The final of the "Russian School Spring" festival to bring together over 1,800 talented school students in Stavropol
A press conference dedicated to the National Final of the IV All-Russian project-festival "Russian School Spring", which will take place in Stavropol from 15 to 20 May, was held in the "Space of Opportunities" Conference Hall at the National Centre RUSSIA. The event will bring together creative school students aged 12 to 18 from across the country.
"This year, the final of Russian School Spring will unite more than 1,800 gifted young children from 89 regions of the country and will become one of the key events within the creative track of the Movement of the First in implementing the National Project 'Youth and Children'. For us, Russian School Spring is not just an opportunity to support talented young people. It is a real contribution to shaping a modern creative elite that will ensure the development of national culture and the arts in the coming decades,” said Hero of Russia, Chairman of the Board of the Movement of the First, Artur Orlov.
Participants will present more than 800 contest entries to the expert council across 10 creative tracks and special nominations: "Regional Programme", "Vocal", "Instrumental", "Dance", "Theatre", "Original Genre", "Fashion", "Media", as well as the special nominations "Small Homeland of the First" and "KVN. Children". Cultural and educational venues across the city of Stavropol will serve as platforms for each competition track.
This year, 14 delegations have also prepared regional programmes: the Stavropol Territory, the Saratov Region, the Chelyabinsk Region, the Kemerovo Region – Kuzbass, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Perm Territory, the Rostov Region, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, the Tyumen Region, the Ivanovo Region, the city of Sevastopol, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Saint Petersburg, and the Belgorod Region.
"Most importantly, the Russian Union of Youth continues to develop student creativity not only at the regional but also at the federal level. The year 2026 in Russia has been declared the Year of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia, and within the Russian Union of Youth it is the Year of Regional Organisations. Therefore, it is important for us to create a true community that unites all creative school students across the country. The official awards ceremony of the festival will take place on 19 May̗, after all assessments of the contest entries will be finished. At the ceremony, more than 250 awardees of I, II and III degrees will be announced across the nominations of the festival. The closing ceremony of the IV All-Russian Festival "Russian School Spring" will also take place on the evening of 19 May. There, the winners in the "Regional Programme" track will be announced, as well as the Grand Prix winners in each track, and the results of the overall team evaluations," noted Chairman of the Russian Union of Youth Dmitry Pokrovsky.
This year, 60 jury members will evaluate the contest entries across all tracks. These include cultural figures, Honoured Artists, as well as graduates of the "Russian Student Spring" programme. Among them are Honoured Artist of Russia, leading soloist of the Moscow Operetta Theatre, Associate Professor of the Department of Vocal Art at the Kobzon Institute of Theatre Arts, Svetlana Krinitskaya; designer, author and producer of cultural projects, member of the Union of Designers of Russia, Emma Vasilyeva; director and lecturer at the Higher School of Performing Arts of Konstantin Raikin, Sasha Summ; screenwriter, playwright, television producer and editor of the KVN Higher League, Mikhail Marfin, and others.
The festival is a flagship project of the Movement of the First and a project of the Russian Union of Youth, included in the programme for the support and development of youth creativity named "Studvesna" ("Russian Student Spring"). The project is implemented within the framework of the National Project "Youth and Children" and is held with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
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