Associate Professor of St Petersburg University, the University’s press service and a multimedia exhibition on Dmitri Mendeleev shortlisted for the Fidelity to Science Award

The All-Russian Award for Fidelity to Science is awarded annually for outstanding achievements in the field of science communication, popularisation of science and support for the image of researchers and engineers in the Russian Federation. Among the objectives of the award are: popularising science and achievements of Russian scholars; providing information support for scholars; ensuring their wide presence in the media field; promoting communication between the journalistic and scientific communities; and creating a positive image of Russian science. There are 14 nominations for this award.

‘I am honoured and delighted to have been shortlisted for this award. My work on popularising science was noted. I tried to explain how chemistry works in simple language. I delivered lectures. I am pleased that this work can benefit the science of our country,’ said Irina Timofeeva, Associate Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at St Petersburg University.

The exhibition project "Unknown Mendeleev. The life of a naval officer" is dedicated to the life of Dmitri Mendeleev’s eldest son Vladimir Mendeleev (1865-1898). This exhibition features Vladimir Mendeleev’s letters to his father, written during his service on the cruiser "Memory of Azov". Letters from the album kept in the Dmitri Mendeleev Museum and Archives and photographs from the albums "Voyages to the East" kept in the collections of the Central Naval Museum are true stories told in the first person.