In the Irkutsk region, the student squad movement is actively developing, in 2012 ecological squads were created for the first time, they cleaned the shores of Lake Baikal, and in 2013 this practice is planned to expand. The number of service squads and guides is also growing, and students participation in major construction projects and social projects in the region and the country brings them not only experience, but also higher pay. Now there are 27 squads of different profiles in the region, united in six public organizations.

The Youth Personnel Center carried out work aimed at developing the student squad movement in the Irkutsk Region. Thus, in 2012, on the instruction of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, three environmental student squads were formed for the first time, and their efforts organized cleanup of the shores of Lake Baikal in the Olkhonsky, Slyudyansky, and Irkutsky districts. In total, 56 student squad members were employed. In 2013, it is planned to expand the practice of organizing environmental squads.
In addition, the number of service squads and conductors has increased. In 2011, 250 people worked in student conductor squads, and in 2012 – more than 400. In 2013, it is planned to attract about 500 members.
More than 500 student squad members from the Irkutsk Region took part in the construction of socially significant facilities for the region and the Russian Federation, including students who carried out archaeological rescue work in the bed of the Boguchanskaya Hydroelectric Power Station and the construction of Olympic facilities for “Sochi 2014.” Irkutsk student squads also took part in the construction of the “Lena,” M53 “Baikal,” “Chita – Khabarovsk,” and “Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Okha” highways, carried out track repairs at JSC “Russian Railways” branch “VSTZhD,” etc.
To increase wages for members of construction student squads, the Ministry of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region conducts instructional seminars in in-demand specialties. Thanks to skills upgrading, in 2012 it was possible to raise the wage level in student squads by 15-20%. In construction squads, the average salary was 25 thousand rubles, and in conductor squads – about 20 thousand rubles.
At present, six public associations have been created in the Irkutsk Region, representing 27 squads of various profiles. These are environmental, construction, pedagogical, service squads, and student conductor squads. Headquarters of student squads have been established in 11 municipal entities of the Irkutsk Region.