Karachay-Cherkessia Day: astrophysics, the world's largest telescope and millions of tourists
The winter
ski season at the republic's resorts was opened directly from the RUSSIA EXPO -
on the Day of the Region at VDNH a teleconference of the head of the region
Rashid Temrezov with the resorts of Arkhyz and Dombai was organized. The head
of the republic gave a live start to the winter ski season on the territory of
the republic.
"With
the support of President Vladimir Putin and the Government of the Russian
Federation, thanks to the hard work of each resident, today Karachay-Cherkessia
is a stable, calm, dynamically developing region - an integral part of the
Russian Federation. The jubilee year was a breakthrough year for
Karachay-Cherkessia, in many respects - a lot of social projects aimed at
improving the quality of life of our citizens have been implemented", -
said the head of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Rashid Temrezov.
Much
attention in the presentation of the region is paid to the tourism industry,
which shows annual growth. While in 2013 the Arkhyz All-Season Resort was
visited by about 100 thousand guests, in 2023 the number of visitors reached
830 thousand. By 2030, 26 cable cars with a total length of 34.5 kilometers, 61
ski tracks with a total length of more than 75.5 kilometers and eight thousand
accommodations are planned to be created on the territory of ATRC Arkhyz.
Few people
know that Karachay-Cherkessia is an astrophysical republic. Here there is the
largest center of ground-based astronomical observations in Russia - the
Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences and one of the
largest telescopes in the world with a mirror weighing 42 tons. You can learn
more about this direction at the lecture "Closer to the Stars".
The guests
of the Exposition can also get acquainted with the gastronomic diversity of the
republic at the fair of agricultural producers, as well as at the "House
of Russian cuisine", where the chef, ambassador of Caucasian hospitality
at the RUSSIA EXPO and president of the North Caucasian Culinary Association
Beso Chechenov presented the national dishes of the peoples of
Karachay-Cherkessia to the visitors.
Local
handicrafts are displayed at the exposition of arts and crafts: gold sewing,
felting, mat weaving. Here you can also take part in a workshop on folk crafts.
According to the head of the republic, during the month of the Exposition, the stand of Karachay-Cherkessia was visited by about 500 thousand people.
The International RUSSIA EXPO is the most important achievements of the country gathered in one place. The expositions of 89 Russian regions, leading federal departments, corporations and public organizations are presented to the visitors. The International RUSSIA EXPO is held at VDNH in Moscow from November 4, 2023 to April 12, 2024.
The lecture "Come and See: The Feat of Newsreel Cameramen during the Great Patriotic War" took place as part of the "Thursday. Development".
The centre has become the first, unique, and multifunctional exhibition venue in Belarus, operated by the National Exhibition Centre "BelExpo."
On May 8, the audience at the National Centre RUSSIA enjoyed a performance by a combined children's wind orchestra, which launched the festive concert programme.
