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At the May holidays in Moscow the Russian kendo championship (Japanese fencing on bamboo swords) was held, and in St. Petersburg there was the same kind of championship on savaut (French boxing). As a result of the competition, Novosibirsk athletes became champions.

The Siberian analogue of the popular festivals Igromir and Comic Dream is being held at the Novosibirsk Expocenter on 29 and 30 April and it combines several areas: comics, board games, cosplay and virtual reality. On the first day there was a Cosplay-Battle, in which everyone could take part! During the second day there will be an exhibition […]

In Novosibirsk, a printer for graffiti has been designed – the device has already been tested at NSTU. The inventor of the printer is Yuri Tarshetsky. As reported by the press service of the NSTU, the operation of the device is based on pneumatic spraying of acrylic paint. The inventor calls his brainchild Mural-printer. Nobody has […]

On April 23-27, Youth Student Festival InterWeek-2018 in Akademgorodok will host the marathon “Dances of Peace”. If you like to dance, come and take part in our flash mobs! You will get acquainted with the dances of different countries: Ireland, Argentina, Cuba, Brazil, Egypt, China, Iraq, America, Spain. Location: NSU (Pirogova Street, 1, Hall 2, […]

Several events dedicated to literature, science, art and reading will be held on April 21, from 18 to 23 o’clock in the library (6, Sovetskaya Street). Visitors of the library can read their favorite virshies in front of the public (“Free microphone”), can visit the exhibition of works by Novosibirsk artists and designers, listen to interesting lectures on literature, […]

Have not decided how to spend tonight? Spend it in space! Come to the concert of space music with a full-dome show in the Novosibirsk planetarium. The CONTROL UNIT team will present minimalistic and monotonous sketches created with the help of analog synthesizers; and the band called ASTROBIOLOGY will perform meditative compositions with powerful bursts […]

“Total Dictation” is an opportunity for every person to test their knowledge of the Russian language and arouse interest in increasing literacy. The first “Total Dictation” was held in 2004 as an action of students of the Humanities Faculty of Novosibirsk State University. In 2017, the action was held in 866 cities, covering 71 countries, […]

The famous tram was painted on the initiative of the NGS with the support of the mayor’s office. The project is timed to coincide with the 125th anniversary of Novosibirsk and the 20th anniversary of the portal NGS, which are celebrated this year. Everyone can make the city better and more beautiful – this is […]

The project by the Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library called “Library on the Grass” became the only project from Russia which was highly appreciated by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Thanks to the “Library on the grass,” anyone could read books, flip through magazines, play table games not only inside the library but […]

Yesterday, on the International Day of Birds, the huts for birds were placed in the Novosibirsk Dendropark. Soon sparrows, redstarts and other small Siberian birds can also settle in the houses. According to the reporter from the NGS portal, the action was held with the participation of specialists from the forestry department of the Novosibirsk forestry: they identified the […]

Novosibirsk State University invites everyone to watch a documentary about the Arctic, which was shot last summer by NSU LIFE video cameraman Nikita Kolesov. He visited the expedition together with the geologists of the university – for three weeks researchers from different countries sailed on the ship and studied the Franz Josef Land archipelago. You’ll have […]

Two exhibitions prepared by the Embassy of Finland will open in Novosibirsk on March 26. Expositions will be placed in the regional scientific library. Novosibirsk will be able to get acquainted with the work of the Finnish documentary photographer Aino Väänänen – the library will present her project “The Fake Finns”. Nearby there will be printouts […]

On March 23, as part of the International Day of Planetariums and the Spring Equinox, the Big Novosibirsk Planetarium opens its doors to all space fans! From 12-00 to 16-00, the “Solar Observatory” of the Planetarium, where every hour the guests will listen to the scientific stories about the daylight and how to watch the sky in a […]

At the courses anyone can learn how to communicate with deaf and deaf-mute people. According to the participants in the training, sign language is a universal language, which – along with English and German – helps to avoid barriers to communication with people. The study program will take about three months, the group is intended for […]

Yesterday a storm warning was announced in the Novosibirsk region. The movement of cold air will be accompanied by precipitation, a strong wind with gusts up to 25-27 m/s. Then comes the temperature drop to 1-5 degrees below zero, at night to -20 degrees. In the next two days the temperature will be set within […]

An interesting event will be held today, on March 17 in the cultural center “Floor”: the owner of the Guinness record in the category of cycling travel, one of the founders of the Novosibirsk club of young travelers “Kon-Tiki” Vladimir Kovalenko, will tell about his adventures. In 1990, he made Soviet-American velokrugosvetku, overcoming 20 thousand kilometers, […]

On March, 9th on the square near the State Concert Hall lovers of needlework and everyone else can visit this unusual event. Knitted graffiti, or as it is also called, “street knitting” is a fairly young art form, which is very popular in Europe and the USA. Activists of this movement ‘dress up’ a variety […]

Dozens of pictures from all parts of the world will tell the story of sincere and touching relations between parents and children in the animal world. In the hall of the museum you will see unique shots of wild nature of the major Russian animal photographers, as well as the work of foreign authors from Germany, France, Italy, the […]

Today, on March 3, 600 people started on the spring half-marathon on the roads of the Academgorodok. In addition to Novosibirsk, runners from other Siberian cities take part in it. The spring half marathon was registered as experienced athletes and amateurs, as well as beginners. The start and finish of the distance is the arch […]

The Novosibirsk student built up two trucks made of snow and performed a cross-twine between them. The author of snow copies of Scania S730 and Volvo FH16 trucks is Michael Kutorkin. He began to contsruct them in the end of December. Machines are made in full size and painted with graffiti paint. According to the student, he deliberately […]