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Chairman of the Pskov Region Committee for Transport and Communications Dmitry Razumov took part in a meeting on transport at the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal District, which took place in St. Petersburg. The discussion on the agenda was attended by Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Sergey Aristov, Director General of the North-Western Development and Investment Promotion Agency Slava Khodko, President of the North-Western Association of Transport and Logistics Complexes Andrey Belonogov, representatives of the management of the Oktyabrskaya Railway, the regional border department for the North-West Federal District, Governments of St. Petersburg and other regions of the North-West, as well as large transport and logistics companies. Among the issues discussed were new opportunities for international cooperation in matters of transport and logistics, the implementation of the concept of customs clearance and control of goods in places close to the state border of Russia, and a number of others. / PLN

On November 3, Pechory Business Forum was held in Pechory (Pskov region). The main event of the Forum was the opening of the Information and Consulting Center (ICC). The event was organized by the administration of the Pechora region, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Pskov region, with the assistance of the Danish-Russian program for promoting the economic development of the Pskov region. The CC in Pechory is already the fifth in the region, by the end of November similar centers will be opened in 7 more districts. The Center will provide information and consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses on the organization and main areas of doing business. / PLN

Ruslan Gorodnichev, rector of the Velikoluksky State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports, took part in the annual international conference "Neuroscience", which took place in Chicago (USA). 32 thousand specialists took part in the conference. The forum featured two reports by scientists from the Velikoluksky State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports, one of which was made as part of a joint project with physiologists from the University of California. / PLN

The Pskov State Polytechnic Institute has completed regular events within the framework of the Eurofaculty-Pskov project. Within two weeks, advanced training courses “Development of educational programs based on the principles of a competency-based approach” were completed. A seminar "Eurofaculty - a pilot project for the Europeanization of education in the border areas" was held, which was attended by representatives of partner universities from both Russia and the countries of the Baltic Sea region, employees of authorities and the Pskov State Polytechnic Institute. During the international conference "Problems and Principles of Europeanization of Education in the Border Territories", international experts, representatives of universities, authorities, businesses and other stakeholders discussed the problems of modern education. / PLN

A delegation of teachers from the Pskov region took part in the V Congress of the All-Russian Pedagogical Assembly, which took place on October 28 in Moscow. The theme of the teachers' forum was "Civil Society Institutions in the Implementation of the National Educational Initiative" Our New School ". The Pskov region was represented at the forum by teachers from Pskov, Velikiye Luki, and representatives of higher education. The group was led by a candidate of pedagogical sciences, an employee of the regional institute for advanced training of educators Valery Korolev. The participants of the congress discussed the results of the work of the representatives of the pedagogical assembly in public control of the USE, the mission of the teacher in the implementation of the National Educational Initiative and the participation of the pedagogical assembly in the implementation of the plan of main events for the Year of the Teacher. / PAI

The head of the Pskov community in Moscow, Viktor Fedorov, became president of the largest library in Russia - the Russian State Library. Previously, he was its CEO. Now this post, according to the order of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, was taken by Alexander Visly, who previously oversaw the information technology complex. On October 30, the new general director of the RSL was officially introduced by the Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeev. Minister Avdeev noted the high merits of the former director of the RSL, Viktor Fedorov, who successfully led the team for 11 years. / PLN

Director of the Museum of the History of the City of Nevel (Pskov Region) Lyudmila Maksimovskaya was awarded the title of Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation. According to the official website of the head of state, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the relevant Decree No. 1174 on October 21. Lyudmila Mironovna Maksimovskaya was born on June 9, 1952 in Nevel. Graduated from the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg Herzen Pedagogical University. She worked as a teacher in one of the St. Petersburg schools and a technological institute. Received an invitation to create a museum of history in Nevel. It was opened on May 7, 1993. Now the museum is located in the building of the former postal station, its funds contain about 5 thousand exhibits. Every year the museum holds the Nevelsk Bakhtin Readings and publishes the scientific yearbook Nevelsky Collection. In 1993, L. Maksimovskaya published her first book, Nevelsk Antiquity. In 2006, her collection "Ust-Dolyssky Stories" was published. In 2009, the Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg) published the second edition of this book. / PAI

In the hall of the Pskov branch of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation, an exhibition of graphics by Alexander Stroilo "On Guard of the Borders of the Moscow Kingdom" was opened. The exhibition presents illustrations made in tempera on paper and cardboard for the film, which takes place in Pechory in the 17th century and today. The geography of the events of the film is limited to the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery from Streletskaya Sloboda to the former Pskovskaya Street. 65 graphic works represent reconstructions of these places through the eyes of the artist. They are based on the description of the Pechora settlement by foreign travelers of the 17th-18th centuries. All exhibited works are exhibited for the first time. / PAI

Ceramics artist from the city of Pechora Yuri Peresada was awarded the title of laureate in the nomination "People's Master" for his contribution to the development of folk art. By order of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 17, 2009 No. 1540-r, he was awarded the "Soul of Russia" prize. Yuri Alekseevich Peresada began to engage in ceramics in the 90s of the last century in Central Asia. An amazing path led the master through Tashkent, Sakhalin and Moscow to the Pskov land. Now he is best known as the author of "peasant" dishes and utensils made in the ancient technique of boiling in milk. Recently, the author has taken up stove tiles. Y. Peresada represented the pottery art of the Pskov land at the I Moscow interregional competition of folk craftsmen "Craftsmen's Rus", (2007, Moscow), the exhibition of arts and crafts "Pskov craftsmen" within the framework of the Days of the Pskov region in Latvia, (2007, Riga), the First folk art fair of the North-West of Russia in the Kaliningrad region "Amber Autumn" (2008). / PAI

On October 30, the Izborsk Museum-Reserve (Pechora District, Pskov Region) hosted the opening of an exhibition of Belarusian painted carpets “Belarusian Maliavanki” from the funds of the Zaslavl Museum-Reserve (Republic of Belarus). Painted carpets (“dyvany malyavanya” - Bel.) are a phenomenon in art, an example of folk art in its traditional sense. / PAI