In Irkutsk, Student Spring 2009 ended, a traditional festival that this year brought together more than 1300 students from 24 schools in the region. The program included rock, rap and theater festivals, as well as exhibitions of scientific and technical creativity within the Robotics project. More than seven hundred young participants from different cities of Angara won awards, confirming that the region has many talented and creative young people.

The traditional student festival “Student Spring-2009” concluded on Sunday with a gala concert at the Panorama cultural and leisure center. The festival took place from April 8 to 26 at venues of higher and secondary specialized educational institutions in Irkutsk
Its program included rock, rap, and theater festivals, as well as the regional stage of the federal project “Robotics” — exhibitions of scientific and technical creativity by young people.
More than seven hundred young people from the Angara region were recognized as laureates of the festival — representatives of 172 amateur creative groups from Irkutsk, Angarsk, Nizhneudinsk, Taishet, Bratsk, and the Bokhansky District.
“This year, more than 1,300 students from 14 higher and 10 secondary specialized educational institutions in the region took part in Student Spring,” said Igor Ivanov, Deputy Minister for Physical Culture, Sports, and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region. “This shows that we have talented young people. We strive to support them and develop the creativity of the younger generation. After all, bright, creative youth are the future of the region and the country.”
As a reminder, the event was organized by the Ministry for Physical Culture, Sports, and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region, the Department for Physical Culture, Sports, and Youth Policy of the Committee on Social Policy and Culture of the Irkutsk City Administration, the Council of Rectors of higher education institutions, and the Council of Directors of secondary specialized educational institutions of Irkutsk.