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The Tyumen cryobank — cold in the service of science
Nowadays medicine and the biological sciences would be nothing without cryogenic technologies – what is known among specialists as the freezing of cellular and genetic material. Such specimens are then preserved in cryobanks – low-temperature refrigerators which maintain these chilly temperatures with the help of liquid nitrogen. A cryobank is not merely a negative 200-degree refrigerator – it is an advanced piece of equipment developed with the help of complex high technologies. There are only about 200 of them in the whole world and one of them is in the Russian city of Tyumen. There the cryobank is used not only to store biomaterial, but as the basis for scientific research in the field of biotechnology – and scientists in Tyumen have already succeeded in making significant discoveries.
Timofei Mozgov basketball player
The high-standing centre for the Russian national basketball team, Timofey Mozgov, is one of the true symbols of Russian basketball. He won over the hearts of Russian basketball fans playing for Moscow’s Khimki club and set off for the United States to realise the dream of all basketball players — to play for the NBA. Doing such, Mozgov became one of only seven athletes in the history of Russian sport to be invited to play in the North American league.
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Timofei Mozgov basketball player
Journey through the Northern Ladoga region
Landscapes here can be summed up in a few simple words: Cliffs, pine trees and lakes. The Northern Ladoga area is one of the most picturesque parts of the Republic of Karelia. This vast geographical territory extends throughout several administrative districts and includes the coast, islands and waters from the northern part of Lake Ladoga. RTG TV presenter Igor Maximenko set off for the great Ladoga region where he saw real Ladoga skerries, visited the city of Sortavala and its Museum of Northern Ladoga as well as strolled around the amazing island of Pellotsaari where he managed to find an old quartz quarry.
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