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'What Impressed Me Most Was the Highly Active and Energetic Group of Students'

A tapestry from the medieval series 'The Lady and the Unicorn'
Sankha Basu, Assistant Professor at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi), taught a course at the Spring School 'Logic, Linguistics and Formal Philosophy' hosted by the International Laboratory for Logic, Linguistics and Formal Philosophy. This was his first visit to a Russian university, and he shared his impressions with the HSE News Service.

'Compiling a Dictionary Is Never Finished—It Can Only Be Abandoned'

'Compiling a Dictionary Is Never Finished—It Can Only Be Abandoned'
Mira Bergelson, Professor at the School of Philological Studies, Director of the Centre for Sociocultural and Ethnolinguistic Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, celebrated her birthday on April 1

Maslenitsa on Staraya Basmannaya Street

Maslenitsa on Staraya Basmannaya Street
Blini, Round Dances, and Warm Meetings

The Russia-Iraq University Union: Conference on Sustainable Development Concludes with a Draft Strategic Agreement

The Russia-Iraq University Union: Conference on Sustainable Development Concludes with a Draft Strategic Agreement
On February 8-9, 2026, First International Scientific Conference "Human Sciences and Sustainable Development" was held in Iraq. A report at the conference was presented by Prof. Felix Azhimov, Dean of the HSE University Faculty of Humanities.

Persian as a Professional Language: HSE Student Wins First Prize at the 18th Russian Olympiad

Darya Iskusnykh
Darya Iskusnykh, a third-year student at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies of the HSE Faculty of Humanities, won first place in the Grammar and Composition category at the 18th Russian Olympiad of Persian Language and Literature. The finals of the intellectual competition took place in Moscow at the Institute of Asian and African Studies (IAAS) of Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.