At the twelfth meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Council of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST MISIS) in Moscow, during September 2019.
Russian State Library in Moscow |
The library has about 18 million books, and 25 million other items such as journals. |
The library was founded in 1862 |
Statue of Fyodor Dostoevsky, a writer, poet, born in 1821 |
At one point in his life, he was sentenced to death by the Czar for revolutionary tendencies, but eventually was released from prison. |
I listened on the BBC, to his novel "The Idiot", published 1868, about Prince Myshkin. |
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Central Moscow is full of beautiful buildings |
Lovely cloud formations above the Kremlin |
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Wrought iron fence (sheaves of wheat) |
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"Vladimir the Great"", who established the Orthodox Church and "Rus" (early Russian State) in the tenth century |
Vladimir forces his subjects to convert into Christianity |
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Moskova River, which rises about 150 km west of Moscow and then goes on to join the Volga |
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Rain in Moscow |
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Elena Koulikova, Tim O'Connor and Maxim, at our meeting room in NUST MISIS |
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Professor Ruslan Vasiliev, Elazar Gutmanas and Jan van Ruitenbeek |
Andrei Polyacov recommended putting a slice of lemon in coffee |
For his lecture on ethics in science and engineering, Harry had three assistants from the liguistics Department, to help make the lecture interactive with about 200 first-year students from the Information Technology Department. On the left, Tatiana, Evgenia and Anastasia, all of whom are fluent in Russian and English |
Professor Joseph Shinar, the first part of the audience. |
The room begins to fill up. |
Ready for action |
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Group photograph following the lecture |
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Professor Borje Johansson |
Having special tea in Sergey's office, with Lindsay Greer |
Joseph Shinar, Lindsay Greer and Harry Ruda |
Harry Ruda's birthday present from NUST MISIS |
Harry also received a cake from the National Hotel in Moscow |
At the Opera, The Rake's Progress with music by Igor Stravinsky |
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