As part of his trip to Samara for the 13^th International Sports Forum "Russia – Country of Sports", the President of the federation, Dmitry Rebrov, visited regions along the route. Thus, November 4 was marked by a visit to the Ulyanovsk Regional Branch of the Federation and the All-Russian Society of the Deaf (VOG). The meeting took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere: Dmitry Rebrov viewed an exhibition of items fr om the USSR era and also presented the chairman of the regional branch of the OSFSG and VOG, Ruslan Sharafetdinov, with the first volume of the book "History of Deaf Sports," as well as a Letter of Appreciation for assistance in organizing the All-Russian Winter Spartakiad of Deaf Sports "We Are Together. Sport," held on February 6-12 of this year in Ufa.

On November 7, three days after the conclusion of the event-packed International Sports Forum, OSSSG President Dmitry Rebrov held working meetings with the Chairman of the Samara Regional Public Organization of People with Disabilities "Sports Federation of Deaf Sports," Sergey Dorkichev, as well as with the Chairman of the Samara Regional Branch of the VOG, Tatyana Antsyborova.

They discussed increasing the number of deaf sports events in the region and developing deaf sports in the Samara region. Dmitry Rebrov presented the chairmen with the first volume of the book "History of Deaf Sports," as well as a Letter of Appreciation for their contribution and assistance in organizing the All-Russian Winter Spartakiad of Deaf Sports "We Are Together. Sport."

Concluding the visit, the Federation President visited the state budgetary institution of the Samara region "Surdo Centre," located in the building of the VOG regional branch. Director Anna Sheverova gave a tour of the "Surdo Centre." The organization is funded by the Ministry of Labor of the Samara region and allows deaf individuals to receive psychological and social support and translation services.

On November 10, OSFSG President Dmitry Rebrov, accompanied by First Vice President Vyacheslav Yershov, arrived in Vladimir on a working visit. The purpose of the visit by the Federation's leadership was to open a regional branch of the OSFSG in the Vladimir region.

During the visit, the OSFSG delegation, including the regional chairman of the deaf sports federation Kirill Irkha, visited a special (correctional) boarding school for deaf, hard of hearing, and children who became deaf in the city of Kovrov, wh ere they held a conversation with the school's director, Lyudmila Tsybina.

After this, the delegation met with the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Vladimir region, Natalya Fedorova. The development of deaf sports in the region was discussed. During the meeting, the regional minister was presented with the book "History of Deaf Sports."

Meetings were also held with the director of the sports-adaptive school for Paralympic and Deaflympic reserve, Anna Rusakova, and the director of the "Center for Sports Training," Alexander Logvinov.

Furthermore, on this day, the founding meeting of the OSFSG regional branch for the Vladimir region was held, at which Kirill Irkha was elected chairman.

Text: Olga Troynikova, Nurlan Tazhigulov

Photos: Mikhail Starostin

Translation: Daria Kudelina