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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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"The revival of the Soviet tradition of student construction brigades is crucial for developing the construction industry's human resources. Young professionals, by participating in the country's largest infrastructure projects, gain real-world work experience and a first glimpse of the profession. The number of participants is growing every year. While 21,000 people completed the construction brigades program in 2021, by 2025, this figure will exceed 50,000. Overall, over 170,000 students have participated in construction brigades since 2021. We see that young people are interested in this field and are willing to work in the construction industry to improve people's quality of life. The national project "Infrastructure for Life" sets highly ambitious goals for Russia's construction industry, ensuring that construction workers of all specialties will always have work," said Marat Khusnullin.
In 2025, All-Russian student construction projects took place at Rosatom facilities, including the "Peaceful Atom" project in the Chelyabinsk Region, the "Peaceful Atom – Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant" project in the Leningrad Region, the "Peaceful Atom – Breakthrough" project in the Tomsk Region, and the Siberian Ring Photon Source in the Novosibirsk Region. Students also worked at Gazprom facilities: the Chayandinskoye field in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the Kovyktinskoye field in the Irkutsk Region, and the construction of an integrated natural gas processing and liquefaction complex near the Ust-Luga seaport in the Leningrad Region. In the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in the Republic of Tatarstan, students participated in the construction of a 22-building residential complex. Students also contributed to the final stage of a bridge across the Ob River near Surgut.
International projects were launched at the El Dabaa nuclear power plants in Egypt, Akkuyu in Turkey, Rooppur in Bangladesh, and Kudankulam in India. Students also rejoined the All-Belarusian Patriotic Center construction project and worked at the Gazprom Center site in Minsk.
"Russian student brigades play a vital role in training young professionals for the construction industry. In 2007, they were entrusted with the construction of the Olympic facilities in Sochi. Since then, the scale of infrastructure projects and the level of employers have only grown. Construction brigades participated in the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome and the Ob River Bridge, are building nuclear power plants in Russia and abroad, the modern Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), infrastructure projects in the gas industry, residential neighborhoods, roads, and much more. Thanks to the support of the Russian government, a free vocational training program for student brigades has been in effect since 2021. In 2025 alone, 8,973 specialists in 35 professions were trained in construction. "Our goal is to ensure that young future specialists acquire work skills while still studying and increase their competitiveness in the labor market—this is critical for the industry's further development," emphasized Mikhail Kiselev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Student Teams, and member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.
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