KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet informed Yasnaya Polyana Forum about Karelian scientists’ Arctic studies

KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet gave a talk at the Strategizing session of the 18th Yasnaya Polyana International Environmental Forum. She presented the experience of Karelian scientists in Arctic studies. Experts perform integrated monitoring of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Much attention is given to studying the biomedical and social problems among residents of Arctic territories.

Two scholars from KarRC RAS receive high-level government awards

Today, 30th October 2025, in the run-up to the National Unity Day, Head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov handed over high-level government awards to two Karelian scientists, representatives of the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS. Evgeny Ieshko was awarded the Order of Honor, and Nina Nemova received the Medal of Merit of the Republic of Karelia.

Plaque in memory of renowned sylviculturist and mycologist Vladimir Shubin was opened in Petrozavodsk

October 29 is the hundredth anniversary of birth of Vladimir Ivanovich Shubin, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, a distinguished sylviculturist and mycologist, and a WWII veteran. On this day, a plaque in memory of the scientist was unveiled in Petrozavodsk. The conglomerate stone surface portrays the primary objects of his research.

Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History KarRC RAS celebrates its 95th anniversary

The session of the Learned Council of the Karelian Research Centre RAS on October 28, 2025 was devoted to a landmark event – anniversary of the Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History KarRC RAS – the oldest institution in the academy’s humanities sphere in Karelia. The session included an award ceremony for the institute’s employees. The gathering also listened to a lecture devoted to the centennial anniversary of birth of one of ILLH’s ex-directors Maria Vlasova and to a presentation of the Studia Nordica Journal, as well as watched an issue of the local SAMPO TV Territory of Culture program telling about the institute’s anniversary.

KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet presented practical developments by Karelian scientists at the 12th China-Russia Engineering and Technology Forum

KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet delivered a plenary talk at the 12th China-Russia Engineering and Technology Forum in the Chinese Harbin. The CEO presented our scientists’ developments in biotechnology, aquaculture, remote sensing, greenhouse gas monitoring, geology, and other fields, as well as announced the international environmental conference on the BRICS regional-level cooperation to take place in Petrozavodsk next year.

Scientists of KarRC RAS tested a new underwater acoustic system in freshwater bodies

A new underwater acoustic system was tested out in the field by specialists of the Laboratory of Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates Ecology, Institute of Biology KarRC RAS, during an expedition to Lake Syamozero in the summer 2025. The device was used to estimate the fish stocks, to determine the fish species composition, and to map the lake’s depths.

Representative of KarRC RAS Doctoral Studies Department took part in a strategizing session of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Head of the KarRC RAS Doctoral Studies Department Olga Koshman took part in a strategizing session of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Kazan, which focused on the admissions process 2025.

Karelian scientists presented their findings of rare fungal and lichen species at a conference in Minsk

Employees of the Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS returned from the 12th International Conference “Problems of Forest Phytopathology and Mycology”, Minsk, 13–17 October. This year, the conference was dedicated to the centennial anniversaries of birth of two professors – prominent Belarusian phytopathologist Nikolai Fyodorov and Karelian sylviculturist Vladimir Shubin – a nationally and internationally recognized specialist in reforestation and forest mycology.