The St. Petersburg Union of Scientists demanded to return Tatyana Shumilova to work in the Russian National Library (RND) of the dismissed bibliographer. The application was published in the LJ historian Dannil Kotsyubinsky. Representatives of the Union are also asking for a plan to “combine efforts” of the St. Petersburg RNB and the Moscow RSL to “optimize the work of electronic libraries”, which was previously mentioned by the representative of the Ministry of Culture Irina Kaznacheva.

The Gorizbirk of St. Petersburg rejected the application for the holding of a citywide referendum regarding the introduction of Sukhoi Law in the city. The commission explained that the application was not issued properly. “The applicant simply attached an extract from the charter of the organization that he represents. But this organization is not a registered public association. That is, the petition, in fact, was not framed.

The assistant deputy of the State Duma from United Russia Maxim Ivanov, during a business trip to Yekaterinburg, found out whether it was now possible in the city to buy a “hawthorn”. Ivanov himself told about this on Facebook. According to the deputy, his assistant "dressed sloppy, rinseed his throat with cognac" and asked the local drinking where you can get the "boyars".

Crowds of the military, demonstrations and queues for products: 13 photos of St. Petersburg in 1917 The funeral of the victims of the revolution, the queues for groceries on Kirochny Street, the guard at the Lenin’s office and the military before the Kshesinskaya mansion - 100 years after the start of the revolution, “Paper” collected archival pictures of St. Petersburg of 1917. At the palace bridge. Photo: Public "Petersburg. Time and place " June 1917, the center of St. Petersburg.

The unknown paid the debts of the military pilot Alexander Poddubnoy, about whom the paper previously wrote. The bailiffs tried to recover taxes from the subsurous for the IL-14P plane being repaired by him. According to Fontanka, citing the press service of the UFSSP in St. Petersburg, on February 21, the bailiffs of the Kupchinsky OSP of the Frunze district received 2 million 653 thousand 843 rubles from an individual.

Answer questions about women's rights and the death penalty and find out who you would be in 1917 The educational project Arzamas has prepared the test "The Political Compass of the Assembly." Answer questions about the economy, rights and freedoms, the army, politics and the political future of Russia and find out if you would be an anarchist, Black Hundred, Bolshevik or Cadet.

The Billy's Band leader and the co -founder of The Hat Bar Billy Novik was born in Kupchin and still considers his home the most comfortable place. Why does the desire to return to St. Petersburg resemble a neurosis, what is pushing in glamorous institutions and where it is better to live and walk a visiting one - on the eve of his open meeting , Billy Novik spoke about his favorite places in the city. Billy Novik. Photo: Yegor Tsvetkov / "Paper" What was your first housing?

Three St. Petersburg universities received 1.5 billion to increase competitiveness The government allocated 10.3 billion rubles 21 to the Russian university to increase competitiveness in the world under the 5-100 program. Three universities from St. Petersburg were included in the list. So Itmo will receive 849.2 million rubles, the Polytechnic University - 482.2 million rubles, LETI - 141.5 million rubles.

From March 1, on the western speed diameter, they will stop accepting contactless smart cards (BSCs) for payment. The route operator explains that the BSC is an outdated technology that "does not meet the required speed parameters and the comfort of receiving payments." Cards can be exchanged for free for transponder in customer service offices, and the balance of money will be automatically transferred to the transponder account.

One of the activists of the national liberation movement appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office demanding to institute criminal proceedings against Znak.com journalist Ekaterina Vinokurova. This was stated by the coordinator of the Noda, State Duma deputy Yevgeny Fedorov. The reason for contacting the prosecutor was the performance of Vinokurova at a press conference of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in December 2016.

In St. Petersburg, the driver rammed the fence and collapsed into the river Late in the evening of February 20 in the Petrograd district of St. Petersburg, the car collapsed into the Karpovka River. The Ministry of Emergencies also confirmed that no one was injured.

The Vesna movement held an impromptu referendum on the transfer of the St. Isaac's Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church. Activists installed two transparent urns for voting with inscriptions “ROC” and “not the Russian Orthodox Church” on Malaya Sadovaya, and the “referendum” extended over them.

February 23 in St. Petersburg is expected a storm with strong wind and wet snow The main weather forecaster, the St. Petersburg Hydrometeorological Center, Alexander Kolesov, said that winter weather with weak frosts will establish on the weekend in the city. According to him, at night on the weekend will be up to -10, during the day about -5 degrees are expected.

The Guardian compiled a list of ten best places in St. Petersburg The British newspaper The Guardian published a tourist guide in the ten best places in St. Petersburg. The list includes a bookstore “Signature Publications”, the Slam City club, the Co-Op Garage Garage Bar, the island of New Holland, the Hermitage project on the modern art “20/21”, the PIF PAF, the gunboat, Pulkovo Observatory, the Svonek market on Runinshtein Street.

Sociologist Mikhail Sokolov from the European University found out what books Petersburgers of different professions take in libraries. Based on the data obtained, Sokolov came to the conclusion that the best literary taste among writers, journalists and editors. After them, engineers, technical specialists and people involved in “other non -physical labor” (managers, coordinators, etc.) go in the sequence of worsening taste.