Professional training and public education

The Foundation considers education its core activity. The most dramatic problems faced by Russia's young civil society stem from an obsolete educational system that has been preserved almost unchanged from the country's totalitarian past. Post-Soviet education is in great need of a radical modernization and re-evaluation of its underlying intellectual and moral values, of cultivating a new generation of teachers and other educational professionals, and gradually replacing the conservative old guard.

Book Culture

In essence, book culture is an indicator of the level of a state’s technological development, and shows the intellectual potential of its people, including in particular territories where they reside.

Local History

New approaches to the study of history with special emphasis on northern civilizations; teaching university courses and public lectures on social issues.

Education

The Foundation works as a creative laboratory for the creation of new cultural techniques, and as a school to educate the new generation of creative and innovative people – the creative class.

Mass Media

Support for independent media and teaching programmes for regional culture reporters Training courses for School and University Teachers Support for Gifted Children Academic Mobility travel grants for regional undergraduates and post-graduate students.