2015, February 16-20,
Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry,
Higher School of Economics,
Moscow

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Venue: Department of Mathematics, HSE, room 1001, 10-th floor.

For some general advice to the Laboratory's visitors, please see here.

Highest School of Economics is a big research university which has many buildings in different parts of Moscow. The Faculty of Mathematics's address is Vavilova, 7 (in Cyrillics: улица Вавилова, дом 7). The Steklov Institute is situated in 20 minutes of walking (straight along Vavilova street) from Vavilova, 7.

The participants of the conference are housed in the top 3 floors of the building of Faculty of Mathematics (Vavilova, 7).

Getting there from the airport

There are three international airports in Moscow: Sheremet'yevo (KLM, Air France, Aeroflot), Domodedovo (British Airways, Iberia, Lufthansa) and Vnukovo (Air Berlin, Germanwings). All three are connected to Moscow through a high-speed railway, called Aeroexpress, with moderately priced tickets (approx. $12). Taxi to Moscow would cost $60-$150, and during the day it can be very slow due to traffic jams.

Unless you go through Vnukovo, you would lose several hours by going by taxi instead of the train. Vnukovo is situated in the same direction from the center of Moscow as the Steklov and HSE, and it would make more sense to take taxi from here, because you might avoid most traffic jams by not going through the center.

The Aeroexpress (train) timetables are available from their official site: [ Sheremetyevo | Domodedovo | Vnukovo ]. The point of arrival is a rail terminal, which is connected to a subway station: Byelorusskaya for Sheremet'yevo, Paveletskaya for Domodedovo, and Kievskaya for Vnukovo.

The map of Moscow Metro (subway) is found in Wikipedia. You should go to the orange (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya) line, if you go from the green line, you change at Tretyakovskaya-Novokuznetskaya, if you go by the brown line, you change at Oktyabr'skaya.

The HSE Faculty of Mathematics (Vavilova, 7) building is about 200 meters from the Leninskiy Prospect metro station, and Steklov Institute is 1300 meters from Akademicheskaya and 1900 meters from Leninskiy Prospekt.

Vavilova, 7

The whole building, which is the highest building in the neighbourhood, belongs to Academy of Sciences. HSE uses only 2-nd floor (Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry) 3-rd floor (Faculty of Mathematics) and 10-th floor (the hotel). The entrance to these 3 floors is separate (from the left); you have to show your documents to the guard below and take the elevator. It is marked with "Профессорская Гостиница ВШЭ" (professors' hotel of HSE). Participants who are housed in Vavilova, 7 will receive a continental breakfast every morning.

The Vavilova, 7 building is 200 meters from the Leninskiy Prospect metro station. The Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry has a separate page with more maps and directions to the site.

Sightseeing

The district where the Steklov and HSE belong is situated south-west of Moscow center, within 60-90 minutes of walking from Kremlin and Saint Basil. This part of the city is known as "Akademicheskij rayon" (academic district), because of predominance of Academy of Science establishments.

Most of it was built in 1950-ies, by German prisoners of war and prisoners of GULAG. The style is known as "stalinist Empire style", because Stalinist architectors of this time tried to model their building after the XIX century Empire style (the neo-classical style which was in fashion in the first half of XIX century). Highlights of this style include the Ploshchad' Gagarina (formerly Kaluzhskaya Zastava) and, of course, Moscow University, both within easy walk from Steklov and HSE (1 | 2). Many Academy institutes on Vavilova street, also build in 1950-ies, are striking specimens of the Stalinist Empire style, embellished with peculiar symbolic images.

Other popular walks include the Observation Platform in Sparrow Hills, situated next to the University, which provides a beautiful view of Moscow from above, and the Novodevichiy convent next to the Moscow river, founded in 1524, Donskoy Monastery, 1591, 20 minutes of walk north from the Vavilova, 7 building, and Danilov Monastery (1303), about 35 minutes east ( 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 )


Shopping and restaurants

There is an enormously huge hypermarket (Auchan) next to the Vavilova 7 (HSE hotel) place. There is a food court at the top level of Auchan, with many different franchises, including some sushi and some Chinese wok-style food. The areas near the metro stations are full of small shops and fast food stands. The Leninskiy Prospect street between Steklov and the Leninskiy Prospekt metro is a busy avenue with many kinds of shops and restaurants.

Vavilova, 7 building has its own cafeteria on 10-th floor (diametrally opposite to room 1001, which is our lecture hall). It is open between 10 and 17; the food is edible.

Most shops in Moscow close up very late in the evening, and many of them work during the night. Auchan closes at 11:00 PM.

Miscellanea

Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications