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The winners of the 10th All-Russian Competition of the Best Projects for Creating a Comfortable Urban Environment and the 4th Competition for the Subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District were announced at the plenary session of the All-Russian Forum "Development of Small Towns and Historical Settlements". The plenary session was attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin and Minister of Construction of Russia Irek Faizullin.

"Improvement of public spaces is an important element of regional development. It not only transforms cities, but also improves the quality of life of people. An effective tool in this work has become the federal project "Formation of a Comfortable Urban Environment", launched by the decision of the President. Since 2019, almost 74 thousand public and courtyard spaces have been transformed, 926 winning projects of the All-Russian competition for the creation of a comfortable urban environment have been implemented. Today, the results of the anniversary 10th All-Russian competition and the 4th competition for the regions of the Far East were summed up. 294 projects became winners, including 54 projects in the Far Eastern Federal District, which will be implemented in 2026-2027. Among the winning projects are 123 parks, 41 embankments, 42 squares, 88 streets and pedestrian zones. This means that there will be even more modern, comfortable public spaces in our country where it is pleasant to spend time with family and loved ones,” noted Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

The All-Russian competition has been organized by the Ministry of Construction of Russia since 2018 on the instructions of the President. In 2025, the rules for its holding changed: now small towns and key settlements with a population of up to 5 thousand residents, as well as historical settlements of federal and regional significance (except for cities of federal significance) can participate in it. In addition, the new rules provide for the removal of restrictions on participation in the competition for historical settlements that are administrative centers with a population of up to 300 thousand people. The expansion of the number of potential participants made it possible to include an additional 15 cities in the competition.

All applications submitted to the competition were selected by leading experts in the fields of architecture, urban development policy, economics, sociology, protection of cultural heritage sites and archeology. During the review of the projects, the expert commission paid special attention to the quality of the development of architectural and planning concepts, the preservation of cultural and historical heritage and natural landscape, as well as the use of environmentally friendly building materials. The final selection of winners was carried out by the federal competition commission headed by Marat Khusnullin.

"Thanks to the All-Russian competition, courtyards, parks, squares, embankments and pedestrian streets are annually renovated throughout the country, playgrounds and sports grounds are arranged, historical territories are developed, cultural and historical heritage sites are restored, a new generation of architects, urban planners, planners, designers and urbanists is brought up. This year, new regions that became part of Russia are taking part in the All-Russian competition for the third time: the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions submitted 25 applications, of which two became winners. During the competition, 1,609 winning projects were selected: 679 parks, 301 embankments, 262 squares, 367 streets and pedestrian zones. I would like to note that the modern urban environment is not only comfort and convenience, but also new jobs and increased commercial activity. The enormous work carried out over the past few years has helped not only to create even more comfortable, safe and beautiful spaces, but also to achieve a significant economic and social effect. Thanks to the joint work of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Construction of Russia, regions and the expert community, within the framework of the competition, 85 subjects of the Russian Federation received almost 27 thousand jobs, as well as over 6 thousand objects of entrepreneurial activity," said Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities Irek Faizullin.

From 2019 to 2024, the All-Russian competitions for the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environment were held within the framework of the federal project "Formation of a Comfortable Urban Environment" of the national project "Housing and Urban Environment", aimed at creating a new look for cities and renewing public spaces. Since 2025, the project has been implemented as part of the national project "Infrastructure for Life". In 2025, 19 projects – winners of the competition – were implemented.

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Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova took part in the opening ceremony of the IV International Children's Cultural Forum at the Moscow Palace of Pioneers. The forum will continue its work until August 23.

"The forum is being held for the fourth time, and during this time, extensive educational and cultural experience has been accumulated. Almost 2 thousand children from all regions of our country and 17 countries of the world came – Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Oman, Turkey, Serbia, Cuba and others. Such a wide representation, of course, indicates that the forum is traditionally an effective platform for international cultural dialogue, communication of our future creators. Children from all regions of our country and foreign countries can meet here, share their creative developments and plans. Every year we integrate new communication formats into the forum program, thereby forming a cultural code," Tatyana Golikova noted in her speech.

The space of the Palace of Pioneers has become a grand creative platform where aspiring musicians, artists, actors and journalists can demonstrate their talents, communicate with famous cultural figures and create their own projects.

According to the established tradition, the curators of the forum's areas are outstanding figures in Russian culture: Sergei Bezrukov (artistic director of the Moscow Provincial Theatre, People's Artist of the Russian Federation), Yevgeny Mironov (artistic director of the State Theatre of Nations, People's Artist of the Russian Federation) and Edgard Zapashny (general director of the Bolshoi Moscow State Circus on Vernadsky Avenue, People's Artist of the Russian Federation) – "Theater and Circus", Kristina Trubinova (general director of the A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum) – "Museums and Fine Arts", Egor Druzhinin (choreographer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation) – "Choreography", Dmitry Bak (director of the V.I. Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature) – "Literature and Journalism", Gavriil Gordeyev (general producer of Okko, president and ideologist of the International Festival of Children's, Family Cinema and Animation "Bear Cub") – "Cinema and animation”, Olga Khomova (General Director of the State Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation) – “Music”.

Every day, the curators and speakers of the forum will meet with participants at various venues, conduct master classes, hold open dialogues, answer questions and share invaluable experience and knowledge. Together with the State Fund for Support of Participants of the Special Military Operation "Defenders of the Fatherland", a lecture by veterans of the SVO "Serving the Fatherland. Preserving Memory" will be held, as well as the traditional action "Letter to a Soldier", within the framework of which children – participants of the forum write letters to SVO fighters.

A total of 107 events will be held from August 21 to 23, with 120 speakers taking part in the program.

The event is organized by the Russian Ministry of Culture and Rosconcert.

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From the transcript:

M. Mishustin: Dear Rustam Nurgalievich!

Kazan is very hospitable and beautiful. It is one of the top three largest cities in terms of the quality of the urban environment. And, of course, the residents see it.

The organization of the most significant events in Kazan is always at the highest level. I want to thank you, the whole team, who in a short time organized everything in order to host the All-Russian competition on historical settlements and small towns. Today the final will be announced. I want to congratulate in advance all who will become winners.

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Mikhail Mishustin took part in the All-Russian forum "Development of small towns and historical settlements"

And in general, the region you lead is one of the most developed in the country. Special economic zones are successfully operating. "Alabuga" is one of the largest and most effective industrial territories in the country. You recently launched another zone – "Green Valley", which unites enterprises of a very promising environment – biotechnology.

I would like to ask you to say a few words about the economy of the Republic and, of course, the immediate plans.

R. Minnikhanov: Mikhail Vladimirovich! Thank you very much!

It is a great honor for us to host such a forum, and your personal participation in it. We are sincerely grateful.

The topic – it concerns the whole country, the quality of life. And the government is primarily assessed by the quality of life of the population. What is being done in the country today. All programs, national projects and especially support for small towns, historical settlements significantly change our country.

As for the economic situation. Last year, we exceeded the figure of 5 trillion in gross regional product – this is almost 4% growth. The volume of shipped industrial products amounted to more than 5.6 trillion rubles – also growth of about 5%. The volume of construction work – also growth of 17%, 908 billion rubles. We commissioned 3 million 400 thousand square meters of housing, every year in recent years we have been commissioning more than 3 million. Agriculture is also growing – 341 billion rubles of products.

And most importantly, the evaluation criterion is investments in fixed capital. The figure was 1 trillion 430 billion rubles – also with growth.

As for this year, of course, there were some concerns about the rate, markets, restrictions. Nevertheless, for now, the gross product is growing at 2.6% over 7 months. And industrial production is growing at 9.7%.

To be continued…

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