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How did Peter the Great, trying to introduce Russians to European culture, lay the foundations for the celebration of the New Year? When and how did the tradition of decorating homes with Christmas trees and lights appear? 

Together with Ekaterina Evgenyevna Dmitrieva, Doctor of Philology, we are being imbued with the festive atmosphere of N.V. Gogol’s novel

We recall the achievement of the outstanding scientist

Scientific Director of the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Boris Nikolayevich Porfiryev about forecasts and potential consequences

Remembering the achievements of an outstanding scientist

Despite the challenges of this year related to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 was incredibly rich in scientific events and cutting-edge research results. Remembering the most interesting scientific achievements!

These are the main space research highlights of the year

It is currently impossible to print a full-fledged human organ in such a way as to implant it. The immediate goal is to print individual fragments of organs accessible to society

Read more about what developments can make the life of people without vision, even if not complete, but at least a little more comfortable

An assistant to Vitus Bering in the First Kamchatka Expedition, the first European to reach the northwest coast of America, a cartographer, nobleman Aleksei Chirikov was born on December 24, 1703

When will the pandemic end? Will the Omicron variant, discovered in November, replace the dominant Delta? Can the epidemic end if people stop getting vaccinated and taking precautions?

How do psychologists work in law enforcement agencies and what is the unique specificity of their activities? We discussed these and many other issues with Olga Ulyanina, Doctor of Psychology, Professor at the Higher School of Economics, Chief Researcher at the Research Center of the Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Why is Dostoevsky’s work always relevant? What kind of person he was? And how did he manage to predict the cultural transition of the 20th century? We asked Vadim Polonsky – Director of A.M.Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences

What did Fock mean when he said that Einstein hadn’t understood his own theory? What principles was Einstein's theory of gravity meant to be based on? Why did Einstein doubt the completeness of quantum theory? 

Remembering the achievements of an outstanding scientist

Scientific Russia visited Arkhangelsk and met with Valentin Viktorovich Gintov – former Minister of Agriculture of the Arkhangelsk Oblast, Director of the Arkhangelsk Agricultural Research Institute of Agriculture of the N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Professor Nikolay Potekaev – about the advanced technologies of skin photofixation and hair loss after COVID-19

We discussed long COVID, its manifestations, and treatment with Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of Lomonosov Moscow State University Medical Center Simon Matskeplishvili. The famous cardiologist spoke about the link between coronavirus and cardiovascular diseases

How did a year and a half of the pandemic affect the psychological health of society? What protective mechanisms have Russians developed?

We recall the achievements of the outstanding scientist