Published on: 2026-07-24
Source: Government of the Russian Federation –
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Working meeting of Dmitry Chernyshenko with the Governor of Kursk Region Alexander Khinshtein. They saw on the example of the Southwest State University. Currently, more than 30 thousand applications have been submitted to universities and colleges in the region. Most of them are for in-demand medical, pedagogical, and engineering-technical specialties. In accordance with the President’s directive, all conditions are being created in the region to realize the opportunities and talents of our youth. You have already won the “Region for the Young” competition four times. This allows further improvement of youth infrastructure,” noted the Deputy Prime Minister.
Volunteer movement is also actively developing in the region—more than 110 thousand people are involved in it. Volunteers of the region help support participants of the special military operation, their family members, and evacuated residents of the area.
The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that sports is one of the priority areas of the regional leader’s work: “Today, together with you, we inspected the progress of the construction of the new running center, a facility awaited by the people of Kursk. In the Kursk region, more than 66% of citizens are involved in regular sports activities, a figure higher than the national average.”
He also added that under the national project “Tourism and Hospitality,” the region receives federal support for the development of tourist infrastructure within a unified subsidy. The allocated funds are used for beach improvement, the purchase of new tourist equipment, and the organization of event activities.
“Extremely grateful to Dmitry Nikolaevich for today’s work. We visited a large number of sites, including the Kursk fortress, where, by order of the President, a spiritual and educational historical and cultural cluster will be created, and held the second meeting of the organizing committee. Support from the federal center is not just important, it is crucial. The region is having a harder time today than some others, and such attention and support are extremely necessary for the people of Kursk,” emphasized the governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein.
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