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On February 18, in Pskov, the awarding of the jubilee medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" to veterans began. The opening of the cycle of events took place in the Pskov city cultural center. The ceremony was attended by veterans of the Great Patriotic War, the leadership of the city of Pskov, as well as members of the military-patriotic clubs of the city. More than 60 veterans received the jubilee medal. The awarding of medals to veterans of Pskov will take place over three months. / PLN

Deputy Governor of the Pskov Region Gennady Bezlobenko presented investment sites and business parks of the Pskov Region at the Second Meeting of the EuroRussia Forum. The event took place on February 17 at the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-West Federal District in St. Petersburg. The EuroRussia Forum is a joint project for neighboring regions, which was initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland and the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District. The purpose of the forum is to promote, on the basis of the principle of public-private partnership, the creation of a network of contacts between Finnish and Russian small and medium-sized enterprises in neighboring regions. / PAI

gathered at the monument to the fallen intelligence soldiers On February 21, on the territory of military unit 64044 in Promezhytsy (Pskov), their families and relatives, veterans and colleagues . February 21, 2000 was the most tragic date in the history of the formation, when three special forces groups died at once in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Kharsenoy in the Chechen Republic: 22 soldiers and sergeants and their commanders Mikhail Bochenkov, Alexander Kalinin, Sergey Samoilov, who were posthumously awarded the title Hero of Russia. / PAI

"Snow landing" started in the Pskov region on February 16. The event was organized by the Committee of the Pskov Region on Youth Policy and Sports, as well as the public organization "City Circle of Tourists" and timed to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. More than 50 young people aged 17 to 29 went on a ski trip. The route runs through the places of military glory of the Sebezh region. Last year the teams visited Dedovichi, Pskov and Gdov regions. / PLN

Armen Mnatsakanyan, head of the state department for social protection of the population of the Pskov region, visited Germany on a working trip, where he discussed with the leaders of the Pskov Initiative Foundation the construction of the fourth line of integration workshops in Pskov. During the trip, he got acquainted with the principles of organizing the social sphere, and will also visit social institutions in Düsseldorf, integration workshops, meet with the public and social workers. / PAI

Honorary citizen of Pskov Sergey Shilov joined the Russian Paralympic team to participate in the Paralympic Games in Vancouver. On February 18, in Moscow, on Poklonnaya Hill, a solemn farewell to the team took place. Sergey Shilov plans to compete in cross-country skiing and biathlon. Sergey Shilov was born in 1970 in Pskov. He became a candidate for master of sports in orienteering. At the age of 17, he got into a car accident, in which he received a spinal injury. Since that time, he has been involved in wheelchair sports. In 1992, he was first included in the Paralympic team and participated in the Paralympic Games in Barcelona (Spain). In 1998, Sergey Shilov took 1st place in cross-country skiing at a distance of 5 km at the Paralympic Games in Nagano (Japan). In 2002, at the games in Salt Lake City, he won 3 gold medals: in the relay race, in races at distances of 5 and 15 km. At the same Paralympic Games, he won the silver medal in the 10 km race. At the Winter Paralympic Games in Turin in 2006, he won 2 silver and 1 bronze medals. In 2009 he became a two-time world champion in cross-country skiing. / PAI

On February 18-19, in the Yamm special (correctional) boarding school of the Gdov district, a workshop was held by the Pskov regional branch of the Russian Children's Fund as part of the project "Technology of socio-psychological work with pupils of boarding schools" Correction and development of the maternal sphere ", which in 2009 became the winner of the competition of the Foundation for the Support of Children in Difficult Life Situations. From October 2009 to February 2010, socio-psychological work was carried out in three boarding schools with high school students from the Idritskaya, Opochetskaya and Yammskaya correctional boarding schools. Since February of this year, the training of specialists from these boarding schools began. / PLN

The delegation of the State Museum-Reserve of A. S. Pushkin "Mikhailovskoe" returned from a trip to the Czech Republic. The purpose of the trip was to establish partnerships with the cultural and professional museum community and participate in the international exhibition "World of Holidays". Museum workers met with the Russian Ambassador to the Czech Republic. We discussed the possibility of organizing an exhibition of lithographs from the funds of Mikhailovsky in Prague, holding an international plein air for young artists from Russia and the Czech Republic in the Pushkin Reserve. / PAI

Director of the Archaeological Center of the Pskov Region, Executive Secretary of the Public Council for Culture under the Governor Elena Yakovleva took part in a round table meeting in St. Petersburg dedicated to the problems of preserving the archaeological heritage. The discussion was initiated by the State Hermitage and the Interregional Association of Archaeologists. The meeting was attended by specialists from the regions of Russia, representatives of museums, specialized academic institutions and organizations, monument protection structures, the Base Organization of the Council for Cultural and Spiritual Heritage of the CIS, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. / PAI

The fortresses of the Pskov region were presented at the I International Historical and Tourist Exhibition "Castles, Kremlins and Palaces" from 18 to 21 February 2010 at the International Exhibition Center "Crocus Expo" (Moscow). The exhibition is aimed at promoting the preservation of the world historical heritage, the development of specialized tourism in the historical places of Russia, Europe and Asia, and the establishment of relationships between professionals from different countries. The Izborsk Museum-Reserve has prepared its presentation. Within the framework of the exhibition, seminars were held for specialists, informing about the achievements of science in the field of restoration of monuments, about new technologies in the architecture of palace construction in the climatic conditions of Russia. / PAI

On February 19, the Pskov Museum-Reserve opened an exhibition of photographs by veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ivan Petrovich Salamatov “Serving in the name of the Motherland”. Ivan Petrovich Salamatov, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, worked for many years as a photojournalist for Pskovskaya Pravda. About 150 works are exhibited in the halls of the Pskov Museum-Reserve. / PLN

The exhibition of Estonian book graphics "For the joy of big and small" opened on February 18 in the exhibition hall of the Pskov Museum-Reserve. Along with the Pskov Museum, the exhibition was organized by the Pskov Office of the Consulate General of the Republic of Estonia in St. Petersburg, the Union of Estonian Graphic Designers and the Estonian Center for Children's Literature. The exhibition features about 60 works by 20 of the best graphic artists in Estonia. Among them are Catherine Erlich, Mare Hunt, Regina Lukk-Toompere, Tiija Mets, Maara Vint, Viive Noor and other authors. / PLN