On August 2 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology and Head of Federal Agency for Subsurface Use Valery Pak, President of Russian Geological Society Viktor Orlov, heads of regional ministries and agencies took part in opening of IX All-Russia open field competition of geologists at children’s recreation camps “Solnechny” and “Zarechie”.

Teams from Altai, Arkhangelsk, Amursk, Bashkortostan, Buryatia, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kirov, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Perm, Primorye, Rostov, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Tatarstan, Tomsk, Tula, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Chuvashia, Yaroslavl, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Tadzhikistan regions will take part in competitions.

“It is a great privilege for us to see representative delegations from Russia and CIS regions. I think geologist is a very important profession. I welcome you in Tatarstan and wish you success in competitions,” Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said.

Valery Pak welcomed participants of the event on behalf of Federal Agency for Subsurface Use saying that they would remember IX All-Russia open field competition of geologists.

Finally, Tatarstan President and guests looked over exhibition of achievements of young geologists.