Penza, 17 June 2017. PenzaNews. Art objects in a shape of benches of an unusual form, which were installed by the Penza region representatives in the territory of the 5th Volga Federal District youth forum iVolga in the Samara region, are very popular among participants due to sockets installed into them. This was reported by the photo correspondent of the news agency PenzaNews Maxim Kostyushin.

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"One of them is dedicated to the regional youth forum 'Lastochka', while the other one provides information about the music festival 'Jazz May'," he explained.

According to Maxim Kostyushin, other regions also prepared art objects but only a few of them can be called functional.

As for the forum programme, he noted that the participants have a very busy schedule – they are active since the morning, which everyone starts with physical exercises, till the evening when after work on projects, workshops and meetings with experts the youth can take part in exciting cultural programme.

On Friday, June 16, the students had a chance to communicate with the head of Samara Oleg Fursov, the head of the department of social projects realization under the apparatus of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy in the Volga Federal District Andrei Klintsevich, the general director of the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) Valery Fedorov, the Honoured Master of Sports of the Russian Federation in karate Alexander Gerunov, and other invited guests.

This day at the iVolga forum also featured a solemn opening of a marquee dedicated to the FIFA World Cup 2018.

Forum project sites had other thematic marquees decorated with portraits of previous years’ winners.

They include a photo of the student of the socio-educational center for young people with disabilities "Kvartal Louie" Ivan Pchelnikov, who presented the project "House of Veronika" in 2016.