Flash mob at the Peter and Paul Fortress
On 12 January, 1755, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna signed a decree establishing Moscow University, and centuries later, students from across the country gather to celebrate this day. Students at SPbGASU participated in various events, activities, and ceremonies dedicated to Students' Day.
On 24 January, a roundtable discussion was held at the D.F. Ustinov Baltic State Technical University "Voenmech" with the participation of Olga Petrova, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The event was organized at the initiative of the Student Council under the Ministry of Education and Science. Acting Chairman of the SPbGASU Student Council Anastasia Fedakova took part in the discussion. The roundtable discussed the youth policy and student self-government issues.
That same day, our students, participants in the annual youth patriotic action "Nevsky Troops," attended the opening ceremony of the 2026 season. More than 750 St Petersburg fighters from 30 squads gathered to travel to districts of the Leningrad Region and provide assistance to local residents, helping and inspiring them with their good deeds. The "Lastochka" squad of the "Nevsky Troops" from SPbGASU performed at the opening ceremony. On 25 January, as part of the patriotic campaign "Let's Bow to Those Great Years," "Lastochka" fighters were already cleaning the mass grave of Soviet soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War in the village of Yablonitsy, Volosovsky District.
On 25 January, SPbGASU students represented the university at the opening of the sixth season of the Rosmolodezh project "Your Move." Along with 600 other guests from across the country, they attended master classes and lectures by renowned speakers at the National Center "Russia" in Moscow and took part in festive events dedicated to the cultures of the peoples of Russia.
Also on this day, along with more than 1,000 activists from St Petersburg's higher education institutions, SPbGASU students participated in a citywide flash mob for Students' Day, organized by the public organizations "Young Guard of United Russia" and "Volunteer Company." The participants marched with their university flags across the Ioannovsky Bridge to the Peter and Paul Fortress, and then formed a symbolic "live credit book" on the Naryshkin Bastion.
In addition, on Tatiana's Day, the SPbGASU Student Sports Club "Lisy" participated in the All-Russian physical education and sports event "Excellent STUDforRUN": students and staff started at nine in the morning and ran five kilometers along the park paths.
At the conclusion of Students' Day, our students participated in the "Student Sports Night" festival, attending a public ice skating event at the A. B. Shilkov Speed Skating Stadium. Competitions and master classes by renowned skaters were held there.
