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Saint-Petersburg

Saint Petersburg was the former capital of imperial Russia and the home of its czars. The city has many splendid architectural treasures, theatres and art museums and of course the world famous Hermitage.

St. Petersburg is the second largest Russian city with the population of almost five million people. It is the largest northern city on the planet. Saint Petersburg is often called the Venice of the North, because it lies on 44 islands which are divided by a net of 86 rivers and canals.

Over 100 palaces of the Russian nobility and a great many cathedrals and unique churches built by the greatest architects of the time still remain in Saint Petersburg. Most of them are open to the public now.

Saint Petersburg is famous for its "white nights" - a period when there is as much light during the night time as during the day time and many bridges are drawn.

The city has recently undergone an extensive renovation in celebration of its 300th anniversary in 2003. More than 80 museums and 40 theatres of St. Petersburg ensure that art, ballet, music, and theatre lovers can find the metropolis an endless source of cultural enjoyment.

Climate

St. Petersburg's climate is mild comparing to that of the more inland areas of Russia. The city is on the Baltic Sea, which makes winters relatively mild, but summers are not particularly hot either. It is humid all the year round.

June in St. Petersburg is the most beautiful time named "White Nights" when the city is particularly fine. The sun rises at around 5 a.m. and sets after 11 p.m. Day temperature is about 20 degrees of Celsius (68 Fahrenheit).

The White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg is an annual international arts festival during the season of the midnight sun. The White Nights Festival consists of a series of classical ballet, opera and music events and includes performances by Russian dancers, singers, musicians and actors, as well as famous international guest stars.

Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University)

Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University), is a world-renowned centre of chemistry, chemical technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, the leading Russian Institution of Higher Education and a modern educational centre of higher vocational education.

The Saint-Petersburg Project Institute of Technology was founded on November 28, 1828 during the first years of the reign of Emperor Nicholas I, and later in 1896, the Institute was named after him.

Today, the Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) presents new cutting-edge materials for modern branches of science and technology in the following fields: Rocket-and-Space Technology, Information Technology, Medicine, Healthcare, Life Sustenance of Human Beings and Environment; it presents new composite, pyrotechnical, high-temperature, SAA Surface Active Agents, reparative, paints and lacquers, adhesive, carbon, biological, medicinal, optoelectronic and nanomaterials; Software Products, Command Facilities, machines and devices of complex chemical-engineering systems.

Today in the institute there are: 28 academicians and corresponding members of Russian and International Academies of Sciences, 10 winners of State awards and awards of the Council of Ministers, 12 honoured workers of science and engineering, 125 professors and Dr. Sc., 560 associate professors and PhDs. Over 5000 students, 10 faculties, 4 departments, 59 specialized departments (including 35 graduate departments).

The Institute of Technology is registered as an object of historical and cultural heritage of Federal significance.