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As part of the festivities dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Lubyansky Forest Engineering College, the official opening of the school No.27 after the major repairs was held. The Minister of Forestry of Tatarstan Almas Nazirov, the head of the Kukmorsky Municipal District S.D. Dimitriev, the Director of the Lubyansky Forest Engineering College A.M. Danilov, the Headmaster I.Sh. Mukhametshin, the head of the construction company V.M. Akhatov, and teachers, students and their parents took part in the event.

In his congratulations, the Minister of Forestry of Tatarstan expressed special gratitude to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov for his deliberate attention to the educational institutions and the educational system in general and for the support of teachers and students. The Minister also thanked the builders who worked hard in school for six months. He wished “prosperity to the educational institution, excellence in study and health to children, and the future work for the benefit of children care and education to the teaching staff”.

The Minister Almas Nazirov awarded the staff of the school forestry unit of Lubyanskaya High School of the Kukmorsky Municipal District of Tatarstan with the Letter of Thanks of the Ministry of Forestry of Tatarstan “for active participation in the arrangement of school forestry units, for assistance in educating the younger generation in the spirit of careful attitude to the forest resources of Tatarstan, and for the improvement of the timber industry jobs prestige”.

Over a thousand people came to see the festive event. The ceremony brought together graduates of different years, forestry workers of Tatarstan and the Volga Region, representatives of higher educational institutions, secondary specialized educational institutions, the heads of leading enterprises of Tatarstan and Udmurtia.

The opening ceremony began with the laying flowers in front of the monument to Georgy Fyodorovich Morozov and commemorative plaques to Nurgali Minnikhanov and Nikolay Savin. The memory wall to the technical school teachers was officially opened. After that the guests visited the arboretum and graves of teachers and employees of the Lubyansky Forest Engineering College.

At the College stadium there was a theatrical performance dedicated to the history of the college and the Lubyany Village. The official part of the concert program was opened by the Minister of Forestry of Tatarstan Almas Nazirov. In his speech he said: “Thanks to the support of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in recent years, in Lubyany, the particular attention is paid to the improvement of social conditions: the roads are laid, the houses, schools, and kindergartens are built”. He also expressed his deep respect and gratitude to the veterans who set up a tradition to train recent graduates for the timber industry.

The history of the Lubyansky Forest Engineering College dates back to 1921. It was then that Biklyanskaya Forest School of the Menzelinsky District together with a group of 22 students moved to Lubyany and became the Forest Technical School. It is important to note that it was not a green field; it was located at the landlord Lebedev’s former residence. The name of Boris Zhilkin, who together with S. Nikolayev opened a technical school, is forever written in the annals of the Lubyany history. He did his best to establish the scientific and experimental forestry. He exemplified to the contemporaries and future generations of foresters how much scientific material is contained in the Lubyany forest for the thinking mind. Until 1926 he worked and lived in Lubyany, and then he moved to Kazan. Here, he is an Associate Professor, Dean of the Forestry Faculty of the Kazan Agricultural Institute, and then an acting director of the Kazan Institute of Forestry.

The curriculum was constantly improved, and in 1923 it became the basis for new technical schools. Such was the decision of the Central Forest Management in Moscow. The curriculum was set up with a focus on forest operation, it considered the existence in the Lubyansky Forestry of sawmill, resin and turpentine plant and large logging

On August 14, 2016 the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of Walking (Procession) of Honorable Trees of Life-giving Cross. Since ancient times, this day is considered to be a day of foresters as praising the tree (Honorable trees). According to the legend, the cross on which Christ was crucified was made out of cedar of Lebanon, cypress and pine. Later, the wood of these trees was traditionally used for making the crosses of pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. In addition, the cross is a symbol of readiness to suffer for others, for one’s work and opinion, and selflessness has always been a hallmark of the Russian foresters.

The history of the day of forester takes its rise in 1862 in the Lisino-Korpus Village near St. Petersburg where the church of the Forest Department of Russia in the name of the Origin of Honorable Trees of the Life-giving Cross was raised by the architect Nicholas Benois. The church was built for the needs of the Training Forest District. Here, the graduates of the Forest Institute and Jaeger School were communed for the first time, and it was a venue for senior officials of the Forester Corps in the days of celebrations.

The emergency response team of Rosleskhoz requested regional authorities of the Central Federal District to intensify monitoring of forest fire danger and wildfires.

In view of the agricultural harvesting, drying up of dry vegetation on agricultural lands, municipalities’ lands and other lands, including on the areas adjacent to the forest fund, in the regions of the Central Federal District there are potential threats of grass fires and moving fire to the forest, residential areas and economic facilities.

The risk of wildfires also increases because of people are busy with gathering of wild plants (mushrooms, cranberries, cowberries, herbs and other forest gifts).

Currently, the Wildfire Remote Monitoring Information System of Rosleskhoz has recorded the heat spots on the territory of the Central Federal District identified by regional dispatching services of forestry as agricultural burnings.

In October 2006, in Kichke-Tan Nature Sanctuary the field meeting of the board of the state environmental agencies of the Republic of Tatarstan devoted to the Earth Charter principles to be implemented in Tatarstan was held. The Earth Charter Walkway was established and a memorial headstone to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Earth Charter principles implementation in Tatarstan was laid ceremoniously. In the lead-up to the 15th anniversary the works to reconstruct the walkway have been completed in full. The Earth Charter Walkway was given a new lease of life. The Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan committed financial resources to reconstruction.

Forest today needs the help of every citizen. The forests provide us with clean spring water, absorb carbon, and make our land suitable for human life, life of plants and a variety of living organisms. The more there are environmentally responsible companies and our citizens who cherish and help to restore the forest, the better the life on the planet will be. In order to attract public attention to the problems of restoration and accruement of forest resources, on September 1 the traditional National Campaign “Live, the Forest!” will start. There will be the activities for forest planting, cleaning of forest areas from debris, the collection of seeds (acorns, nuts, cones of coniferous species). Also, the project provides for the educational campaign and exhibitions. The campaign will last until the end of October. The day of tree planting that annually is being held throughout the country, is to be held on October 8.

Currently, in all forestries of the republic the agrotechnical tending of plantations is taken place. The total planned annual output is 17062.6 hectares of work performance, and as of today the works has been performed on the area of ​​6258.5 hectares. The agrotechnical tending includes a set of methods aimed at increasing the survival rate of plantations and improving the conditions of their growth: loosening the soil, destruction or suppression of weeds, plants improvement. The agrotechnical tending is an important stage in the establishment and cultivation of plantations. The suppression of grass in our republic is carried out mechanically (moving round and packing of grass) and manually.

In the Birch Grove of the Derbyshki Village the competitions to obtain the title of the best wildfire fighter 2016 have been held. 60 people – the staff of fire brigades of the Republic of Tatarstan – took part in the competitions. The event was held in order to improve the status of blue-collar occupation, to promote the achievements and best practices in forestry, as well as to increase the level of readiness of subordinated institutions to wildfire extinction.

From July 30 to August 5, 2016 in Tatarstan the high forest fire danger (4th class) persists. According to Weather Control and Environmental Monitoring Service of the Republic of Tatarstan, since August 1 in some republican areas it is expected an extreme wildfire danger .