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New Rotary District in Russia, D 2220
Dear fellows Rotarians,
An
historic day for Rotarians has been celebrated on June 17 - RI
District 2220, the first Russian Rotary District has been chartered.
It includes all Clubs of Western Russia and Urals, the territory
where almost 90% of Russians live. The
Chain symbolizing
the rank of Governor has been personally placed on DGE Andrey
Danilenko by the President 2005-2006 of Rotary International, Carl
Wilhelm Stenhammar
More than 300 Rotarians
gathered to celebrate this turning point in their lives, along with
Rotarians from Western and Eastern Russia, Sweden, the USA, France,
Australia, Italy, Germany, Finland, Austria, Romania, Spain,
Moldova, Serbia, Slovenia, Kyrgyzstan, Japan, Canada, Madagascar and
other countries. Among Rotarian authorities Vice President RI Serge
Gouteyron and Board member Bob Stuart
And a great number of
Rotarians from the USA, thanks to Jon Eiche and Steve Yoshida of the
“Friends of Rotary in Russia”
Among them our old friend
Mike Sigmon, Past President, Rotary Club Summit, Greensboro, NC, D
7690,presented each Ceremony participant with a specially made pin
celebrating charter of the new District
Among speakers of the section devoted to International Friendship
Exchange we may quote Alexandr Khilkov, US Embassy, “Open World”
Program coordinator, with an address on “International study-tours
as a tool to broaden RC international contact and to increase
District 2220 visibility”
Heretofore Western Russia
was carved up and put under three Rotary Districts, based in Finland
and Sweden. The relevant District Governors were there too,
together with the Governor of 5010 District (Eastern Russia, Alaska
and Canada)
Russian Clubs formerly
belonging to Rotary District 1430 (Finland)
Russian Clubs formerly
belonging to Rotary District 2350 (Sweden)
Russian Clubs formerly
belonging to Rotary District 2370 (Sweden)
The almost 50 Russian Club formerly belonging to
these three Scandinavian Districts are now included in the new
Russian District 2220:
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1.
Arkhangelsk |
2.
Cherepovets-Sheksna |
3.
Dmitrov |
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4.
Dubna |
5.
Ekaterinburg |
6.
Ivanovo |
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7.
Izhevsk |
8.
Izhevsk-Udmurtia |
9.
Kaliningrad |
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10.
Kambarka |
11.
Kandalaksha |
12.
Kazan’ |
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13.
Konakovo |
14.
Krasnodar |
15.
Kursk |
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16.
Moscow |
17.
Moscow Capital |
18.
Moscow East |
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19.
Moscow Humboldt |
20.
Moscow International |
21.
Moscow Kremlin |
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22.
Moscow Renaissance |
23.
Moscow Rossica |
24.
Murmansk |
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25.
Naryan Mar |
26.
Nizhnij Novgorod |
27.
Novgorod |
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28.
Perm' |
29.
Pskov |
30.
Petrozavodsk |
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31.
Rostov on Don |
32.
Rybinsk |
33.
Saint Petersburg |
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34.
Saint Petersbourg - International |
35.
Saint Petersbourg - Neva |
36.
Saint Petersburg
- White Nights |
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37.
Syktyvkar "Polar star" |
38.
Samara |
39.
Saratov-Center |
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40.
Togliatti |
41.
Tver' |
42.
Ulyanovsk |
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43.
Vladimir |
44.
Volgograd |
45.
Volzhskij |
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46.
Voronezh |
47.
Voronezh-Center |
48.
Vyatka |
Andrei Danilenko, the first District Governor of
Western Russia's 2220 District, has been a Rotarian over 10 years ;
he is a successful entrepreneur in the field of agroindustry and
zootechny, and has a clear understanding of what does the new
District need in order to grow stronger and to make of Rotary Clubs
a protagonist of Russian community life : for the Russian Rotary it
is so very important to set the right tone, to work on the
spread-out of Rotary clubs even into small lesser known cities and
towns.
In a territory where more than 100 million people
live, for the time being there are but 50 Clubs: the vital target of
the District team is that of increasing the number of Clubs, during
the next three years, adding at least 30 ones to the Rotarian
family, thus increasing the number of members in the existing
Clubs, and last, but not least, ensuring a satisfactory level of
Rotary training
We call our foreign fellows, Rotary Districts, Clubs
and ICCs, to support the action of Andrei and of his team by
strengthening ties with Russian Clubs, by encouraging friends in
Russian cities to set up new Rotary Clubs, to join the great family
of people sincerely devoted to service
By twinning your Clubs with
the Russian ones you’ll help us to show our new fellows all over
Russia what Rotary is, which must be the role of Clubs in the
relevant cities and towns, how do they need to entertain
relationship with the municipal authorities
During Conference “Rotary in
Russia” the horse “Beslan-Izbrannik” has been officially introduced
to participants: donated by Rotary (the ICC France-Russia and
Rotary Club Moscow Renaissance) to the Moscow horseriding club for
Physically Challenged People (MKKI) thanks to Rotary Foundation
Matching Grant 55125
The horse is being regularly
used for a treatment program to achieve functional outcomes for the
cure of disabled youngsters (including children affected by Down
disease, autism and many other psychosomatic diseases) . Horse shall
bears a horsecloth with the Rotary emblem as its brand, together
with the emblems of the two donors, during all the events it is
going to participate, including the Paralympics Games in Beijing,
China, 2008
The role of foreign friends of Russian Rotary is
quite important a one , in view of common action for the
dissemination of community service values
Yours in Rotary
International Committee,
District 2220
 
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