History of palaeontology at St Petersburg University
From 30 May to 13 June
Online exhibition "History of palaeontology at St Petersburg University. Part 2 (from the mid −20th century to the early 21st century)".
The second part of the exhibition focuses on the history of the development of palaeontology at St Petersburg University (Leningrad State University) from mid-1945 to the present day. In the 1940s–1960s, a powerful Leningrad group of palaeontologists was formed. The group included students of Mikhail Yanishevsky; Pavel Pravoslavlev; Vladimir Pchelintsev; Afrikan Krishtofovich; and Yuri Orlov.