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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
On April 20, St. Petersburg journalist, editor and writer Arkady Yakovlevich Sosnov passed away.
Arkady Sosnov was born on October 14, 1948. In 1971, he graduated from the Leningrad Technological Institute named after Lensovet, receiving a degree in chemical engineering. After graduation, he worked as a junior research fellow at the Research Institute of Petrochemical Processes.
The turning point in his life was 1976, when he devoted himself entirely to journalism. Over the years, he collaborated with such publications as Smena, Poisk, Moskovskiye Novosti, Ogonyok and Literaturnaya Gazeta. In 1978, Arkady Yakovlevich joined the Union of Journalists of the USSR. Later, for many years, he was a member of the board of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. He was the initiator of the creation of the Guild of Correspondents and the celebration of “Maecenas’s Birthday” in the State Hermitage Museum. In 2008, he became the editor-in-chief of the almanac “Russian Patron”.
The creative legacy of Arkady Yakovlevich includes the authorship of the books “Recovered Nature”, “Energy of the Earth”, “Natalya Petrovna’s Dreams Come True: From Conversations with Academician Bekhtereva”, as well as the compilation of the collection “Alferov Gate”.
For his professional contribution to the development of journalism and culture, he was awarded many prizes, including the USSR Union of Journalists Prize, the St. Petersburg State University Christmas Prize “For Humanism in Journalism”, and the first prize in the Media Union competition “St. Petersburg. Revival of a Dream”.
Arkady Sosnov was one of those outstanding journalists who professionally, with a full understanding of the subject and at the same time fascinatingly writes about science and scientists. Of course, this was facilitated by an engineering education, but also by an innate talent and a deep interest in the topic. Arkady Yakovlevich a lot of materials dedicated to the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, wrote aboutresearch work polytechnics, the international activities of the university, about extraordinary events in the life of the university, for example, restoration of the estate of the first director of the Polytechnic Institute, Prince Andrei Gagarin, in Kholomki, did interview with outstanding scientists of SPbPU. Arkady Yakovlevich participated in the events of the Polytechnic University dedicated to in memory of Nobel laureate Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, was a welcome guest at the opening of the estate in Kholomki andDay of knowledge.
“As a special correspondent for the RAS newspaper Poisk, Arkady Yakovlevich wrote a lot and enthusiastically about the development of higher education and the achievements of Russian scientists, and these materials will undoubtedly become a chronicle of modern Russian science and education,” wrote Andrey Rudskoy, rector of SPbPU, in his Telegram channel in memory of his friend. “Arkady Sosnov is a Name and a sign of quality in journalism. And it will always be so. I express my deep condolences to the family and friends of Arkady Yakovlevich.”
The passing of Arkady Sosnov was a great loss for journalism and culture in St. Petersburg. The Polytechnic University expresses its sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Arkady Yakovlevich.
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