I. Metshin: “Future designers are born in the coteries of technical creativity”

(KZN.RU, June 14, Mikhail Chentsov). Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of the Tatarstan’s capital, got acquainted with the passing results of the renovation works of the teenage club “Avangard” in the Sovetsky district of Kazan. It is planned to complete the works, expand the list of sections, and increase the number of pupils twice in the club by mid-summer.

The teenage club “Avangard”, which total area is 594.7 square meters, is located in the annex to the residential building of 1990 at Lomzhinskaya Street, №15. The club building consists of more than a dozen rooms, including sports, choreographic and gymnasium halls, creativity and aeromodelling offices, wardrobe, locker rooms, shower, etc.

The “Avangard” entered the republic's overhaul program for 2017 along with another 8 Kazan clubs. Water supply and electricity supply systems and sewerage will be replaced, the roof and facade will be repaired, the finishing works will be carried out there during the construction and installation works. In addition, the club is adapted for the low mobile groups of the population within the framework of the program “Available Environment”. The contractor organization OOO “RepairstroyService” is engaged in a major overhaul. It is planned to complete all work by July 15.

Coteries and sections on aeromodelling, boxing, karate, vocal, Indian and Oriental dances, hip-hop, cheerleading, and hockey operated in the club until overhaul. After the renovation, coteries on robotics, mechatronics, laser and 3D technology, and English will appear in the “Avangard” in addition to the existing directions, as well as the coterie “Fascinating Science”. Airat Faizov, the chairman of the Committee for Children and Youth Affairs, gave a tour around the club grounds for the Mayor. According to him, the institution will be able to increase the number of its pupils almost twice from 317 teenagers to 570 thanks to major repairs and the introduction of new progressive sections.

Ruslan Semenov, the deputy director of MBU “Teenager”, talked about the important role that the teenage club plays in children's lives. According to him, the guys who have recently been engaged in aeromodelling sports in the “Avangard” now work at one of the city's factories and come to the club to conduct master classes by themselves.

Ilsur Metshin appreciated the transformations, which are going to be made to the “Avangard” in the near future, and noted that very often the future designers are born in the classroom in such coteries of technical creativity. “At first, they collect small models by their hands and make them fly, and then they come to the KAI and other technical universities and grow into great designers who build large gliders”, said the Mayor of Kazan.

I. Metshin expressed his gratitude to Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, for initiating and supporting a program for the overhaul of teenage clubs. “Thanks to the President of the Republic. This year, we will repair nine clubs. And this club is a good example. If before there were 317 children here, after overhaul it will be possible to receive almost 600 children and train them additional skills”, said the Mayor.

The Mayor of Kazan also inspected the territory, adjacent to the “Avangard”. After the survey, I. Metshin instructed to reorganize the sports ground near the club, making it more modern and convenient for the citizens. “This is a good sports ground. I think we will be able to overhaul it as well, and there will be more activity. This is a good cause to take our children in non-school time so that they do not pass the time at the computers but could get new skills. The program will last another year and all clubs will be overhauled. We will work”, concluded I. Metshin.

In addition to attending a teenage club, the Mayor got acquainted with the project of improving the pedestrian alley, which is located near the “Avangard” between streets Minskaya and Lomzhinskaya. It is planned to install several grounds in the alley, among which the territory for the youngest residents of the district, as well as a recreation area with Wi-Fi. According to Rustem Gafarov, the head of the Sovetsky district’s administration of Kazan, about 20 thousand people live in houses, located near the alley. “It would seem that this is a secondary street for us, and by the amount population, it is not. In general, the zoning is correct but I have only one wish: consider the opinion of local residents, and invite our young creative students. Let them offer their vision of this territory’s future”, said the head of the capital of the RT.