More than 150 residents of besieged Leningrad were honored guests of the Ural state University of Economics, where a solemn ceremony was held to mark the 76th anniversary of the complete liberation of the Northern capital from the blockade by the German-fascist invaders. The event was organized By the Department for youth policy of USUE, the Sverdlovsk regional public organization of war veterans and pensioners, with the support of the Ministry of social policy of the Sverdlovsk region.

January 24, the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Yevgeny Kuyvashev presented prizes to the best professors, associate professors and university teachers in the region. The award ceremony was traditionally timed to the Russian Students’ Day.

The winners of the regional stage of the Russian national Award “Student of the Year 2019” of the Sverdlovsk Region were awarded at the Ural State Economic University. 8 students of the Ural State Economic University entered the finals of the regional stage.

January 24, during a working meeting with the Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev, USUE rector Yakov Silin presented the projects implemented by the University and aimed generally at developing the region.

USUE vice-rector for social work Roman Krasnov, during his working visit to the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held talks with the Head of the Youth Policy Department of MGIMO Stanislav Surovtsev.