🇷🇺🤝🇮🇳 On August 8, the Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Alexey Shaposhnikov and the Ambassador of India to Russia Vinay Kumar deliberated on the development of bilateral relations at the level of capitals and regions.

Key points:

- Moscow is developing ties with four Indian states: Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra

- Cooperation was discussed in the joint development of the Northern Sea Route, education, transport, and digital services

- India plans to actively participate in the International Municipal Forum of BRICS countries, which will be held on August 27-28, 2024

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📆 #OTD, on September 16, 1915, for the first time in the history of navigation, Boris Vilkitsky (1885-1961), Russian hydrographer and explorer of the Arctic, made a through route from Vladivostok to Arkhangelsk.

🟣The expedition began in Vladivostok on July 7, 1914, on the icebreaking steamers “Vaygach” and “Taymyr”.

☝️ During the expedition extensive scientific research was carried out: winds, currents, ice condition, depths of the northern seas were studied. The coordinates of the points of the southern coast of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago were determined and the strait between the Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea, named in Vilkitsky's honor, was discovered. This voyage was a milestone in the history of world navigation and Arctic exploration.

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