Scientists of South Ural State University took part in the shooting of a documentary series exploring the phenomenality of bread in the Russian and global history, science, economics, and culture.
International Mother Language Day is celebrated worldwide on February 21st. This date was chosen for a reason: students, who protested in defence of their native language, Bengali, were killed by police in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, on February 21, 1952. The students demanded to recognize this language as one of the state languages of the country. Later, on November 17, 1999, this holiday was proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO and has been celebrated annually since 2000.
At the excavations near the city of Magnitogorsk, SUSU archaeologists, in collaboration with the South Urals Foundation, discovered a unique-for-South Urals burial-mounds complex with an ancient tomb of a young woman. The remains were found during the excavations at Kharkovsky I ritual complex in autumn of 2022.
Danil Karimov is a graduate of South Ural State University majoring in Law. He continues his studies to obtain his Master’s degree at Beijing University of Technology.
– Not every person is brave enough to move to a different country. Or to go study there for that matter. How did this happen in your life?
– I came to China quite by chance. I had never considered this country as my studies destination.
February 10th is Alexander Pushkin's Memorial Day. Alexander Pushkin (1799 – 1837) was a great poet and writer, founder of the modern Russian literary language. He was fatally wounded in a notorious duel with Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès. The majority of our huge country’s citizens know this story, but not all international students know everything about the life and work of Alexander Pushkin.
Earth depths of the South Ural region hide not only mineral resources, but also layers of ancient history left by the people who lived in this territory thousands of years ago. Which new mysteries have the archaeology researchers from South Ural State University have managed to unravel? And what do they keep working on?
We have discussed these topics with Director of the SUSU Eurasian Studies Research and Education Centre, Doctor of Sciences (History) Aleksandr Tairov.
80 years ago, on January 27, 1944, one of the most tragic episodes of the Great Patriotic War ended: as a result of the actions of Soviet troops, the siege of Leningrad, which had lasted almost 900 days, was completely lifted.
Sociocultural Adaptation Centre has organized traditional tubing rides for international students of South Ural State University. This type of winter pastime is everyone's favourite and is very popular.
International students of South Ural State University from Sri Lanka and Ethiopia took part in the traditional Russian Orthodox ceremony of Epiphany dip, which is held on January 19th.
Today, on January 17th, Kid Inventors' Day is celebrated around the world. This holiday is for young scientists, who despite their young age invent many interesting and useful devices to make our world a better place.
There are more and more young discoverers and kid scientists nowadays. This happens, among other things, thanks to the support from the government authorities and various educational institutions.
The Chelyabinsk Region will soon celebrate its 90th anniversary. On the eve of the anniversary, students of South Ural State University, together with the State Philharmonic and workers of culture of the South Ural region, have made a video showing the uniqueness of our region.
The director of the video was SUSU graduate Matvey Sholokhov, the director of photography – SUSU TV staff member Daniil Rukavitsyn, and the producer – SUSU student Valeriia Bondar.
On January 18th, a presentation of the book Chelyabinsk Cinemas of the 20th Century took place at the Chelyabinsk Public Assembly House. The co-authors of the book were Professor of the Department of Russian and Foreign History of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities Evgeniy Volkov and Associate Professor of the same department Maksim Sapronov. Other authors were local historians Dmitriy Grafov, Iuriy Latyshev, and Mikhail Khabirov.
On January 14th, many Russians celebrate a holiday with an unusual name − the Old New Year, that is, the New Year in the old style, which is celebrated on a smaller scale than the night from December 31st to January 1st.
We talked about the history of this holiday to Natalia Parfentyeva, Head of the Department of Theology, Culture and Art at the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities.
The first issue of the SUSU’s corporate publication, the SMART University newspaper, was published on December 6, 1956. On the occasion of the professional holiday, editor-in-chief Nadezhda Yushina shares on the traditions and everyday life of the editorial office.
The main objective of the project is to develop a youth tourism system in order to raise the cultural level of young people, stimulate the interest of young people in participating in scientific, educational and professional events on the territory of interuniversity campuses.
Once a year we find out that for the next 365 days we will be living under the protection of a certain zodiac animal, be that a dragon, a tiger, or a rabbit. But few people have ever bothered to learn why each year is assigned an animal. There are many legends about it, and all of those originate in the East. Let us examine the most popular one.
For Russians, New Year's celebration traditions almost always include a decorated fir-tree, Russian salad, tangerines, Father Frost and Snow Maiden, merry-making, and confetti. And what about other countries? Here is a selection of New Year's symbols from various corners of the world.
On the occasion of the New Year’s celebrations, the Department of Technology and Design is holding master classes in the SUSU Hobby Studio for everyoneinterested.
The hobby studio is a wonderful and atmospheric place. Real magic happens when you are making a three-dimensional dragon-shaped New Year’s card or taking New Year’s art therapy.
The events are organised by professionals: the Head of the Department, Tatiana Vekovtseva, and the teaching staff members, Elena Lavrova and Alexey Lavrov.
The 5th Shanghai Archaeology Forum dedicated to the issues of climate change and social sustainability brought together more than one hundred of the top archaeologists from 43 countries of the world. Doctor of Sciences (History) from South Ural State University, archaeologist Andrey Epimakhov, became the only speaker representing the Russian Federation at the event on the campus of Shanghai University.
The anniversary week dedicated to the celebration of the 80th anniversary since its founding has wrapped up at South Ural State University. The program of ceremonial events turned out to be very rich and reflected the eventful history, cultural and sports traditions. While celebrating its anniversary for 5 days, our university spoke eloquently about the achievements of its schools and institutes, about science, innovations and multifaceted international activities, creativity and sports. On the final day, guests of the holiday were able to enjoy a gala show and a birthday cake.
History students of group СГ-406 presented a Digital History of SUSU website on December 11th. As part of the Young Stars project, this event became the first in the program of celebrations dedicated to the 80th anniversary of our university.
An art object and a new student space have been opened on the fourth floor of the SUSU main building on the third anniversary day celebrated under the "SUSU International Orbit" slogan.
All conditions for comfortable learning and pastime within the walls of the university are created today at South Ural State University. This Monday, the Our Floor student co-working space was opened at SUSU, and today, an updated student space dedicated to the 80th anniversary of our university has also been opened on the fourth floor of the SUSU main building.
Fascinating events are being held during the week celebrating the 80th anniversary of South Ural State University. One of the pleasant additions to our big-scale festivities is the online meeting that has been organized for international alumni and members of the South Ural Association of International Students and Alumni. Graduates from various countries from all over the world joined the online meeting with their alma mater, including alumni from Sri Lanka, Côte d'Ivoire, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan, and Kazakhstan.
Presentation of a book titled Prokopiev Valerii Nikiforovich was held at the Pushkin Hall of South Ural State University.
This book describes the life and work of Valerii Prokopiev, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering) (1986), Professor (1987), Honorary Figure of Russian Higher Education (1999), academician of the Russian Academy of Transport (1995), and Head of the Department of Automotive Engineering (1976–2009).
