On 17 May 2016 metropolitan Rostislav on behalf of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill had awarded   the rector of Tomsk State Pedagogical University Valery Obukhov with the anniversary medal for his contribution to educational activities in the region, for his selfless work and responsibility for education of today's youth. Award ceremony was held in the great hall of the Tomsk region administration.Metropolitan Rostislav: "The contribution that you, Valery, have made and will make for the benefit of education, as a pedagogical university rector, is great and noble."

NOTE

Anniversary medal "In memory of the 1000th anniversary  of the repose of Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great," is  established by decree of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill on 6 November 2014 to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the repose of St. Vladimir, the Baptist of Russia.

The medal has only one degree, and it is awarded to:

• Bishops, clergy, monks of Russian Orthodox Church, representatives of the Parish meeting and the Parish councils, benefactors and parishioners, government, community leaders and individuals who have made a significant contribution to the perpetuation of  the memory of St. Vladimir;
• Hierarchs, pastors, clergy, religious and laypeople particularly distinguished themselves in the Gospel of Truth and the Truth of Christ;
• Benefactors, who with their work and donations have made a significant contribution to the construction, recreation, preservation of churches, chapels and other places of memory related to the Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great.

Tomsk region governor S. A. Zhvachkin have visited Tomsk State Pedagogical University and met with the administration of the University, teachers, scientists, students and social activists. After a brief tour of the university, which has hosted by the rector of Tomsk State Pedagogical University Professor Valery Obukhov, governor had met with scientific and educational communities and student activists of TSPU. Everyone had an opportunity to ask a question to Sergey Anatolievich, because, considering a sufficient rise of student social activities and volunteer movements it is a high time to encourage initiative and independence of young people. Students were interested in the prospect of construction of the hostel near the Education building № 8, and the governor answered “in confidence” that such construction is planned for the near future. Teachers and staff of the University were concerned about issues regarding Tomsk region development, support of teachers and the University. After the meeting, the students and the rector of Tomsk State Pedagogical University expressed their gratitude to Sergey Zhvachkin for a fruitful dialogue as well as for support in this difficult time.

Students and teachers of the Department of Economic Theory and Geography along with the TSPU Center of Youth Tourism have actively participated in XXVΙ spiritual and historical readings in memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius "Tradition and innovation: culture, society and personality." The opening of the Days of Slavic Written Language and Culture was held on 17 May 2016 in the building of the Tomsk Oblast Administration. On 20 May the two departments of Faculty of Economics and Management had organized the round table "The spiritual and historical traditions of the national education and upbringing on the examples of native land culture." Among the guests were monk-priest Ambrose (Kuznetsov) of Aleksiyevskiy Monastery of the Mother of God,  the chairman of committee of development of domestic tourism Lahtionova Irina Vladimirovna, Head of the Department of Economic Theory, Professor Valery Sizov and Professor Olga Timofeevna Loiko. More than 30 participants have attended this event, including students and teachers of TSPU and TPU, Tomsk Pushkin lyceum № 1 and “Zonalnenskaia” secondary school. The participants were awarded with certificates and diplomas. The meeting “Spiritual and historical traditions of Tomsk" took place on 22 May 2016. Students of TSPU and TPU took part in this event. The meeting was hosted by senior researcher of Tomsk regional art museum Irina Aleksandrovna Evtikhieva.

The patriotic exhibition will be held at the Tomsk State Pedagogical University Scientific Library on 25 May 2016. The exhibition will feature portraits of ancestors, grandfathers, grandmothers, fathers, mothers, people who defended our country during the First World War and The Great Patriotic War. The people who built our country, revived it after the terrible years, raised their children - us, our brothers and sisters, their grandchildren. The "Immortal regiment" march, originally formed in Tomsk, have become a nationwide event. The exhibition has the same idea as the "Immortal regiment": to refresh the memory of generations using photographs, documents and stories of our homeland’s past. In every family there are portraits, shots of relatives and loved ones. As experts of Faculty of Art and Culture say: "We want people to save photographs, so that, starting from kindergartens and schools, children and adults would observe and draw their story through the story of their families."

The innovative art center for youth «Solnechnyi» will open at TSPU on 24 May 2016. This center will be situated on the territory of TSPU academic building №8 (Karl Ilmer Street 15/1).  A standard set of equipment by FabLab will be used in the center. Specialists of the center are going organize masterclasses for pupils in robotic technology as well as lessons on various topics: 3D print, basics of programming, «School of Digital Technologies» and «Programming of Arduino robots» courses. Employees of «Solnechnyi» will also provide technical and engineering service. According to the press service of the Tomsk administration the innovative art center for youth «Solnechnyi» was financed by the city administration in December last year within the measures aimed to support business in Tomsk. It is the fourth center of this kind opened in Tomsk. Facilities of the center allow to create prototypes of items, including those one made with a use of 3D technologies, as well as to conduct milling, turning, locksmithing, soldering, electrical work. The innovative art center for youth «Solnechnyi» is an open platform that does not follow any specific, scientific or commercial  direction. It is a free environment where youngsters have an opportunity to fulfill their technical ideas, to learn and exchange experience with each other.

One of the most significant chess events – Open Chess Tournament for TSPU Cup – took place in Tomsk State Pedagogical University. The two days of the Tournament were filled with exciting professional events. The Tournament had started with the conference «Chess is the key for innovations?!” which was attended by teachers, chess coaches of Tomsk Region schools, representatives of robotics centers,  principles of Youth Sports Schools and TSPU centers, administrative centers of additional education of kids, students, postgraduate students, veteran chess players and representatives of the Tomsk Duma. The topics picked by the participants involved both general issues of chess education in educational institutions and kindergartens as well as training of professional chess players and chess coaches.

Particularly interesting was the report made by Oleg Viktorovich Chertkov, principal of Tomsk Youth Boxing School. He told about using of chess in sport training of kids with disabilities, which have been studied chess is Youth Sport School class since 2014. The guest also noticed sport achievements of these students and touched upon the subject of availability of chess classes in Tomsk.

III forum of young scientists, within the framework of which the Tournament took place, was devoted to robotics that is why the participants showed great interest in chess playing robots. There are many robotics centers in Tomsk, but only TSPU robots play intellectual games. Employees of TSPU robotics center presented the chess playing robot, created by kids. 

The organizers have prepared an unusual opening ceremony: there was a live violin music in the hall. Chess players were greeted by TSPU executives and the Tomsk Duma deputy Mahir Rustamov.

The chess tournament started on the second day and was held according to the Swiss system: 7 rounds, 15 minutes time limit for each player. 70 players participated in the tournament, among them were chess coaches, employees of educational institutions, students, pupils of TSPU chess class, veteran teachers. Special nomination was introduced for children with disabilities.

All the participants of the tournament were awarded with certificates. Prize-winners received medals and diplomas. Winners were awarded with cups, medals and diplomas.

These days TSPU is hosting 28 students from Auezov South-Kazakhstan State University. The graduate students have arrived for internship at the Department of Biology and Chemistry, Department of Philology and History, Department of Entrepreneurship and Economics and Department of Mathematics and Physics. This year besides the scientific and academic programs TSPU has prepared a number of activities in the university youth center. The internship will continue until March 25, 2016.

Last year was eventful for Tomsk State Pedagogical University: TSPU is included into the ten most popular Russian humanitarian universities; on the results of monitoring of universities' efficiency Tomsk State Pedagogical University exceeds threshold levels on all indicators; Institute of Educational System Development of Russian Academy of Education was included into the structure of University, three journals were included into the new list of HAC, and one into Russian Science Citation Index. Students of TSPU successfully presented Tomsk oblast at Festival «Students' Spring 2015» and entered three of the best, and Pedagogical band «Danko» was acknowledged the best in Russia!

Sports successes of students of Physical Culture and Sports Faculty became a great ending of the year. Sergey Lytnev, a student of TSPU, pupil at Natalya Baranova’s Olympic training center of, master of sports of Russia won a bronze medal at Russian competition on ski racing «Cup of Siberia» that took place in Novosibirsk on December 23-27, 2015.

 Also December 13, 2015 in Tumen within Russian ski competition among juniors a sprint race took place. Maxim Tolkachev, a student of Tomsk State Pedagogical University, pupil of the Natalya Baranova’s Olympic training center won this race. 

The Minister of Culture of Tajikistan Republic expressed his gratitude to Tomsk State Pedagogical University personally to V.V. Obukhov for training a highly qualified professionals in the field of culture and also for assistance in organization of an exhibition for tajikistan young artists, pupils of the member of Russian Artists Association G.G. Stepan. 

Exhibition of young artists' paintings from Tajikistan took place in Tomsk last autumn. Active participation in organization of the event took the Director of TSPU Institute of Eurasian Cooperation, students and staff members of the Faculty of Culture and Arts and pupils of TSPU International Euro-Asian Adaptive Educational Center.

14 January 2016

Professor of Tomsk State Pedagogical University Sergey Dmitrievich Odintsov is named one of the most authoritative scientists of the world in 2015 according to the version of leading informational company Thomson Reuters.

Rating was composed on the basis of information and analysis of scientists' citation in 21 scientific fields since 2003 to 2013. Analysts estimated more than 120 thousands of articles.

The list includes only three representatives of Russia, among whom theoretical physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical sciences, TSPU Professor S.D. Odintsov. 

February 12, 2016