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Pskovskaya oblast (Russia)

Pskovskaya oblast (Russia)

Velikiye Luki, Pskovskaya oblast’ (Russia) According to Best Countries, the city of Velikiye Luki is located in the southeastern part of the Pskov region. It has been known since 1166. Velikiye Luki and its environs are associated with the names of many prominent Russian people. In the village of Polibino, the childhood of the famous Russian mathematician Sofya Vasilievna Kovalevskaya passed, the village of Stupino is the birthplace of the hero of the war of 1812, General Sergei Vasilyevich Nepeitsyn,…

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Moscow Energy Institute (Russia)

Moscow Energy Institute (Russia)

Moscow Energy Institute – MEI (Russian: Московский энергетический институт – МЭИ, international: Moscow Power Engineering Institute – MPEI) – The MEI National Research University is a Russian university and one of the largest centers in the world in the fields of energy, electrotechnical, radio technical, electronics and computer technology. Created in 1930, it has 12 institutes, 70 chairs, 176 research laboratories, an experimental factory, a telecentre, the largest technical library in the USSR, the “Enérgia” stadium and a palace of…

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Study in Russia

Study in Russia

The Soviet Union is gone, but even without the many small – now independent – nations in the empire, Russia is so large that it covers one-eighth of the entire world’s surface, and it extends over 11 time zones. Travelers spend an entire week getting from one end to the other by the Trans-Siberian Railway. Russia is one of countries starting with letter R listed on Countryaah. Now that they have thrown off communism, the Russians are concentrating on democracy,…

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