Best tour guides and volunteers were awarded at the RUSSIA EXPO
On Youth
Day, the best tour guides, "guides of meaning" of the "More Than a Trip" program, volunteers and employees of the Guest Centre of the Exposition and the
World Youth Festival were awarded at the International RUSSIA EXPO, which has
become one of the venues for federal festivals of the Youth Capital of Russia —
Moscow.
40 distinguished guides, volunteers and partner organizations of the Festival were awarded by Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office. According to him, tour guides convey important values to the younger generation and help them learn about opportunities for development in modern Russia.
"A huge thanks to all the people who created the soul of the World Youth Festival held in March this year in Sochi. More than 20,000 people from 190 countries - and almost every one of them left in love with Russia. During the days of the festival we saw truly happy people, and this was possible thanks to the work of volunteers who invested not just time and effort, but also a part of their soul. More than 17 million people have already visited the RUSSIA EXPO, each of whom left with a feeling of pride for their country. And this is thanks to you!" Sergei Kiriyenko noted.
Natalia Virtuozova, Director General of the RUSSIA EXPO, noted the special contribution of tour guides and volunteers to the atmosphere of the Exposition.
"To date, the Exposition has already been visited by more than 17 million people. They come here not just for fun, but because everyone feels very good here. We award the guys thanks to whose hearts such an atmosphere has been created at our Exposition," said Natalia Virtuozova, Director General of the RUSSIA EXPO.
In addition, the results of the All-Russian contest of programs for the comprehensive development of youth policy in the regions of Russia "Region for the Young", as well as the All-Russian contest of the best regional practices to support volunteerism (volunteering) "Region of Good Deeds" 2024 were summed up.
"The 'Region for the Young' program today really combines a variety of resources, because for every federal ruble invested, that is, for every 5 billion allocated annually, 2 regional rubles are allocated. This is an example of very effective joint work of federal and regional levels, when everyone solves a single priority task," said Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) Ksenia Razuvaeva.
More than 60 thousand excursions were conducted by the Exposition guides. The work of the brightest tour guides was awarded on a monthly basis, and on the Youth Day the best of the best were determined in eight nominations based on the results for the entire period of the Exposition.
One of the awardees was Maria Goltsman, who got married on the Exposition's Youth Day. Maria and her husband Ivan Vetrov are employees of the Exposition Guest centre. Oleg Makarov, Advisor to the Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), congratulated the newlyweds on the remarkable date. He also presented Ivan and Maria with a travel certificate.
Tour guides who conducted the maximum number of excursions were recognized in the nomination "More Than a Champion", and the leaders in the number of positive reviews were awarded in the nomination "More Than People's".
Tour guides who received recognition from representatives of official delegations were also awarded in the "More Than Protocol" category, and the best supervisors were awarded in the "More Than a Supervisor" category. Employees of information desks and the Guest centre were awarded in the nominations "More Than Knowledge" and "More Than an Employee".
Youth tour guides are recognized in the "More Than a Debut" category. And the guides who have become excellent "guides of meanings" for the younger generation could be seen in the nomination "More Than a Friend to Children".
The work of 115 more guides, volunteers of the Association of Volunteer Centres and "Mosvolunteer", employees of the Exposition and WYF-2024 Guest Centre were awarded with a commendation signed by Ksenia Razuvaeva.
Klava Koka, Juliana Karaulova, Anastasia Romanova and many others gave a concert for the guests of the awarding ceremony that day. Karina Kross became one of the presenters. A lot of positive emotions and a charge of good mood were received by all participants of the event.
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.
