Russian Student Groups to Become World Youth Festival Conductors

On January 25, Students' Day, the Russian Student Groups together with the Federal Passenger Company JSC (FPC JSC) presented the uniforms of passenger train conductors of the World Youth Festival as part of the launch of the fourth season of Your Move All-Russian Student Competition.

In December 2023, the competition was announced among student group members. The winners will be the conductors of the passenger trains of the World Youth Festival 2024. There was a lot of interest in the competition. More than 400 people applied to participate. Based on the results, the 45 best conductors will be selected to work with passengers during the Festival.

"The Student Group Movement is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. Over the years, student groups have participated in the most important events in our country and are always ready to work wherever help is required. The World Youth Festival will be one of the major events of the year. The participants were selected in a very competitive selection process, 8 people for 1 place. Once the World Youth Festival begins in March, student conductors will accompany all Festival guests on the trains and provide a high level of service. For students, participation in such projects is an opportunity to take part in large-scale, world-class events, as well as an incentive for professional development, as only the best student conductors will be able to participate," said Mikhail Kiselyov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy and Chairman of the Russian Student Groups Board.

For more than 10 years, the Russian Student Groups have been fruitfully cooperating with the FPC JSC. Each year, student groups train about 8,000 student conductors. That is one in four long-distance train conductors in the summer.

"The Russian Student Groups unite thousands of young people all over Russia. As a member of our company, you have demonstrated a high level of professionalism in your work. On behalf of the FPC JSC, I would like to thank you for your work. We have an important event coming up, the World Youth Festival. Festival participants will arrive on FPC JSC trains operated by student conductors. I am sure that the work will be done at a high level," said Ekaterina Skorokhodova, Deputy Director General of the FPC JSC.

Aleksey Poteyko, Member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Railways Board, added that cooperation with the FPC and the Russian Railways today opens many unique opportunities for students, one of which is servicing national and international events.

"Today we are sending groups to service three trains. The conductors are excited about the work they will be doing at the World Youth Festival. Today we saw a modern, bright, and beautiful uniform for them. And we are sure that they will adorn both the WYF 2024 and, of course, the Federal Passenger Company, which is the strategic carrier of the Festival," said Aleksey Poteyko, Member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Railways Board.

Overview:

The World Youth Festival will take place in 2024 according to the Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of international youth cooperation. At the first meeting of the Organizing Committee chaired by Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, it was decided to hold the Festival in the Sirius Federal Territory.

20,000 young leaders in education, science, international cooperation, culture, volunteering, charity, sports, business, media, etc., including 10,000 foreign participants, will take part in the WYF 2024. For the first time in the history of the festival movement young people aged 14-17, 500 from Russia and 500 from abroad, will have the opportunity to participate in the event.

5,000 volunteers from all regions of Russia, including 228 residents of the LPR, DPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions will be involved in the organization and delivery of the Festival. The World Youth Festival is organized by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and operated by the World Youth Festival Directorate.

2024 marks 65 years of the Russian Group Movement and 20 years of the Russian Student Groups. More than 100 events, involving over 1,000,000 people, are planned throughout the country to celebrate these events.

Over the 65 years of the movement's existence, more than 20,000,000 people have participated in student groups. These are students and schoolchildren who have gained their first work experience, made new friends, and contributed significantly to the development of Russia.