Penza, 30 March 2012. PenzaNews. The culture is the basis of any investments. It was declared by governor Vasily Bochkarev during the meeting of legislative authorities association of the regional administrations of Volga Federal District in Penza on Friday, March 30. "We don't apply for a rank of the cultural capital, unlike Ulyanovsk or Perm. We try to make province be developed and recognizable, to make our fellow countrymen be proud to say they were born and live in province," Vasily Bochkarev told.

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He told guests of the Penza region about facilities created in the region and supportive measures of cultural development.

"We should create a peculiar cultural cluster so that Penza could get a good philharmonic hall, a concert hall and museums could allow normal facilities for their visitors. This is the basis for which the XXI century generation upbringing," Vasily Bochkarev noted.

The head of the region emphasized that he is glad meet legislative authorities association in Penza which is famous for well-known politician Peter Stolypin, historian Vasily Klyuchevsky, poet Mikhail Lermontov and other famous public figures.

“We are friends and we cooperate, after all it is impossible to solve any question without deputies," Vasily Bochkarev summarized.