The 70th anniversary of the Faculty of Geography of the Lomonosov Moscow State University will be celebrated in Moscow on October 22-24. METROPOL Group, which maintains close and friendly ties with Russia’s oldest geography department, has provided all-round support for the staging of the University Geography at the Start of the 21st Century International Conference, as well as for other events accompanying the jubilee. In particular, METROPOL helped publish a major work by Professor Yu. Simonov on The History of Geography at Moscow State University: People and Events. METROPOL also helped publish a treatise on Geography Sciences Schools at Moscow State University, and release a DVD of The Unknown Heyerdahl documentary.
Speaking at a gala meeting held at the Faculty of Geography of the Lomonosov Moscow State University on October 22, 2008, Dean N. S. Kasimov, who serves as a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, especially highlighted the METROPOL Group’ contribution to the organization and staging of the anniversary celebrations, expressing his profound personal gratitude to M. Slipenchuk.