On 25 May, two thousand members of St Petersburg student squads gathered in the Peter and Paul Fortress to kick off the third working semester.

SPbGASU students will also go into the working summer as part of nine teams in five different areas: construction, pedagogical, archaeological, agricultural and service.

The opening assembly for the start of the working season has been held at the Northern capital for the 65th year. This is one of the traditional events that serves as a starting point for sending guys to work sites throughout the country as part of Russian student squads. In a solemn ceremony, commanders of headquarters and squads are awarded vouchers for the summer working season. So, our headquarters got issued nine vouchers to the squads’ commanders and one to the commander of the headquarters of the SPbGASU student squads Artemy Mazitov.

The guys showed creative performances, displayed squad flags, and sang songs. The command staff of the regional branch and veterans of the squad movement gave parting words for the upcoming working summer.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the St Petersburg executive authorities. Governor Aleksandr Beglov congratulated the movement participants on the start of the anniversary, 65th squad season.

The ceremonial assembly ended with a midday shot from a cannon of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Very soon the first squads will hit the road into a busy summer!