Russia science Today

Interesting facts about Russia

Education system

Science overview

Russian Academy of Sciences

Cooperation between Russia and Korea

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Interesting facts about Russia

• Russian Federation is Presidential Republic

• Moscow is the Capital of Russia

• Dmitry Medvedev is the President of Russian Federation (from May 2008)

• Official language – Russian

• Religion – 75% Orthodox Christianity

• 8 Federal Regions – 83 districts

• Biggest country in the world

17 075 400 km² =1/8 of all the land

• Population is 141 927 297 - 7th place in the world

• Population of Moscow & Moscow region is about 15 mln people

• 13 cities with population over 1 mln people

• The longest state border - 60 000 km with 16 countries

• Russia has 9 time zones

GMT +3

GMT +5

GMT +6

GMT +7

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GMT +11

GMT +2

Amur Tiger is in the Red Book

Baikal – the deepest lake and the biggest resource of sweet water in the world

Elbrus – the highest mountain in Europe (5642 m)

Forests are 40% of Russia

Education

Levels of Education:

• School (11 years) – 13,8 million.

• Higher Education: University, Academy, Institute (4-6 years) – 7,5 million students.

• Post-graduate Education (at least 3 years)

Typical School

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Education (contd.)Graduates by specialties

Russian science: overview

• 3,500 scientific institutes, 70% of them are state-owned.

• The majority of approx. 450,000 scientists in Russia are physicians, biologists and chemists. Whereas economists and representatives of social sciences are desperately missing.

• 14th place in the world in terms of the number of citation.

Main state programs• Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (ROSNANO) – 100% state-owned corporation

established in the mid 2007.

• Mission: to develop nanotechnology in Russia by means of financing of investments projects.

• As of September 30, 2010 , ROSNANO approved 93 investment projects for further financing with the total budget of approx. 10 billion USD

10 billion USD.

Investment projects fall into 6 types:- Solar energy and energy saving;- Nano-structured inventory;- Medicine and biotechnology;- Engineering;- Optronics and nanoelectronics;- Infrastructure projects.

• Skolkovo – the center of innovation technology, so-called “the Russian Silicon Valley”.

• The construction of the center was started in December 2010 close to Moscow city.

• 100% financed by the Russian government.

• Mission: to provide favorable economic conditions for companies (foreign and domestic) which operate in the industries vital for the modernization of the Russian economy.

5 priority directions for modernization:- Power engineering;- IT;- Space and telecommunications;- Biomedical technologies;- Nuclear technologies.

Main state programs (contd.)

Russian Academy of Science (RAS).

• Non-profit research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

• Among JSCC facilities there is MVS-100K supercomputer with peak performance of 140 Teraflops

Joint Supercomputer Center of RAS

• RAS was founded in 1724 by the Russian Emperor Peter the Great

• RAS is the supreme scientific institution in Russia

• It includes the branches and science institutions all over the country

Joint Supercomputer Center

Supercomputer

RAS: the Siberian branch

• Presidium is located in Novosibirsk

• SB RAS consist of 9 science centers

• Number of science institutions in SB RAS is more than 60

• Main directions:

– Mathematics and Informatics (7 institutes).

– Physical and technical Sciences (13 institutes).

– Mechanics and Power (7 institutes).

– Chemical Sciences (16 institutes).

Novosibirsk, Presidium SB RAS

Irkutsk, RAS Baikal Museum

Inventions of SB RAS

Non-polluting heat generator

Bifocal artificial crystalline of an eye

• Ecology (45 inventions): Non-polluting heat generator.

• Chemical Technologies (41 inventions): Typing on aluminum surface – a perspective way for steady images on aluminum.

• Medicine (57 inventions): Bifocal artificial crystalline lens of an eye.

• Scientific instrument making (39 inventions): Powerful reconstructed laser systems.

Prospects for cooperation between Russia and Korea

• Joint research and development in the following directions: computer science, telecommunications, power engineering, medicine, space,  nuclear technologies, nanotechnologies, etc.

• Active exchange of qualified specialists between Russia and Korea (particularly Samsung Electronics corporation).

• Joint integration of IT-solutions in many industries.

• Skolkovo as the one of the platforms for cooperation in innovative directions.

• Gas pipeline from Russia to Republic of Korea – subject of intensive negotiations during THE G20 SEOUL SUMMIT: 10 billion m3 per year in 2017

Russian Team @ YGF 2011• Kim Victor, Moscow Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering Applied Mathematics

• Cho Irina, Mosсow Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation Applied Mathematics

• Klishevich Mikhail, Novosibirsk Novosibirsk State University Mechanics and mathematical engineering

• Chen Tatiana, Khabarovsk Pacific State University Software engineering

• Yun Sergey, Khabarovsk Pacific State University Woodworking technology

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