Faculty of Biology participated in Nowruz celebrations

19 March 2016 Faculty of Biology

Faculty of Biology is a faculty, where a lot of foreign students study. Friendly and team-minded, young foreign biologists are engaged in active social and sport life, take part in different events organized in Altai State University and don’t forget about their education at the same time.

Sport competitions, dedicated to Nowruz national holiday of Persian and Turkic peoples, have produced the results. Yuri Kudryavtsev has taken the 1st place in bench pressing in the weight category over 75 kg.

Moreover, the team of Kyrgyz students has captured the 2nd place in the all-team championship. They were awarded medals, certificates and a cup on the last day of the event.

We congratulate our sportsmen and wish them more wins and successful competitions!

Nowruz, as well as the International Nowruz Day (21 March) is New Year holiday of Iranian and Turkic peoples. On 30 September 2009 Nowruz was added by UNESCO to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage together with other 76 elements of world’s intangible heritage.

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