The winners of the "Far East – Land of Adventures" competition were awarded at the National Centre RUSSIA
On March 5, the National Centre RUSSIA hosted a ceremonial awards event for the winners of the second season of the All-Russian "Far East – Land of Adventures" travel competition. The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, Yuri Trutnev, announced that the "Far East – Land of Adventures" competition would be extended to the Arctic. This instruction to expand the competition to the Arctic territories was given by the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
"Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who participated in the competition. Thank you for traveling, because this makes the world better, it makes your life better. You spread the love for Russia, you spread the love for our Far East. I am sure that the competition will continue. We will see many more wonderful films. The competition started with applications from two hundred people, and this year the number of participants tripled to more than six hundred. At first glance, it seems that it is a personal matter where someone decides to travel. But this is not the case. With every route that travelers have passed through the Far East of our country, which they have told about and made a film about, people are increasingly discovering the beautiful Far Eastern territories," emphasized Yuri Trutnev.
The guests of the event were welcomed by the Director General of the National Centre RUSSIA, Natalia Virtuozova.
"It is a great honor for us that the results of the competition are being announced today at the National Centre RUSSIA, which was created by the order of our President. Yesterday, a large-scale exposition, 'Journey Across Russia,' opened at the National Centre, and it begins with an incredible exposition of the Far East. As the President says, the Far East is a special place on the planet with enormous potential. The goal of the National Centre RUSSIA and our like-minded colleagues gathered here is one — to make people fall in love with our country, with our Russia," said Natalia Virtuozova.
The All-Russian "Far East – Land of Adventures" travel competition is held under the initiative of Yuri Trutnev with the support of the office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic, the JSC "Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic," and the NGO "Fund for the Development of Social Initiatives." The submission of applications for the second season of the All-Russian competition for the best travel in the "Far East – Land of Adventures" concluded in late December. In total, 664 films were submitted to the organizing committee, which is three times more than in 2022.
Most participants traveled to the Sakhalin region, where 142 films about active travels were made. In addition, 112 films about adventures in the Khabarovsk region, 110 in the Kamchatka region, 70 in the Primorye region, 57 in the Amur region, 46 in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 42 films in the Republic of Buryatia, 26 in the Zabaykalsky region, and 21 in the Jewish Autonomous Region were submitted for jury evaluation. There were 20 and 18 films from the Chukotka Autonomous Area and the Magadan region, respectively.
The main prize for the best travel video about the Far East was 3 million rubles. The winner of the nomination received 1 million rubles, second place in the nominations earned 300,000 rubles, and third place received 100,000 rubles. Additionally, the Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Area, Vladislav Kuznetsov, introduced a special prize of 1 million rubles, which was awarded to participants who submitted travel videos about Chukotka.
The "Grand Prix" (best travel in the Far East) went to Ilya Bolshakov, a senior research fellow at the Geological Faculty of Moscow State University, for his travel across the Sakhalin region.
In the "Best Hiking Travel" category, first and third places were awarded to travels across the Sakhalin region. Both travelers are residents of Moscow. The first place in the "Best Water Travel" category went to Viktor Kitsan, who presented an eight-minute film titled "Home," about family, love, strength, and a journey across the Sea of Japan. The second place in the "Best Water Travel" category went to Valery Reitenberg from the Khabarovsk region for his journey to the Kuril Islands. Third place went to a journey through the Kamchatka region. Vyacheslav Borisovsky, a resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, presented the film "Kamchatka. On the Distant Shores." Two places in the "Best Winter Travel" category – second and third – were taken by journeys across Buryatia. The awards were received by residents of the region. Buda Tsydypov, who took second place, organizes hiking tourism with a focus on mountaineering and helps organize ecological trails in the Eastern Sayan mountains. The first place in the "Best Winter Travel" category went to Mikhail Nepogodin, a resident of the Khabarovsk region, for his journey through the Bajal Range, a mountain chain stretching across the Verkhnebureinsky district. The winner of the "Unlimited Opportunities" category was Yelena Zinovyeva, who traveled through Kamchatka with her son. Twelve-year-old Diana Abazova won in the "Best Children's Travel" category. The winner in the "Best Travel with Marine Life" category was Valentin Morozov from Moscow, for his journey to the Greenland whales in the Wrangel Bay of the Khabarovsk region. The winner of the special category "Best Travel in Chukotka" was Nikita Bereznyakov. He presented the film "On Foot Across Chukotka. In the Footsteps of Ancient Eskimos." The out-of-competition award for "Best Nature Film" was given to the feature-length film "Fire Fox."
