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Until January 19, 2009, the procedure for nominating candidates for the post of head of the district in 9 municipalities of the Pskov region will last. The nomination of candidates began on 26 December. Territorial election commissions accept applications for the desire to become a candidate for the elections of heads of districts until 18.00 on January 19. March 1, 2009 elections of heads will be held in 9 districts of the Pskov region: Bezhanitsky, Gdovsky, Dnovsky, Novorzhevsky, Ostrovsky, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky, Pustoshkinsky and Usvyatsky regions. / PLN

1,336 New Year and Christmas gifts were handed over to needy children by employees of the Pskov regional branch of the Russian Children's Fund with the support of philanthropists. On January 7, 2009, the Pskov Children's Fund, together with the Main State Department for Social Development of the Pskov Region, held a Christmas tree in the City Cultural Center (GCC) of Pskov. 60 children from social rehabilitation centers, Dnovsky, Dedovichsky, Novorzhevsky, Usvyatsky, Pskov and Palkinsky shelters were invited to the holiday. / PAI

On December 29, a meeting of the regional anti-drug commission was held at the Administration of the Pskov Region. Valery Yakovlev, head of the FSKN of Russia for the Pskov region, heads of law enforcement and law enforcement agencies of the region and structural subdivisions of the Administration of the Pskov region took part in its work. The participants of the meeting summed up the results of work in the field of combating drug smuggling, and also considered the issue of organizing interaction between the subjects of operational-search activity, whose competence includes participating in the fight against this type of crime. Yuri Zhukov, Deputy Head of the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia for the Pskov Region, made a presentation. / PLN

December 29 in the administration of the Pskov region and. Governor of the region Igor Maksimov and Chairman of the Russian National World Heritage Committee under the Russian Commission for UNESCO Igor Makovetsky signed an Agreement to include the nomination "Great Pskov" in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010. The ceremony was attended by the Executive Secretary of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Vice Governor of the Pskov Region Alexei Saprykin, Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Pskov Sergey Efimenko, Chairman of the Regional Assembly Boris Polozov, Chairman of the Committee on Investments of the Pskov Region Dmitry Razumov, Chairman of the Committee on Culture Zinaida Ivanova and others. Under the signed Agreement, the parties undertake to develop, maintain and agree on jointly prepared project documents, cooperate in the development and implementation of activities aimed at recognizing the nomination "Monuments of ancient Pskov" ("Great Pskov") as a World Heritage Site, consider the creation of the Pskov regional branch of the UNESCO Chair. / PLN

Deputy of the Regional Assembly from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Agroindustrial Complex and Nature Management Alexander Rogov, by the decision of the conference of the regional organization of the All-Russian trade union of military personnel, headed the trade union of military personnel of the Pskov region. Alexander Rogov, a retired professional military man, who at one time graduated from the Minsk Suvorov Military School, then the Sverdlovsk Higher Military-Political Tank and Artillery School, served in the Western Group of Forces. / PLN

Prizes of the administration of the Pskov region were awarded for the best works in the field of culture and art, architecture and journalism. In the field of literature, the prize of the administration of the Pskov region was awarded to Alexander Bologov, a member of the Writers' Union of Russia, for the book "Not one's own will." In the field of fine arts, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, Igor Makeev, was recognized as the best for creating the painting “Vacation”. In the field of musical art, the prize was awarded to a teacher of the Pskov Regional College. N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov to Arkady Galkovsky for the cycle of musical and educational programs “All this Jazz”. In the field of theatrical art - stage director Dmitry Vasiliev for staging the play "Uncle's Dream" by the Pskov Academic Drama Theater. A. S. Pushkin. In the field of journalism, it was decided to award Denis Kamalyagin, editor of the department of the Pskov Province newspaper, for a series of articles devoted to the preservation of monuments of ancient Russian painting in Pskov. In the field of architecture, the prize was awarded to Evgeny Golman, chief architect of Pskovgrazhdanproekt Institute, for the Office Center project. Additional prizes were awarded to: Andrey Kanavshchikov, director-editor-in-chief of the Velikolukskaya Pravda publishing house, member of the Writers' Union of Russia, for the book Civilization of Threesomes; Member of the Union of Writers of Russia Mikhail Ivanov for the collection of essays "For Whom the Bells Toll". Nikolai and Maria Nikitenko for the book Elected People from the Land of Pskov, and Gennady Alekseev, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, for the series of landscapes On the Native Land. / PLN

A book by the modern historian Konstantin Obozny “History of the Pskov Orthodox Mission. 1941-1944". This work was published by the Society of Church History Lovers and the Publishing House of the Krutitsy Patriarchal Compound under the Synodal Department for Youth Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church. The book was published as part of the program to support young scientists implemented by the Society jointly with the Department of Youth Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate in the series Materials on the History of the Church. The study by Konstantin Obozny examines in detail all aspects of the activities of the Pskov Mission, created in the North-West of Russia during the German occupation in 1941, namely its composition, structure and canonical position, its liturgical, catechistic, economic activities, its deeds of mercy and charity. / PAI

The Christmas concert of the Laureate of International Festivals - the choir of St. Nicholas Lyubyatovskaya Church took place on January 8 in the Pskov club "TIR". The concert program included Christmas chants and carols, arrangements of Russian folk songs, choral sacred and secular music of Russian and foreign composers: Bortnyansky, Dargomyzhsky, Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Falik, Gavrilin, Pyart, Tvardovsky, Svelinka, Bach and many others. The choir is a laureate of the International Festival of Church Music Hajnówka-2002 (Poland), established in 1996. In addition to singing at divine services, the choir conducts intensive concert activities in Russia and abroad. / PLN

On January 11, the Diocesan Christmas Concert took place at the Concert Hall of the Pskov Regional Philharmonic. The concert featured works by Mikhail Glinka, Dmitry Bortnyansky and other Russian composers. The chants were performed by the church choirs of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Church of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky, the Ilyinsky and Lyubyatovsky churches. The choir of the city's clergy also performed. The Diocesan Concert is held once a year on Christmas Day. In Pskov it is organized by Lyubov Bykova, director of the Bishops' Choir. / PAI

On January 14, in the branch of the museum-reserve "Izborsk" - the museum-estate of the Seto people in the village of Sigovo, Vasily's Day will be celebrated. The holiday will be held by the custodian of funds Eni Lyiv and the chairman of the ethno-cultural Setu Society of the Pechora region Helju Mayak. On Vasiliev Day, the New Year is traditionally celebrated according to the old style. Saint Basil the Great was considered the patron saint of pig breeding and the guardian of gardens. / PLN