We would like to thank the Karelian Center for Strategic Research and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Karelia for inviting us to join the pilot industrial tourism route for existing enterprises in Petrozavodsk.
Yesterday, together with our colleagues, we visited:
The stand of the republic tells visitors about the traditions, history and culture of the region, presents the tourist, scientific and industrial potential of Karelia
You can vote for Karelia's stand at https://russia.ru/voting/region.
Please take an electronic survey that will help you understand the main problems of our territory and help you find growth points. The questionnaire is anonymous, and the study takes place in all regions of Karelia. The approximate polling time is up to 10 minutes. We will be very grateful for your participation.
Questionnaire: forms.gle/xX9HeXpbhg...
We have recorded the first podcast ‘Stone Necklace of Karelia’! Let us remind you that our goal is to preserve and popularise the mining heritage. We plan to invite geologists, historians, local historians who are engaged in the study, preservation and popularisation in this sphere.
Within the framework of the project ‘Industrial Karelia: New Dimensions’ active work is being carried out in Pitkyaranta. In the Brick Yard of the Local History Club ‘Obereg’ new showcases and signs with the description of bricks have appeared.
On 12 June, an expedition to Suojärvi district took place within the framework of the project ‘Industrial Karelia: New Dimensions’.
The purpose of the expedition was to search for iron ore and building stone mine workings related to the activities of the Suojärvi iron smelting plant.
Nikolay Georgievich Oskin, the project manager, opened the event by presenting the general results and achievements of the project. Ksenia Chumak told about how the collection came into being. The publication consists of two parts, the first one is devoted to the stories of social business initiatives from five districts of Karelia.
The Brick Yard recently turned a year old. Thanks to the project ‘Industrial Karelia: New Dimensions’ 200 new plates with the history of each brick in the collection appeared. Five new showcases, also made under the project, housed other expositions on the history of the region.
... and immediately sent to Zaonezhye. As part of the practical departure the guys will study the objects of the mountain-industrial heritage of Medvezhegorskoye and work on their projects for the development of tourism.
On June 26-27, the second visit of specialists to the Shunga mine took place within the framework of the Karelia Industrial: New Dimensions project with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund.
The main purpose of the trip was to continue collecting scientific material about the unique shungite tunnel in the Zaonezhsky village of Shunga.
The guys spent 4 days on the Zaonezhsky Peninsula, where they studied the objects of mountain-industrial heritage and tourist potential of the territory as a whole.
On 27 July, the village of Velikaya Guba celebrates the Day of Zaonezhye. We decided that this was the perfect occasion to present our exhibition about copper mining in Zaonezhye and the Spirovsky ironworks in Foimoguba.
The festival was also visited by Heinrich Butenant von Rosenbusch himself, who told the guests about the history of the factories in the Zaonezhye region.
It was a wonderful trip. During 4 days we had time to:
Recall that the Directorate of Protected Areas is the official partner of the project, as one of the target objects is the Shunga open pit. At the moment there have been 2 visits of speleologists to study the object, but there is still a lot of work ahead for the final conclusion. The next visit to the object is planned for autumn.
This week we travelled to Suojärvi and together with 11th grade pupils of the Suojärvi secondary school we were the first to see a beautiful new stand installed near the ruins of the Suojärvi iron smelting plant The new stand appeared thanks to the project ‘Karelia Industrial: New Dimensions’.
The competition is aimed at popularising socially responsible initiatives of business, social entrepreneurship and NGOs, as well as supporting ideas and developing the direction of corporate social responsibility in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
The KRCLC project ‘Communication Bridges as a Tool for Solving Modern Interethnic Problems’ became the winner of the second competition of the Grant Fund of the Head of the Republic of Karelia
Friends, we invite you on 17 November 2024, at 14.00 in the Library of the city of Pitkyaranta for local history readings.
The theme of the lecture: Travelling around Suojärvi district
Lecturer: Tatiana Grigorieva
On the last weekend of April, the first research trip to the Shunga open-pit mine took place as part of the project ‘Industrial Karelia: New Dimensions’ supported by the Presidential Grants Fund.
We would like to remind you that since February 2024 the Association ‘KRCCO’ has started to implement the project ‘Industrial Karelia: New Dimensions’ with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund. And now our team is actively preparing for the important events of the project:
For two days, the Alliance team focused on developing a strategy and action plan for the future, formulated interesting initiatives, identified areas of development that contribute to social progress and improve the quality of life in the region.
We would like to remind you that KRCS is the founder of the Territorial Alliance together with the Mill Foundation.
Representatives of public non-profit organisations were told about the most popular SPNAs, their tourism potential and ways of interaction with the Directorate of SPNAs.
Ksenia Chumak, a representative of KRCLC took part in the festival. At the section ‘Land of Kalevala: tourism projects and territorial development’ Ksenia made a report ‘Mountain-industrial heritage of Karelia in project activities’, presenting the experience of implementation of grant projects of the Presidential Grants Foundation, Potanin Foundation and Rosmolodezh.
One of the main results of the project will be the launch of an information resource - a map of the Republic of Karelia with objects of mountain-industrial heritage
On 3 March, the Pitkyaranta City Library hosted the first local history readings of the project ‘Industrial Karelia: New Dimensions’.
The lecture was devoted to the sights of Lyaskelskoye and Kharlu settlements, including objects of mining and industrial heritage. The class was conducted by Tatiana Grigorieva, head of the Local History Club ‘Obereg’, a member of the project team.
Ksenia Chumak, the project coordinator, told about the goals and objectives and the main planned activities. Sortavala district does not belong to the target areas of the project, but it has a large number of objects of mining and industrial heritage on its territory.
Проект «Туристический маршрут «Каменное ожерелье Арктической Карелии» подводит итоги!
During the project implementation we have conducted expedition trips to 4 Arctic regions of Karelia, a trial tour along the developed route with the participation of the winners of the creative competition and experts in the field of tourism, more than 10 lectures with schoolchildren, collected a huge number of fascinatingly beautiful samples of Karelian minerals, photos and video materials.
Based on the results of the route development, expedition and pilot trips, a booklet on the route with information about the facilities was prepared.
The electronic version of the booklet is attached to the post.
You can leave an application for a printed booklet in Ksenia Chumak's personal messages.
Ksenia Chumak, the project coordinator, told about the goals and objectives of the project, the main planned activities, focusing on the activities in Pudozhsky district.
In her speech Ksenia mentioned the implementation of the projects ‘Industrial Karelia: History and Modernity’ supported by the Presidential Grants Fund and the project ‘Tourist Route “Stone Necklace of Arctic Karelia” supported by Rosmolodezh. A new project ‘Industrial Karelia: New Dimensions’ was also presented.
Nikolai Oskin, project manager, spoke about the main tasks and areas of work within the project. Ksenia Chumak, project coordinator, presented the project activities planned in Petrozavodsk and target districts.
Nikolai Oskin, project manager, spoke about the main tasks and areas of work within the project. Ksenia Chumak, project coordinator, presented the project activities planned in Petrozavodsk and target districts.
The aim of the project is to create conditions for the preservation and popularisation of the objects of the mining and industrial history of the Republic of Karelia on the example of the target districts (Medvezhegorsky and Pudozhsky).
This means that we will continue our work to preserve the mining and industrial heritage of our republic!
The project starts already on 1 February, and there is a lot of interesting work ahead!
Thank you to all partners and the Presidential Grants Fund for your support ❤
Not only an adventure for tourists, but also an important step in preserving nature and cultural heritage. The ecotropa ‘In the Footsteps of Tin’ is a unique experience that combines the beauty of nature with new technologies. This initiative invites tourists on an exciting journey and at the same time contributes to the preservation of nature and cultural wealth.
A year ago, we conducted the first pilot visit to industrial facilities in 3 districts of Karelia - Pryazhinsky, Pitkärantsky, Suoyarvsky. We invite you to remember with us how it was by watching the promotional video.
Today, at the office of the Karelian Resource Center of Public Organizations, a meeting of the Editorial Board on the publication of the newspaper "Bulletin of Non-Governmental Organizations of Karelia" was held.
On August 11, at the Association "Karelian Resource Center of Public Organizations" a meeting was held with the Consul General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in St. Petersburg Babaev Alisher Mamazhonovich.
On August 8, the second Online Tea Party took place with partners from Udmurtia and Tatarstan.
We talked a lot about the publication of the book “We are still alive - the fate of former juvenile prisoners of fascist concentration camps.” During this time, we received many requests to purchase the publication. We thank you for your interest, but since the book was published as part of a social project, the sale of printed copies is not provided.
On July 26, a presentation of the book “We are still alive - the fate of former juvenile prisoners of fascist concentration camps” took place at the House of Friendship of Peoples of the Republic of Karelia.
Last year, as part of the project “Industrial Karelia: History and Modernity” with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund, we developed a route through the mining and industrial heritage sites of 3 districts of Karelia - Pryazhinsky, Pitkärantsky and Suoyarvi.
The trip to Kazan was accompanied not only by official meetings, but also by dancing. Our colleagues from the House of Friendship of the Peoples of Tatarstan prepared an excellent program, which included 2 master classes on folk dancing.
Another important result of the trip to Kazan was the signing of a cooperation agreement between the House of Friendship of Peoples of the Republic of Karelia and the House of Friendship of Peoples of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The delegation from Karelia is completing a working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan. In the afternoon of July 18, the group visited the Pushkin Cultural Center.
We continue to discuss cooperation between the Suoyarvi district (Karelia) and the Kukmorsky district (Tatarstan).
From July 16 to 19, the delegation from Karelia is on a working trip to Kazan.
This morning, members of the delegation from the Republic of Karelia met with representatives of the Ministry of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The implementation of the project “Mining and Industrial Heritage of Karelia” continues, the applicant is the Regional Museum of the Northern Ladoga Region. The project won the “Industrial Experiment” competition of the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation. The Karelian Resource Center for Public Associations is one of the project partners.
The book “We are Still Alive!” has been published, containing the memoirs of former juvenile prisoners of fascist concentration camps. The author and compiler of the book, Klavdiya Nyuppieva, was herself a child prisoner and for many years headed the Karelian Union of Former Child Prisoners of Nazi Concentration Camps.
The project "Karelia Industrial: History and Present" that is supported by the Presidential Grants Fund, began on August 1, 2021. The aim of the project is to preserve the mining and industrial heritage and historical memory of the Republic of Karelia for the development of patriotism among the residents of the region and for the territorial development.
A working meeting of the new project "Military Aspects in the National Culture of Karelia" was held on January 25th.
Until November 1, we accepted applications for a grant competition for NGOs in 5 target districts of the PROZVET project. The main goal was to identify and provide financial support to the best projects of non-profit organizations aimed at developing women's entrepreneurship and unlocking the potential of tourism in the project areas.
On 13 November, the 'Vottovaara: myths and legends' Festival will be held. It will include several interactive programs: a photo contest, a quiz and a competition for the development of tourist routes on Mount Vottovaara.
Learn more about the festival and the opportunities to participate below.
The 'Vottovaara: Myths and Legends' Festival was held on 13 November, 2021. Its purpose was to familiarize the youth of the Republic of Karelia with the historical and cultural heritage of the Muezersky district. In order to take part in the Festival, it was necessary to develop and present to the organizers a tourist route to the 'place of power'.
Dear friends, we are pleased to announce the start of the Mobile Photography Competition under the 'Vottovaara Festival: Myths and Legends' project!
Conditions for participation and the Competition procedure:
On 2 December, the Karelian Resource Center of NGOs held a presentation of a new book at the House of Peoples’ Friendship of the Republic of Karelia. The book was issued by Ostrova Publishing House.
Dear friends, we suggest that you watch videos about our “Myths and Legends” festival which took place on Vottovaara Mountain on 13 November.
The video materials can be found on the links:
The 1st (30th) issue of the “Vestnik of Karelian NGOs” newspaper was published under the “National Battalion of the Karelian Front” project and implemented by the KRC NGOs with the financial support of the Ministry of National and Regional Policy of the Republic of Karelia. The publication is distributed in all regions of the Republic.
The implementation of the ‘School Museum – a Meeting Place and a Platform for Twin City Cooperation’ project is completed in February 2021. The major output of the project was the preparation of video materials about the museum, video city tours, as well as educational lectures developed by public diplomacy and international communication experts.
The final event of the project ‘School Museum – a Meeting Place and a Platform for Twin City Cooperation’, implemented with the support of the Presidential Grants Foundation, was held on February 25.
We are glad to announce that one of the results of the ‘School Museum’ project was the publishing of a bilingual leaflet ‘Cities are Friends: International Cooperation Experience of Petrozavodsk, Varkaus, Veliky Novgorod’.
We are announcing a Competition for Women Entrepreneurs within the framework of the ‘Soft Power - Support of Female Entrepreneurship’ project. Girls from 18 years old who carry out entrepreneurial activities in the territory of the Republic of Karelia are invited to participate. In each nomination, the jury will select 3 winners, so the chances of winning are very high!
The final conference of the ‘School Museum – a Meeting Place and a Platform for Twin City Cooperation’ project, financed by the Presidential Grants Foundation, was held online on January 26-27.
The results of the competition were reviewed today, and we are happy to announce the winners!
Winners of the ‘Creation of Advertising Video Content’ category:
- Natalya Mikhailovna Sokolova (LLC ‘ZUM’);
- Marina Gennadievna Sokolova (LLC ‘SUNRISE Tourist Salon’);
- Fedotova Oksana Aleksandrovna (IE);
Association ‘Karelian Resource Center of NGOs’ (KRC) and the Karelian Regional Public Foundation for the Support of Charitable, Social, Cultural and Educational Initiatives ‘Petrozavodsk’ took part in the all-Russian campaign ‘Give Books with Love’.
An international webinar ‘Woman is a Leader. The Female Face of Civil Society and Business’ under the project ‘PROZVET – Promoting Sustainable Development in Transbaikalia and Karelia through Expanding the Role and Participation of Local Public Organizations and Women in Multilateral Territorial Alliances’ was held on June 18.
On July 6-7 the Karelian Resource Center of Public Organizations (KRC) hosted a two-day conference in Belomorsk. ‘The National Dimension during the Great Patriotic War’ Conference was organized as part of the ‘National Battalion of the Karelian Front’ project and was held at District Central Library.
The ‘Industrial Karelia: Past and Present’ project was launched on August 1. The project is supported by the Presidential Grants Fund. The aim of the project is to preserve the mining and industrial heritage and historical memory of the Republic of Karelia in order to nurture a sense of patriotism among the inhabitants of the region and to boost territorial development.
A round table ‘Different Children - Equal Rights!’ was held in the Sortavala District Intersettlement Library on June 11. The round table was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of National and Regional Policy of the Republic of Karelia, the Centers for Interethnic Cooperation in the Ladoga Region, as well as by chairmen of national and cultural autonomies.
Suoyarvi hosted the final retreat under the ‘National Battalion of the Karelian Front’ project on August 10.
The meeting of partners and participants of the ‘Industrial Karelia: Past and Present’ project, supported by the Presidential Grants Fund, took place on August 27 in Pryazha.
The meeting of partners and participants of the ‘Industrial Karelia: Past and Present’ project, supported by the Presidential Grants Fund, took place on August 30 in Pitkyaranta.
The PROZVET project team announces the Grant Competition for NGOs launch from September 1, 2021.
The main goal of the competition is to identify and provide financial support to the best projects submitted by non-profit organizations aimed at developing women's entrepreneurship as well as unlocking the potential of tourism in the target districts.
On 31 August, the meeting of partners and participants of the ‘Industrial Karelia: Past and Present’ project, supported by the Presidential Grants Fund, took place in Suoyarvi.
The Karelian Resource Center of Public Organizations (KRC) held a meeting with the Public Editorial Board on 3 September, 2021. The meeting was devoted to the publication of the ‘Vestnik of Karelian NGOs’ newspaper as part of the ‘National Battalion of the Karelian Front’ project.
An organizational meeting devoted to the educational part of the project ‘PROZVET – Promoting sustainable development in Transbaikalia and Karelia through expanding the role and participation of local public organizations and women in multilateral territorial alliances’ was held on 14 September 2021 in Medvezhyegorsk.
The EU Delegation to Russia and the Karelian Resource Center of Public Organizations (KRC) held a meeting on 21 September 2021.
In response to NGOs' requests and taking into account the packed October Grant Competitions schedule, the PROZVET project team provides an extension to the application deadline for the Grant Competition for NGOs. The new deadline is set on November 1, 2021.
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We are glad to announce the Extension of date for receipt of applications to International Essay Competition "The world that I need" until the 30 September and invites teenagers and youth of the Republic of Karelia, the Russian Federation, sister cities of Petrozavodsk, CIS countries and other foreign countries aged 12 to 18 take part in the Contest.
Association “Karelian Resource Center of NGOs” together with partners conducts essay competition and invites teenagers and youth of the Republic of Karelia, the Russian Federation, sister cities of Petrozavodsk, CIS countries and other foreign countries aged 12 to 18 take part in the Contest.
2019 Germany Days celebrate the 30th anniversary of Petrozavodsk and Tübingen cooperation
On October 3, as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of twinning between Petrozavodsk and Tübingen, Children's Music and Choir School hosted a collaborative evening of choral groups.
The evening opened with the performance of B.Okudzhava's "Grape Seed" by the teachers of the Children's Music and Choir School.
On October 4, Children's Music and Choir School held a festive evening in honor of the 30th anniversary of the twinning between Petrozavodsk and Tübingen.
On October 9, KRC office held a meeting with Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in St. Petersburg employees : Eric Larz, Annika Jessen and Evgenia Gavrilova.
This year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the twinning between Petrozavodsk and Tübingen. To celebrate the date, Karelian capital city held "Germany Days" event.
On October 11, in honor of 30th anniversary of Tübingen and Petrozavodsk partnership, Twin Cities Museum housed by Derzhavinsky lyceum held the meeting between Tübingen's official delegation and lyceum's students and teachers, as a part of the "School Museum as a meeting place and a platform for twin cities cooperation" project.
On October 9, the National Library of the Republic of Karelia held Pushkin Readings, which were attended by migrant children as a part of "Karelia is a world of ethnic cultures" project.
On the 31st of October at Lakhdenpokhya City Municipal Central Library Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations (KRC NGOs) with support from The Ministry for National and Regional Politics of the Republic of Karelia opened the 14th Center for Interethnic Cooperation as a part of the "Karelia is a world of ethnic cultures" project.
The Ministry of the Republic of Karelia of national policy, relations with public and religious associations held an information and methodological seminar “Write report easily” for non –profit organizations on June, 22 in 2017.
The work on implementation of micro – projects continues within the framework of the main international project “ComUnYouth” proposed by representatives of the Thematic Working Groups. One of such micro-projects was the seminar “How can lives be improved for young people in border regions” which took place in the capital of Denmark, in Copenhagen in June, 20-21.
On March 16, within the framework of the project “War to Remember and Not to Repeat,” realized by the “Petrozavodsk ” Foundation with the support of the Russian President’s Grant committee for the development of civil society, the “Ski Trail of Heroes” was held in the city of Pitkärante.
On May 29, 2019 in Kondopoga, a round table was held on the theme “Uniting the peoples of Russia during World War II” at the Center for Interethnic Cooperation within the framework of the project “Karelia - the world of national cultures”, funded by the Ministry of National and Regional Policy of the Republic of Karelia.
On November 2018, Fund « Petrozavodsk » Win the president’s Grant of Russian federation of the Project implementation «Война – помнить и не повторять». The project aims is to create in the local history Museum of Pitkaranta’s city named after V.F.
On January 16-17, a two-day round table was held as part of the Tasty Dimensions of the Province project. The event was attended by chefs from the Republic of Karelia (restaurants “Pauliner”, “Solo Burger Bar”, “Corsair”) and Norway (restaurant “Old Major”, Resthon AS), as well as experts in the field of gastronomic tourism.
On November 2018, Fund « Petrozavodsk » Win the president’s Grant of Russian federation of the Project implementation «Война – помнить и не повторять». The project aims is to create in the local history Museum of Pitkaranta’s city named after V.F.
The Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations was visited by Tarvo Nieminen, the new head of the Petrozavodsk branch of the Consulate General of Finland, by invitation of the organization on the 31 August.
The distinguish feature of Petrozavodsk is that it regularly has the Days of different cities and countries that represent the history, culture, modern life of our foreign partners. The last autumn we hosted artists, masters, scientists from the Swedish sister city Umeå and German Tübingen.
On August 10th the final round table of the project “Social Lego” was conducted in the department of social and medical care for the elderly and disabled people of the center “Istoki”.
On August 15 the 12th Center of interethnic cooperation was opened in Kalevala within the framework of project “Common World: support for harmonization of interethnic relations in the Republic of Karelia”.
The virtual quiz "Do you know Germany" is held as part of the program "Days of Germany in Petrozavodsk".
The Quiz is organized by the Department of German and French languages of Petrozavodsk State University. The main purposes of the Quiz are:
In Lappeenranta, Finland, a meeting of representatives of the Thematic Working Groups (TWG) of the international project "ComUnYouth" ("Combating Unemployment among Youth") was held on July 10.
A new international project “NGOs for better life of aged people in Baltic Sea region” developed and implemented by the Charitable Foundation “Health of Karelia” began its work in Poland.
On 6th of Jule, 2016 in North (Arctic) federal university named after M. Lomonosov (NAFU) a round table was conducted. Representatives of Arkhangelsk, Republic of Karelia, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Denmark, Sweden and Finland took part in the event. The event was organized as a part of the project ‘Joining creativity’ aimed at promotion of economic cooperation and trade among Northern countries and northwest Russian as well as promotion of successful integration of firms engaged in creative industries in the region of the Baltic Sea. The project is being implemented since February, 2016 by ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ with financial assistance of Nordic Council of Ministers.
