
cation and sports department.
He is the author of over 120
works. He is fond of travelling
and sports.
Interests:theoryandmethodof
physical education.
me: ‘Place of work where you
can apply your knowledge,
skills, abilities and competen-
cies’.
Favorite book: F. Dostoevsky
‘The Karamazov’Brothers’
ation: ‘Be yourself in any situa-
tion’
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International delegation of RUDN University students participated in the work of IV Civil Forum
of the Moscow region, which was dedicated to the 70th
Anniversary of WWII Victory. The Forum
took place in the Museum exhibition complex‘New Jerusalem’.
RUDN University hosted a round-table discussion ‘My family
during WWII’ which was dedicated to the 70th
Anniversary of
WWII Victory. A.S. Protopopov, Dr. in History and Veteran of
WWII, and A.D. Gladush, Vice-Rector for work with students;
A.V. Ermakov, Head of the Department for work with stu-
dents, V.A. Borisov, Veteran of the Armed Forces of the Rus-
sian Federation, deputy deans, directors, teaching and aca-
demic staff and students from all RUDN University faculties
and Institutes participated in the Forum. Students delivered their presentations.The best presen-
tations were published in the collection of articles‘My family in WWII 1941-1945’.
RUDN University co-organized the V International scientific and research conference ‘Future of
Europe and Russia in the post-crisis world’(Nice, France).
Representatives of Russian and French universities, professors, experts, researchers and post-
graduate students participated at the conference. Within the last 5 years due to geographical
changes the number of the countries-participants in the conference has gone up. The current
conference can be characterized as multidisciplinary, shifting from discussing economic issues
to economic and legislative, political, social and ecological issues of development of European
countries, Russia and the CIS countries.
An international delegation of 100 RUDN University students
and officers visited the memorial ‘The Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier’ at the Alexandrovsky Garden (Alexandrovsky Sad)
metro station and laid a wreath and flowers to the monument.
RUDN University hosted the District student festival ‘Planet
South –West’ (in cooperation with the South-West Adminis-
trative District Prefect in Moscow). The festival program in-
cluded 88 national exhibitions of fraternities and a concert.
There were more than 4,000 participants in the festival. RUDN
University First Vice-Rector A.P. Efremov, Chairman of WWII
Veterans Council of the SWAD in Moscow, Major-General V.V.
Sheykin and the Deputy of South-West Administrative District
Prefect of Moscow A.A. Sinitsyn delivered speeches at the official opening ceremony of the fes-
tival. RUDN University Interclub creative and fraternity groups prepared a big concert featuring:
I.‘We pay our dues to those years – songs of war and post-war times’;
II.‘Kids of different nations- to WWII veterans’– songs and dances of all world nations;
III.‘Bigger circle’– modern dancing music.
The final round of the ‘Rector’s Cup-2015’ took place at RUDN University. 6 teams which
consisted of Asian students and 1 team of Latin American and Caribbean students participated
in the finals. The winners were the team of Indian students.
The University held Culture days of students from Abkhazia.
In the frame of Culture days national exhibitions of the
fraternity and tournament in ping-pong took place in the
Interclub. National souvenirs, costumes, books, booklets,
catalogs and other national attributes of Abkhazia were
presented at the exhibition. RUDN University administration,
teaching and academic staff and RUDN University students
visited the exhibitions.
Vadim Gennadievich
Plyuschikov
in the village of Gulino, Vitebsk
district. He graduated from Lu-
mumba Peoples’Friendship Uni-
versity. Dr. in agricultural sci-
ences, professor, Director of
Agrarian and Technological In-
stitute, RUDN University. Hon-
ored worker of Agriculture of the
RF. He is the author of over 200
works.
Interests: forecasting, agricul-
tural emergency prevention and
settlement of the consequences.
Favorite book: F. Dostoevsky
‘Crime and punishment’
me: ‘It’s everything. Alma ma-
ter. Interesting and fruitful work.
Life’.
Life motto: ‘Move only forward.
Agrarian institute forever! I serve
Russia and RUDN University’.
ation: ‘Never get upset. Move
only forward. There are no un-
solvable problems’.
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The University held Culture Week of students from Republic of India. Within the frame of the
Culture week there was a round-table discussion organized at the RUDN University Museum
headlined ‘Modern India. Issues and perspectives of development’, as well as were national
exhibitions of the fraternity, demonstration of an Indian movie and a gala-night which took
place in the assembly hall at RUDN University Interclub.
Faculty of Science hosted the LI All-Russian scientific and research conference on the issues of
dynamics, physics of particles, physics of plasma and optoelectronics. 130 people including
RUDN University administration and academic staff, researchers and academicians from
the Moscow State University, Ulyanovsk State University, All-Russian research institute of
metrological service, RAS Space Research Institute, State pedagogical humanitarian university
and other research and educational institutions participated in the conference.
Soloists of Preobrazhenie studio Ellina Orlova and Amarzhan Baishev, as well as a singer from the
academic vocal studio Bris Fuako participated in a big concert of the Victory Ball‘At 6 o’clock in
the evening…’carried out in the Moscow Hermitage Garden.
A delegation of the Lebanese University headed by the
Dean of the Faculty of Agronomy, Samir Medawar visited
RUDN University. Mr. Samir Medawar held negotiations
with the Deputy Director of the Agrarian and Technological
Institute P.A. Dokukin. Due to the earlier signed agreement
on cooperation between the universities, the parties signed
a Statement of Work for the faculties to cooperate, which also includes academic and student
exchange programs, joint scientific and research programs and organization of conferences.
The University held Culture Days of students from Jordan. Within the frame of Culture Days a
tournament in football took place in the Sport club ‘Megasphera’, national exhibitions of the
fraternity, round-table discussion and demonstration of a movie were also organized by the
RUDN University students. Meanwhile, on May 17-24, Amman hosted‘RUDN University Days’on
the occasions of the celebration of the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University and 45th
Anniversary
of the Association “Club of the Jordanian Graduates of the universities and institutes of the
former USSR named after Ibn Sina”.
The University held Culture Week of students from Peru. In the
frame of Culture week national exhibitions of the fraternity and
tournament in mini-football, as well as the conference on the topic of
‘Peru today: issues and perspectives of development’, demonstration
of a Peruvian movie and a gala-night took place in the assembly hall
of the RUDN University main building.
IV All-Russian distant scientific and research conference ‘Socio-oriented management in
the context of globalization’ was organized by the Department of Management, Faculty of
Economics. Main topics of discussion at the conference were current tendencies and issues in
the development of socio-oriented management on the examples of companies in Russia, CIS
and other foreign countries.
I International open student beauty contest ‘Miss Asso-
ciation of International Students of Moscow -2015’ took
place at RUDN University. Members of the RUDN Universi-
ty Interclub studios and creative groups, e.g. Ellina Orlova,
Mary Nzhipuakuo, Zhak Bileng from Preobrazhenie stu-
dio; Bris Fuako and Raymond Pardamean academic vocal
studio, ensemble ‘Rhythms of friendship’, dancing teams
of fraternities of Ecuador and Cote D’Ivoire participated in the beauty contest ‘Miss AIS-2015’.
The goal of the contest was to develop the sense of beauty and respect towards another culture
among the young generation representatives. The winner of the contest was Inna Barabash, a
student of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU).
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Alexandr Mikhailovich
Zobov
Born on April 28, 1955. Graduat-
ed from State University of Man-
agement. When he was a kid, he
wantedtobecomeaforestrang-
er. Ph.D. in Economics, associate
professor, honored worker of
higher professional education of
the Russian Federation. Current
occupation: Head of Depart-
ment of Marketing, PFUR. He
is the author of over 60 articles
and course-books, 23 mono-
graphs, 3 textbooks.
Interests: strategic marketing,
strategic alliances, innovation
clusters in nanotech industry,
case method in teaching.
What is RUDN for me: ‘The op-
portunity to work in a leading
international university in Rus-
sia, fulfil myself as Head of a
department which I ran from
scratch’.
View of future: ‘Russia will
overcome all the existing prob-
lems and danger and will take
its rightful place in the global
world’.
Life motto: ‘Let’s pay compli-
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Round-table session‘Medical worker-2015’was held at RUDN University for the students of the
Medical Institute. The main topics of discussion were the current matters and issues of modern
medicine.
IV Annual scientific and practical conference of young researchers ‘World tendencies and
perspectives of innovation economy development’, organized by the Department of economic
and mathematical modelling, was held at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University. The
conference was aimed to stimulate scientific and research interest among RUDN University
graduates (Bachelor and Master students), postgraduates, young scientists, to develop their
communicative skills and professional expertise that would help them to become successful in
the changing environment of innovative economy.
RUDN University hosted XIX All-Russian scientific and theoretical
conference ‘Wars and military conflicts in the history of Russia:
dedicated to the 70th
Anniversary of WWII Victory’. Department
of the Russian history of the Department of humanities and
social sciences, Inter-University Research Centre of comparative
historical and anthropological research and the Scientific and
Educational Centre for the CIS studies provided great support in
the organization of the conference. Almost 100 people including scientists and academicians
from more than 40 scientific centres and universities from the RF regions, Moscow and CIS
countries participated in the conference.
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the French Republic
in the Russian Federation, Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert gave an open lecture
‘The foreign policy of France in the field of environment and sustainable
development’ at RUDN University. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Ambassador of Gabonese Republic in the Russian Federation, Mr. Rene
Makongo also participated in the meeting.
Scientific conference ‘Understanding the meaning of the Soviet
Union Victory in the World War II’. The conference was dedicated
to the 70th
Anniversary of the Great Victory. The conference was
aimed to discuss the role of the Yalta and Potsdam Conference
Agreement in the peaceful settlement of the conflict, to analyze
the events that determined the victory over the Nazi Germany,
major results and lessons learnt in the context of the events in the
today’s world history, to protect the memory of the role of nations in Russia in the Victory over
the Fascists. The conference was attended by veterans, RUDN University workers, such as Ivan
Mikhailovich Panin, Boris Efimovich Zaycev, Yakov Alekseevich Lomko, Alexander Abramovich
Levi, Anatoly Sergeevich Protopopov.
RUDN University hosted a Contest in the fields of humanities, social sciences and economics,
science, medicine and biology and technical studies among schoolchildren of 7-10th
grades
from Moscow and Moscow region schools ‘Science in the school world’. The conference was
aimed to create objective conditions, which would encourage development of intellectual
creativity by involving children in the scientific and research environment from an early age and
demonstrate the work of secondary institutions in organizing research and project-oriented
activities for schoolchildren. RUDN University leading experts participated in the conference
and evaluated the works of the schoolchildren. Schoolchildren then displayed their knowledge
in the field of studies, experiment management skills, data collection, analysis and conclusion
drawing. The winners of the contest in each field of studies were awarded with Diplomas I,II,III
degrees, cups and RUDN University souvenirs, the rest received Certificates of Attendance. Book
with project annotations (E-version), which included all the projects and presentations made by
the schoolchildren, was in open access after the conference was held.
China held a number of events dedicated to the 55th
Anniversary of RUDN University. RUDN
University, Chinese Alumni Association of the former USSR and the CIS, RUDN University friends
and Rossotrudnichestvo in Peoples’Republic of China took responsibility over the organizational
part.
May 18 – 20
RUDN University
and Education
May 21
RUDN University
at conferences
and exhibitions
May 21 – 22
RUDN University
at conferences
and exhibitions
May 22
May 22
RUDN University
at conferences
and exhibitions
May 22
RUDN University
and Education
May 25
RUDN University
in the world
Valery Ivanovich
Peshkin
Born on May 14, 1955. Ph.D. in
Medicine. Laureate of the medal
For Saving life. Current occupa-
tion: Head of the Department of
Nursing, Faculty of FurtherTrain-
ing of Health Workers, PFUR. He
is fond of classical and jazz mu-
sic.
Interests: allergology and im-
munology. Healthcare system.
What is RUDN for me: ‘Starting
point to fly to the stars’
Life motto:‘Steady does it’.
tion: ‘Don’t waste yourself’

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