University Administration of Astrakhan State University. Olga Oskina. Acting Director of Institute, Acting Deputy Director of Institute for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor

Mission of Astrakhan State University: to create and promote knowledge for personal and social development by integrating researches and education; to train successful alumni and scientists who exert a considerable impact upon the world community

Address: 96 Sofyi Perovskoy Str., Astrakhan 414004 Russia. Phones: +7-8512-24-68-11 (internal number 347) – Director, +7-8512-24-68-11 (internal number 346) – Director's office. E-mail: [email protected]

On March 11, the Boiling Point Centre held a presentation of a project on improving financial literacy, organized within the framework of the comprehensive cooperation of the university with Sberbank. ASU representatives spoke about solutions that help not to fall for trick of swindlers.

On November 8, the event hall of Astrakhan State University hosted an event, dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the great artist’s death. 14 canvases with reproductions of the Renaissance genius’ works were brought to Astrakhan by Luigina Peddi, the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow.

Viktor Zanozin, an assistant professor of the Department of Geography, Cartography & Geoinformatics, presented his report at a meeting of the Agency for State Property Management of Astrakhan region. The reporting event was chaired by Sergey Morozov, the Governor of Astrakhan region ad interim.

The programme of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels of the Astrakhan EMERCOM, which took place on June 14, included presentation of specialized machinery and rescue equipment.

ASU Rector Konstantin Markelov has initiated creation of an expert group on detecting and removing barriers that hinder the development of the university and Astrakhan region in general.

Astrakhan State University (ASU) – is one of the biggest and most dynamically developing universities in the South of Russia. Founded in 1932 ASU is the university

Aleksey Titov, who has recently assumed the position of Vice-Rector for Innovations and Priority Projects, presented a report on creating a single system to manage the university’s innovation space at another meeting of the ASU Academic Council.