Premises for a new branch of the patriotic center are being sought in Nizhny Novgorod.

      October 21, 2025, 09:46

      Society

      The administration of Nizhny Novgorod plans to open a fourth branch of the Maxim Nastin Military-Patriotic Education Center. The Department of Social Policy is currently selecting a suitable premises in the Leninsky District, Acting Director of the department Lyubov Gavrilova said at a meeting of the City Duma commission on patriotic education on October 20.

      According to her, the center was created in 2022 as a structural subdivision of the municipal institution "Nadezhda". The first branch began operating on Malaya Yamskaya Street in the Nizhegorodsky District. In May 2024 the second unit opened on 40 Years of Victory Street in the Prioksky District. It was the first to open a school for future unmanned aerial vehicle operators. In 2025 the third branch began operating on Hero Vasiliev Street in the Avtozavodsky District.

      "In October 2024 the center was officially given the name of Maxim Nastin — a graduate and platoon commander of the military-patriotic camp 'I Want to Become a Paratrooper'," Gavrilova noted.

      The center is aimed at children and adolescents aged 10 to 17. Its work includes three main areas: spiritual and moral and ideological education, basic military and physical training, and psychological and legal support for both children and their families.

      The chairman of the City Duma, a veteran of the Special Military Operation, Evgeny Chintsov, recalled that Maxim Nastin was a graduate of the reconnaissance brigade he commanded. He proposed inviting participants of the center to perform for the brigade's fighters on November 5 at the celebration of Military Intelligence Day.

      It should be noted that the commission on patriotic education, youth policy, physical culture and sport appeared in the City Duma in September 2025, after the formation of the City Duma of the first convocation.

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