Informatics and control systems faculty. 1. Several words about Instrument Building Faculty (appeared in 1929, first Dean = professor Drozdov
1. Several words about Instrument Building Faculty (appeared in 1929, first Dean = professor Drozdov, he and Dobrogursky and others did much for development of faculty)
2. About division (after 1945 developing rapidly, 1987 – divide into the Informatics and Control Systems Faculty and the Radioelectronics and Laser Engineering Faculty)
3. 10 departments / chairs (Automatic Information and Control Systems, Orientation, Stabilization and Navigation Devices and Systems, Information Systems and communications, Designing and production of electronic - computing and telecommunication systems, Automated Systems of Information Processing, Computer Systems and Networks, Software and Information Technology, Information Security, Information Science and Computer Technology, Information Protection)
4. Faculty today (> 2000 students, 5 years and 9 months, include lectures, seminars, practical training, practical sessions in research institutes, list of specialized subjects (fundamental of electronics, information theory…), prepare only highly qualified specialists)
My Speciality
1. About faculty and BMSTU.
2. Why did I choose The Chair of Software for Computers and Automation Systems (fields of science meet the modern requirements and standards, have research programs, interesting for me, highly qualified tutors)
3. List of some specialized subjects (databases, OOP, system programming …)
4. Advantages of chair (prepare highly qualified specialists, which works all over the world)
5. What am I planning to focus on after graduating from the University?
Great Britain
1. Base facts (names: The United Kingdom of G.B. and Northern Irelands, Britain, UK; 4 different countries: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland)
2. Geographic information (on the British Isles, area is over 244.000 square kilometers, separated from continent by the North Sea and the English Channel, washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea)
3. Surface (varies very much, north of Scotland – Highlands, south – Lowlands)
4. Water objects (many small rivers, channels, Thames)
5. Climate (the warm waters of Gulf Stream, mild and damp, weather in GB is very changeable, rains, fog, smog, not cold at winter, not hot at summer)
6. Population and cities (57 million and about 80% of it is urban, London, Liverpool, Manchester)
7. Politics (important role, monarchy, Queen, headed by the Prime Minister, legislative power in parliament, two Houses: the House of Lords(more than 1,000 members, although only about 250 take an active part, not elected, they inherit their seats) and the House of Commons(650 members of Parliament who are elected for a period of five years))
London
1. Historical facts (inhabited by the Celts -> Romans founded a military camp -> The camp developed into a port -> London was the capital of one of the Roman provinces -> After the Romans left Britain, London became less important -> under Henry the First in the 12th century that London finally became the capital -> In the 16th century London, with its 500,000 inhabitants -> Over the centuries London became the centre of a constantly growing empire -> In the First and Second World Wars London was ruined considerably)
2. Square and population (9 million people, 620 square miles, one of the largest of the world's capitals, people like to live in small houses)
3. 4 parts of the city:
a. The City (commercial and business centre)
b. The West End is the richest part of the city with its beautiful avenues, parks and gardens
c. the West End is the good of London (There are many factories and the Port of London there)
d. Westminster (history)
4. Remarkable places:
a. Westminster Abbey (8th century, The Houses of Parliament placed here, tower with a large clock - Big Ben, The kings and queens of England are buried there, great writers and poets are also buried there )
b. Trafalgar Square (named so to commemorate Nelson's victory in the battle of Trafalgar, Nelson's Column)
c. Whitehall (street of government offices)
d. Downing Street (10 Downing Street is the residence of the Prime Minister)
e. British Museum (founded in 1753, one of the most extensive and valuable museums in West Europe, comprise the National Library)
f. Other museums, theatres (National Theatre), monuments
The Russian Federation
1. Geographical facts (largest country, occupies one-seventh of the earth's surface, 17 million square kilometers, washed by 12 seas of 3 oceans, borders on China, Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan, Norway, Finland, the Baltic States, Byelorussia, the Ukraine)
2. Nature (steppes in the south, plains and forests in the midland, tundra and taiga in the north, highlands and deserts in the east, one-sixth of the world's forests)
3. Surface (two great plains: the Great Russian Plain and the West Siberian Lowland, several mountain chains: the Urals, the Caucasus, the Altai)
4. Water objects (over two million rivers, the Volga - biggest river in European part, Ob, the Yenisei and the Lena, deepest lake (1,600 meters) is Lake Baikal with clear water)
5. Climate (various types: arctic in the north, subtropical in the south, temperate and continental in the middle)
6. Resources (rich in oil, coal, iron ore, natural gas, copper, nickel and other mineral resources)
7. Politics (parliamentary republic, The Head of State is the President. The legislative powers are exercised by the Duma)
Moscow
1. Historical facts (founded by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, first mentioned in the records dated back the year 1147 -> 13th century Moscow was the centre of the struggle of Russian lands for the liberation from the Tartar yoke -> 16th century under Ivan the Terrible Moscow became the capital -> Peter the Great moved the capital to StPeterburg in 1712 -> main target of Napoleon's attack (Three-quarters of the city were destroyed) -> mid-19th century Moscow had been completely restored -> After the October revolution Moscow became the capital again)
2. Square and population (9 hundred square kilometers, over 8 million)
3. Remarkable places:
a. The Kremlin (masterpiece of ancient Russian architecture, Spasskaya Tower with famous clocks)
b. The Bell Tower of Ivan the Great, the Palace of Congresses, the Tsar-Cannon and the Tsar-Bell, the biggest cannon and bell in the world
c. Red Square (heart of Moscow)
d. St.Basil's Cathedral (Vasily Blazheny) (built in the mid-16th century in memory of the victory over Kazan)
e. the Lenin Mausoleum and the monument to K.Minin and D.Pozharsky
f. more than 80 museums (Tretyakove Gallery, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts + All-Russian Museum of Folk Arts, the Andrey Rublev Museum, Mikhail Glinka Museum of Musical Culture)
g. famous for its theatres (Bolshoi Theatre)