novgorod alexander razbaum , thank you, thank you, dear vladimir vladimirovich, dear colleagues, forrk with you today. not long ago i headed the starussky municipal district in novgorod region and the historical city of staraya russa. this is the city of military glory, the city of fyodor mikhailovich dostoevsky. this is a city with a lot of history. and cities such as veliky novgorod, suzdol, vladimir, derbent, kerch, murom. they created the basis of our multinational state. the history of our country is wealth. and we are obliged to take care of it, to know it. pass on to younger generations so that this is not some simple lesson, but to go beyond the school curriculum and study and be interested in history your native land, your country. small medium-sized cities allow us to touch living history, monuments, shrines, and feel our own.