"Tomsk is the people" is an art and educational project aimed at preserving and increasing the historical memory of outstanding Tomsk residents. Modern portraits of famous personalities appear on Tomsk buildings with brief information to introduce the figure. The second season of the project started with graffiti of Grigory Potanin. The author of the initiative - Konstantin Cherenkov, a history teacher and graduate of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University's Faculty of History and Philology.

The campaign to spread historical knowledge and improve the city began in the summer of 2020 with a portrait of Ivan Yuryevich Moskvitin, a Tomsk Cossack and Russian explorer. Today, the house at 4th Bering Street (Gymnasium No. 26) was decorated with an image of the Russian geographer, ethnographer, public figure Grigory Nikolaevich Potanin.

"I just knew that the portrait of the grandfather of Siberia will appear in Tomsk and we did it, — says Konstantin. — Potanin was a legendary citizen of Tomsk: he was a scientist, a politician, the first honorary citizen of Siberia, the creator of symbols of Siberia..."

The author is convinced that history and aesthetics should become a standard for Tomsk residents, and culture should go from the suburbs to the center. In order to involve residents of the city in the project, people's voting was started: citizens could choose whose portraits will decorate city streets, which famous personalities will be known in Siberia. Around 600 people took part in the poll, images of the three winners will appear in Tomsk in the second season of the project. The first three places, according to residents, went to G. N. Potanin, Maria Leontievna Bochkareva, one of the first Russian female officers and creator of the first female battalion in Russian army history, and Sergei Alexandrovich Belov, basketball player, 1972 Olympic champion, and two-time world champion.

"The portrait of Bochkareva is to be painted on the building of school number 40 on Nikitina street, and that of Belov on Zonalnaya Station," — said the author.

The second season of the program is supported by the Department of Youth Policy, Physical Culture and Sports of Tomsk Oblast, whose grant in the regional competition of youth projects "Your Idea" the project of the THPU graduate won last December, coming first in the category "Patriotism and Citizenship".

"There were many projects in the competition, but Konstantin's initiative seemed the most interesting, — comments Kirill Antonov, Deputy Head of the Department, Chairman of the Youth Policy Committee. — Properly made murals and graffiti - is, firstly, a way to improve the level of local history knowledge: not every Tomsk resident knows who, for example, Grigory Potanin was, what role he played in our city. And secondly, it is a decoration of the city".

Kirill Maksimovich expressed confidence that modern heroes may appear on Tomsk buildings as well: for instance, thousands of medics, who fight coronavirus infection every day. In the future, seven more images of famous personalities will also appear on city buildings, including the portraits of Georgy Mokeevich Markov, Hero of Socialist Labour, the elder Fedor Kuzmich, the Russian commander, the participant of World War I and the Civil War Anatoly Nikolayevich Pepelyaev, and others.

The World Championship in underwater swimming has been held in Tomsk. Alexandra Skurlatova, a student of the fifth year of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sport of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, won the victory places and prizes, set European and Russian records, and also became the world champion as a member of the women's national team.

The World Diving Championship included the World Flipper Championship, the International Student Championships, and the World Diving Championship. Tournaments took place in Tomsk "Zvezdnyi" Water Sports Center, about 380 athletes from more than 30 countries took part in them.

Alexandra Skurlatova was a member of the Russian national team which took part in the World Flipper Championship. Our team showed good results by winning gold in the medal standings and women's (with Alexandra's participation) and men's teams became world champions. In addition, our student won first place in the 4x100 individual distance relay and second place in the 4x50 relay setting the European and Russian records.

Her main rivals were the Chinese and Ukrainian teams. According to the athlete, there are very strong diving schools in these countries. However, despite the good preparation of the competitors, our team managed to win. And no wonder, because our athletes are trained since childhood, including Alexandra: when she was six years old, coaches of the pool "Victory" highly appreciated her potential. The student has been perfecting her skills there for 18 years under the keen guidance of her coaches Grigory Shumkov and Alexander Demjanovich. Alexandra has been preparing for the world competition for two years: originally the tournament was to be held in 2020, but it was postponed because of the pandemic:

"Preparations and expectations stretched over a long period of time, which is why these two training seasons were very difficult, but I think we together with the coaches have done well and showed how strong we can be", — says the athlete.

According to Alexandra, to perform "at home" is very pleasant and exciting at the same time: on the one hand, you feel the strong support of your loved ones and on the other - you worry about how to perform at your best.

Following the results of the championship, the athlete was selected for the World Games to be held next year in America. At that event, the girl will represent the Russian national team in two disciplines: 4x100 relay and 100m individual medley in the fins.

Besides such a great sport event, Alexandra participated in international students competitions representing the Tomsk State Pedagogical University and won the silver medal at 50m diving.

No less important performances as a member of the Russian national underwater sports team are ahead of Alexandra, that's why the preparation is already in full swing.

On July 16, in the reading room of the Science Library of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Oleg Voskresensky, philologist, master of theology, PhD in pedagogy, co-author of textbooks "Fundamentals of Orthodox culture" and "Fundamentals of World Religious Cultures", teacher of master courses of Belgorod Orthodox Theological Seminary, altar server of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection in Fridley, Minnesota, USA, delivered an open lecture on "Basics of Christian Pedagogy".

The meeting was held as part of the activities of the International Scientific and Practical Center for Axiology and Methodology of Spiritual and Moral Formation at the TSPU:

"The Center tries to build international connections as much as possible in order to study and analyze the experience of other specialists in the field of education and upbringing. It is very important that this lecture was given at our university because the attendants were also able to get acquainted with the American system of education and the role of the teacher in it. We hope for long-term cooperation and plan to continue our collaboration in different formats", — said Anastasia Koshechko, Director of the Centre.

At the beginning of the lecture, the speaker emphasized the role of the teacher not only in the Christian tradition but also in the education system as a whole:

"Teaching is the most blessed profession in the world. Each of us chooses a trade because of some factors and conditions. One way or another, we are limited in our choices. And God - the one who was not limited in this at all - gave preference to teaching."

With reference to the Commandments, the lecturer explained how the Christian tradition is linked to the most important principles of teaching: to teach everyone with no exceptions, to enlighten students, to devote oneself completely to teaching, to be an example to one's students.

The most important principle of the Christian tradition is legitimacy because the world is built according to the law. As the American expert noted, in today's world there is no respect for the law, which is perceived only as a restriction, which leads to violence. Equally important is the principle of unity in multiplicity. It is realized in the diversity of people and their difference from one another, in the uniqueness of each individual and in the ability to accept those characteristics in one's neighbor.

In order to reveal the divine intention in a child, a great deal of effort and time is required on the part of the educator. In this is expressed the principle of immortality of the soul. Otherwise, human existence loses its former meaning. One of the main tasks of an educator, according to the lecturer, is to discover the child's vocation. At the same time, the latter is absolutely free in his choice and therefore has the right both to make a mistake and to try again.

The art of dissent, as another important principle of the Christian tradition, begins with the recognition that it is possible to dissent. Denial instantly shuts down all channels of communication between people. In turn, positive thinking makes it possible to find that very agreement, not to stop at compromise, because it is always a solution that is equally unsatisfactory to all. The rejection of any compromise as a constraint on our resources leads people to an agreement that comes from their boundlessness.

The presumption of kindness proceeds from the assumption that everyone is honest, innocent, unselfish, and friendly by default until they have proven otherwise.

According to Oleg Vladislavovich, teachers have been given a very high bar, a model that at first glance is unattainable. At the same time, there is the experience of teachers who have achieved some success in implementing the principles discussed in the lecture. Today's generation of teachers is gradually abandoning attitudes that are alien to the teaching profession and returning to more timeless and universal ones:

"In today's young generation I see mainly the realization of two important principles - positive thinking and the presumption of kindness. Today's young people are looking for something to lean on, abandoning inhibitions, being on the lookout for the positive. I can see that an attitude of respect for the human being and love for one's neighbor prevails in young people".

The audience, which included students, faculty, and staff, also discussed the unique nature of the American and Russian educational systems and found some differences between them. Oleg Vladislavovich pointed out, based on his personal experience, that Russian students are a year and a half to two years ahead of their American peers, because Russian education is primarily knowledge-based, while American education is aimed at developing practical skills.

The status of the teacher in American pedagogy is also different from the status of the teacher in the Russian tradition. The U.S. is a territorial amalgamation of different individual states, so there is no universal model that works across America. There are also no model manuals because every teacher creates a unique experience in his or her class.

You can become a teacher in the states by taking special courses and modules that allow you to teach your specialty in school, but you don't need to do it to teach at university. Before going to teach children in school, a specialist gains experience in his or her specialty in the "field".

The meeting with the interesting speaker showed the students from the TSPU features of Christian pedagogical tradition and the peculiarity of the American educational system, which allowed them to find trends prevailing in the development of modern teaching.

The Tomsk State Pedagogical University and the State Employment Service of Tomsk Region have been cooperating for many years. On July 15 the Service summarized the results of its work with the city organizations and announced the results of the established award for the best employers in the region. the TSPU won in the category "Contribution to the Development of the Employment Service".

Winners were determined by popular vote based on the 2019-2021 interaction with the Employment Service. The Tomsk State Pedagogical University won the award, including for its contribution to the professional development of young people.

This year, based on a bilateral agreement between the Tomsk State Pedagogical University and the Employment Service, schoolchildren, students from 9-10 grades have the opportunity to undergo work experience training at the university. The guys work in the university admissions office, as well as with archive materials on languages and cultures of small peoples of Siberia. In the latter case, schoolchildren digitize archives of linguistic and ethnographic materials at the Department of Languages of the Peoples of Siberia at the TSPU under the guidance of Associate Professor Sergey Vasilievich Kovylin, Candidate of Philological Sciences:

"For that purpose a specialized scanner and a computer are used. Initially there was an instruction on how to process the material, what formats to choose and the importance of proper processing of the material for its further storage and use. In the process of work the guys acquired new professional skills of work with the computer and skills of team work. Employment during summer vacation in general allows school students to prepare for adult life, get their first work experience, and get a good financial reward".

The Tomsk State Pedagogical University not only assists in the employment of schoolchildren during summer vacations. In the future, there is a prospect of cooperation in implementing the federal subproject "Promotion of Employment" (as part of the national project "Demography"), which will allow teaching five categories of people, including the unemployed, people of age 50 and older, mothers who are on maternity leave and mothers with a preschool-age child, as well as citizens seeking employment and who applied to the Employment Service.

The Center for Additional Physics and Mathematics, and natural-science Education of the TSPU is actively working on 3D Modeling, Prototyping, and Additive Technologies using equipment purchased as part of the "People of the Future" grant.

The project has been developing for the second year under the supervision of Olga Sergeevna Netesova, senior teacher of the Department of Informatics of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the TSPU. The teacher conducts such disciplines as "Robotics", "Educational Robotics" and "Organization of additional education of children in robotics" for students of Physics and Mathematics Faculty, Faculty of Technology and Entrepreneurship and Institute of Childhood of the TSPU, and also trains future teachers to implement professional activities in the Center of digital and humanitarian education for schoolchildren "Point of Growth".

In order to cover the entire range of possibilities of 3D printers, Olga Sergeevna took the initiative of organizing additional classes: worschops in 3D modeling and printing were launched at the TSPU Center:

"At 80-90%, 3D modeling is primarily the development of 3D models. Printing itself is not too difficult, the main thing is to know the principles of the printer's work. The main task is to develop a 3D model according to a certain technical task, which often has to be created by oneself".

Within the framework of the project "Tehnovolunteers of Enlightenment of TSPU" students of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University can apply to the Center when they just need to print an existing model on a 3D printer when there is a need to develop a model, as well as when they want to learn 3D modeling on their own. The purposes of the students are absolutely different: from creation of small details with which one can restore an object to printing sculptural decorative models. The printer can also be used to create a number of didactic tools and materials that are important in the work of students in various departments.

Alexander Malyshev, a 4th-year student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics and a lab assistant at the TSPU, expressed his desire to learn how to use 3D printers; now he works with students and schoolchildren, constructing various 3D models. For example, a figurine of a character from the popular game "Among Us" or a sectional view model of a jet engine, which allows you to see the internal compressors, combustion chamber and trace the principles of its operation.

"Problems that anyone can encounter when printing on a 3D printer is the printed model not sticking well to the table and "going out of place"; creating a crumbly and brittle model caused by an incorrect temperature setting; problems caused by errors made when writing the program for printing, and more. But with training and your own interest, these difficulties can be avoided and you can get a high-quality, unique model", — says Alexander.

Training in 3D modeling is also useful for students' practical training. For example, students of the Faculty of Engineering, having attended a master class back in May, were able to apply their knowledge in developing models of company logos together with their pupils. Students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics also had an opportunity to use the capabilities of 3D modeling and 3D printing during summer practice, working with children on research projects.

Already in October of the next academic year, the TSPU Physics and Mathematics Center is waiting for all students interested in developing the skills of using additive technologies in their professional activities and improving their qualifications in the field of digital technology.

The German-Russian conference "New impulses in the German-Russian relations" took place in Kaluga within the framework of the 16th Conference of the Partner Cities "Strengthening municipal and regional relations - expanding horizons". Digitalization of projects and diversity of professional cooperation". The Director of the International Information Center of the TSPU Vladimir A. Melnikov joined the participation.

 During the three days of the conference, the two priority areas were discussed:

• Networking and project development (new impulses in German-Russian relations);
• Digitalization and international cooperation (new resources of scientific cooperation between Russia and Germany).

Experienced experts from the two countries as well as students from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Tyumen, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Arkhangelsk, Stuttgart, Dresden, Dubai, Basel and other cities joined the discussion on the issues of Russian-German cooperation in a hybrid format. The work was conducted during the panel discussion "The importance of dialogue between municipalities and politics for the development of German-Russian relations", also at the conference the following reports were presented for graduates of German educational programs "Organization and implementation of international cooperation in the 'post-coronavirus' era (on the example of Russian-German relations)" (Eduard Gerhard, foreign representative of the economic faculty of the High School Coburg) and "Investments in the future: Russia. Infrastructure as an engine for the development of German-Russian partnership" (Georg Schneider, CEO of Svilar GmbH). In addition, participants were able to work in small groups, visit a presentation of the results of the Youth Forum, a cultural program with a guided tour of Kaluga, a master class in traditional russian sport game townlets.

"In my opinion, German guests showed a great interest in the development of cooperation, - said V.A. Melnikov. - During the conference I was able to make new contacts with German colleagues and I hope that students from Germany will come to our university for language schools in the near future.

Participation in the conference provided an opportunity to exchange experience with colleagues in working groups, listen to key figures in German-Russian relations and establish new professional contacts.

On June 30, 2021 the Board of Tomsk Vocational Education Department continued its work: the first meeting was held at the Center for advanced vocational training, headed by Yuri Vladimirovich Kalinyuk, Head of the Department. The board included Rector of Tomsk State Pedagogical University A. Makarenko, Head of Education Department of Tomsk District Administration Yu. Dubovitskaya, Chairman of the Legislative Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy L. Glok, Deputy Mayor of Tomsk on social policy K. Chubenko, as well as representatives of business and municipal entities.

At the meeting, Yuri Vladimirovich presented his colleagues a report "Development of the network and challenges of the Tomsk region vocational education system through the implementation of national projects and regional policy", in which he discussed new directions of work: the final certification in the format of the demonstration exam, as well as "Factory processes" - a program aimed at practical training in the principles and tools of lean production within the national project "Productivity and Employment Support". In addition, the stages of development of the vocational education system over the last three years and the goals for the next few years were announced.

At the end of the meeting, the members discussed further plans for implementing the activities of the Board in the context of efficient personnel training to meet the needs of the regional economy.

Photo: Department of Professional Education of Tomsk region

July 1 is the foundation date of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University. 119 years ago, in 1902, at the Imperial command of Emperor Nicholas II the Tomsk State Pedagogical University was established.

Since then, the University has come a long way: from the Teachers Institute, where students received secondary vocational education, to the Faculty of Education in the structure of the Tomsk University, to the independence status of a higher educational institution in 1930. By the 1930s, there was already a clear understanding that despite the existence of the Faculty of Education, there was still "insufficient training of teachers in the Tomsk District" and "it is impossible to solve this problem with one faculty", "it is necessary to have a teaching institute, which would provide teaching staff not only for Tomsk but also for all Siberia".

Indeed, at that time there were only two teacher training faculties east of the Urals — at the Irkutsk University and at the Far East University. The main contender for the opening of the first pedagogical institute in Western Siberia was Tomsk, provided with scientists and a highly qualified faculty and pedagogical staff. The next milestone in the fate of Tomsk State Pedagogical University - in November 1995, the university was renamed into the Tomsk State Pedagogical University.

Today, our university is a recognized research and education center and one of the strongest pedagogical universities in the country; it has become the Alma Mater for over 70 000 graduates and hosts over 8000 students from 38 regions of Russia and 14 countries. Today's success of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University in the scientific and educational field is based each of us and those generations of educators and teachers who have connected their lives with the history of the University.

Happy Birthday, Tomsk Pedagogical University!

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June 18, 2021 Tomsk State Pedagogical University has launched the admission campaign. Admission documents from applicants are accepted both in-person and remotely.

Information about the university, TSPU faculties, forms and programsof study, required dates and additional opportunities are available on the website of the TSPU Applicant. There are following options to submit a package of documents:

• in the in-person format (60 Kievskaya St., the main building of the TSPU);

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• from 9.00 to 17.00 hours on weekdays;

• From 9.00 to 13.00 on Saturdays.

It is also possible to ask questions and receive prompt consulting assistance:

• by phone: (382-2) 311-411 and (382-2) 311-412 (Department of Paid Educational Services);

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