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NODAR
REGION

            EVENT
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KRASNODAR REGION —
a portrait of the region in a few facts
Krasnodar Region is one of the most dynamically developing
regions of Russia, which has a powerful transport
infrastructure, rich natural resources and is located in a
favorable climate zone. Kuban is rightfully considered a health
resort of Russia and is a center of attraction for tourists from
all over the country and abroad.

                                                  Krasnodar Region is the most popular resort and tourist region
HEALTH RESORT OF RUSSIA                           of Russia, which is visited by more than 16 million tourists a year.

THE MAIN MEDIA CENTER                                                                   The largest events held
OF THE OLYMPIC PARK (SOCHI)
● Area: 158,000 sq. m.                           Pushkin — 465 places;                 a. XXII Winter Olympic Games and
● Overall dimensions of the building —           Tolstoy — 220 places;                    XI Winter Paralympic Games
  423 x 394 m.                                                                             (2014)
                                                 Dostoevsky — 140 places;
● The premises of the Main Media                 Chekhov — 50 places;                  b. 2018 FIFA World Cup (2018)
  Center housed:
                                                 3 rooms for preparing speakers for    c. FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF
     International Broadcasting Center —         press conferences.                       RUSSIA (annually since 2015)
      60 thousand sq.m.
                                            ● Height — 3 floors.                        d. Russian Investment Forum
     Main Press Center —
                                            ● Parking: 2,500 places.                       (annually)
      20 thousand sq.m.
                                            ● Distance to the city center: 30 km.       e. Russia — ASEAN Summit (2016)
● 4 conference rooms:

LEADING
INDUSTRIES
                        Agriculture             Wine               Resorts and          Industrial             Information
                                              industry               tourism             complex               Technology

PLANNING YOUR VISIT                         THE MOST VIVID                              WEATHER
                                            IMPRESSIONS
Accessibility
                                            Take a ride in the Olympic Park with        Season       Average
International airports of federal           a golf cart, bike or segway.                             temperature
significance are Krasnodar
(Pashkovsky), Sochi (Adler), Anapa          Visit the Indian lotus plantation,
(Vityazevo), and Gelendzhik Airport
for domestic flights.
                                            tea plantations.
                                            Go yachting in Imeretinka and skiing
                                                                                        Winter       -3   to     -5 °С
Railway communication in the                in Krasnaya Polyana.
Krasnodar Region is provided by
means of long-distance trains and           Take part in an ethno tour in the
                                            open-air complex «Ataman» — a lively
                                                                                        Spring       +5     to     +15 °С
commuter trains.
                                            Cossack village with its inhabitants,
                                            way of life, songs, dances.
Accommodation
● The number of accredited                  Try the wines of Kuban.                     Summer       +22       to   +30 °С
  accommodation facilities — 6,284.         Watch the ceremony of changing of
● In the Imereti Lowland, the number        the honor guard of the Kuban Cossack
  of rooms — is more than 20,000.           army in Krasnodar.                          Autumn       +14     to     +17 °С
КRАS NODAR REGION - EVENT PASSPORT
CONTENT
1.               Geography and Nature .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 8            4.                Krasnodar Region Tourism Product
Krasnodar        Weather and Climate .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  12           Tourism           Specificities by Seasons .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  70
Region           Time zone .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  12   Capabilities      Landmarks and Sights .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  74
                 Social Portrait, Religion  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 14                          Main Routes  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 88
                 Economy and Production .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 16                                 Useful Facts and Numbers  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 97
                 Transport Accessibility .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  18
                 Main Symbols of the Region .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  20
                 Ratings and Prizes  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  22
                 Main Events:
                 Business Events .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 23
                 Fairs, Festivals, etc.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 28
                 Calendar Plan of Main Events .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  30

2.               Brief Information on Key Areas                                                               5.                Culture  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .100
Industrial       of Strategic Development of the Region  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 40                            Culture           Traditions and Customs .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 101
Specialization   Leading Industries  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  42                          Museums  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .104
                 Associations and Sectoral Organizations .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  52                                          Theatres .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .106
of the Region
                 Research Institutes and Branches of the RAS,
                 Leading Universities  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  52

3.               General Data on the Regional Event Industry .  .  .  .  .  . 56                              6.                Traditional Cuisine .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 110
Event            Convention Bureau and Marketing Organizations  .  .  .  .  58                                Gastronomic Map   Restaurant Infrastructure
Industry         Venues and Congress Hotels .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 59                    of the Region     of Traditional Cuisine .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  112
                 Hotel Sector  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 60
                 PCO, DMC, PEO, Services for Events  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  62
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1   Krasnodar
    Region
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        Geography
        and Nature
                                                                                  The territory borders with the      The region comprises the Repub-       administrative centre of the ter-
                                                                                  Rostov Region in the North-East,    lic of Adygeya.                       ritory is Krasnodar that celebrat-

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                                                                                  with the Stavropol Territory — in                                         ed its 25th anniversary in 2018.
        rasnodar Region is located in the south                                   the East, with Abkhazia — in the
                                                                                  South. From the North-West
                                                                                                                      Over five million people reside
                                                                                                                      in the territory; 53% of which        The territory is divided into two
        of Russia, the Southwestern part of the                                   and the South-West, the terri-      — in cities, and 47% — in the ru-     extremely different parts: the
                                                                                  tory is washed with the Sea of      ral area. The average popula-         northern plains and the south-
        North Caucasus to be the southernmost                                     Azov and the Black Sea. The total   tion density is 73.8 people per 1     ern mountainous ones. The plain
        region of Russia. The territory is located                                length of the territory’s borders   square kilometre. The Krasnodar       area — the Kuban Lowland — takes
                                                                                  is 1,540 km: 800 km of them are     Region comprises 44 municipali-       two-thirds of the territory. The
        roughly between the equator and the                                       overland, and 740 km are over-      ties and urban districts, including   Southern area is formed by sys-
                                                                                  sea. The greatest length of the     26 cities, 21 urban settlements       tems of ridges of the Western
        pole, at the latitude of Northern Italy and                               territory from the North to the     and 1,717 rural settlements. The      Caucasus, a stripe of adjacent
        Southern France; the 45th parallel divides                                South is 327 km, and from the       biggest municipal entities are        foothills and a narrow line of the
                                                                                  West to the East is 360 km.         Krasnodar (1.4 mln. people), So-      Black Sea coast.
        it into two approximately equal parts.                                                                        chi urban resort (493 K people),
                                                                                  The region is included in the       Novorossiysk (331 K people), Ar-
                                                                                  Southern Federal District of the    mavir (191 K people) and Anapa
                                                                                  Russian Federation.                 urban resort (186 K people). The

        Common information about the region                                       Tourists are attracted to the Krasnodar Region by:

        Population (K people) — 5,637.8                                           ● a variety of climate zones (subtropical ● a variety of landscapes — flatlands
        Air-line distance to Moscow — 1,194 km
                                                                                    and Alpine climate);                      and mountainous areas;
                                                                                  ● 2 warm seas (the Black Sea, the Sea                 ● a rich natural recreational potential,
        Railway distance to Moscow — 1,391 km
                                                                                    of Azov);                                             including sanative mineral springs,
                                                                                  ● a length of beach territories: over                   sulfurated therapeutic muds,
                                                                                                                                          geothermal sources, etc.
        AM distance to Moscow — 1,345 km
                                                                                    500 km of beaches in total (sand,
                                                                                    shells, pebble);

        Area of the region, — 75 K sq. km

        Regional centre — Krasnodar
                                                                                  There are 3 resorts of the federal importance in the territory:
        Population of the regional centre (K people) —   1 400
                                                                                               Sochi                               Anapa                              Gelendzhik

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Water resources of the Krasnodar Region are presented with territo-                                                                The flora of the territory is repre-
rial sea waters of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, as well as riv-                                                              sented by broad-leaved (beeches,
ers, estuaries, lakes, water reservoirs, multiple channels of hydrologic                                                           oaks) and dark coniferous moun-
systems and underground waters. Kuban River with a total length of                                                                 tain (silver-firs, fir-trees) forests,
870 km and a river basin of 57,900 sq. km belongs to the category of                                                               subalpine and alpine meadows.
large rivers. Kuban River is the main waterway which is a water-supply                                                             More than 3,000 species of
source for the population, business and industrial activities on the                                                               plants can be found here.
territory of the region. The length of Kuban in the Krasnodar Region
is 662 km.                                                                                                                         Timber plays an important role
                                                                                                                                   among all resources of Kuban,
                                                                                                                                   because it is of special conserva-
                                                                                                                                   tion interest and serves as a ma-
                                                                                                                                   jor source of fine wood in Russia.

                                                                                                                                   The animal world of the Krasno-
                                                                                                                                   dar Region is diverse and repre-
                                                                                                                                   sented with 101 species of mam-
                                                                                                                                   mals, 37 species of reptiles and
                                                                                                                                   amphibians, 340 species of birds
                                                                                                                                   and 110 species of fishes. Be-
                                                                                                                                   sides, a lot of animals have been
                                                                                                                                   listed in the Russian Red Book.

                                     The Black Sea is located between      The Sea of Azov is a terminal ba-
                                     the Caucasus Mountains in the         sin in a raw of the Don, the Kuban
                                     North and the Pontic Mountains        River and rivers of the Northern
                                     in the South. In the North-East       and North-Eastern Priazovie. The
                                     the Black Sea connects with           length of the coastline in the
                                     the Sea of Azov via the shallow       Krasnodar Region is 550 km.
                                     Kerch Strait; in the South-West,
                                     it connects with the Sea of Mar-
                                     mara via the Bosphorus Strait,
                                     and through the Sea of Marma-
                                     ra — with the Mediterranean Sea.
                                     That’s how The Black Sea is con-
                                     nected with the Atlantic Ocean.

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                                                                             Time Zone
Weather and Climate Patterns
                                                                             The Krasnodar Region belongs
                                                                             to the time-zone marked as the
                                                                             Moscow Time Zone (MSK) as per
                                                                             the international standard. The
                                                                             GMT offset (in comparison with
                                                                             UTC) is +3:00.
From Anapa to             The average               800 mm of
Tuapse is an area         temperature on the        precipitation occurs
of a moderately           flat land in January      in 365 days.
continental climate.      −3 to −5 °C, in July
From Tuapse to Sochi      +22 to +24 °C;
is an area of humid
subtropical climate;

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     ocated on the border of middle and subtropical        The duration of the warm period (the period with the     The frostless season in most of the regions lasts
     latitudes, at the junction of flatlands and moun-     atmospheric temperature above 0 °C) on the most          for 180–200 days, on the coast of the Black Sea —
     tains, the territory is notable for a variety and     part of the territory is 9–10 months, while on the       220–260 days.
versatility of weather conditions. The climate on the      coast of the Black Sea the temperature actually nev-
largest part of the territory is moderately continental,   er drops below zero degrees, i.e. there are only a few   Every popular urban resort of the Krasnodar Region
though it’s subtropical on the coast of the Black Sea      days of the cold period when subzero figures can be      has its individual climate patterns. Anapa is famous
(to the South from Tuapse). The average temperature        observed.                                                for the greatest solar activity (2,450 solar hours per
on the flat land in January is minus 3–5 degrees, in                                                                year). Novorossiysk is notable for a rare atmospheric    Still, the climate in the territory is one of the most
July — plus 22–24 degrees.                                 In total, there are 140–153 summer days. Summer is       phenomenon — bora, the gusting wind with a speed         favourable for living and working in Russia. The Kras-
                                                           mostly moderately hot, the hottest months fall on        of up to 40 m/s. Gelendzhik is a record-breaker when     nodar Region is the warmest Russian region; the av-
The coast of the Black Sea can be divided into two         July-August. The maximum temperature exceeds             it comes to the amount of precipitation — in the av-     erage period of time when there’s the sunny weather
climate zones. From Anapa to Tuapse is an area of a        35-39 °C, the number of days with the maximum            erage, 800 mm of precipitation occurs in 365 days        during daylight is 2,300 hours per year.
moderately continental climate. From Tuapse to So-         temperature above 30 °C in summer is about 30–65         here.
chi is an area of humid subtropical climate.               days.

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Social Portrait,                                                                      Religion
Religion
                                                                                      R
                                                                                            epresentatives of 32 confes-    a number of followers and its in-
                                                                                            sions reside on the territory   fluence on the social and political
                                                                                            of Kuban: 86% of them are       situation in the territory. More
                                                                                      Orthodox Christians, 6% are pa-       than 300 congregations of the
                                   The Krasnodar Region is one of the most            rishioners of the Armenian Apos-      Yekaterinodar-Kuban Diocese of
                                                                                      tolic Church, 3% are Muslims, 5%      the Moscow Patriarchate of the
                                   densely-populated regions of the country;          are representatives of other reli-    Russian Orthodox Church are
                                                                                      gions.                                registered in the Krasnodar Re-
                                   it holds the third place by the population —                                             gion.
                                   5,121,000 people or 3.4% of the Russian            In total, more than 700 organi-
                                                                                      zations that represent adepts         More than 40 Orthodox church-
                                   population.                                        of 28 religious trends are regis-     es of Kuban has a status of newly     ernment. Two out of 14 function-
                                                                                      tered in the Krasnodar Region.        discovered historical and cultural    al Orthodox cathedrals of the
                                                                                      The Russian Orthodox Church is        sites of the Krasnodar Region, so     territorial centre has a status of
                                                                                      the largest in number — both by       they are protected by the gov-        architectural landmarks.

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     uban is a multinational re-
     gion where representatives
     of more than 120 ethnic
groups reside.

A prevailing nation is the Rus-
sians who consider themselves a
special sub-ethnos – Kuban Cos-
sacks who speak Russian with
elements of the Ukrainian lan-
guage. The Armenians (the area
of Armavir) and the Greeks also
live compactly in the Krasnodar
Region. Also, a significant num-
ber of Ukrainians reside in the
territory.

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Economy and Production                                                                                                                                                                   There are several climate zones in
                                                                                                                                                                                         the territory — a moderately con-
                                                                                                                                                                                         tinental and a subtropical one. It’s
                                                                                                                                                                                         the proximity of subtropics that
The Krasnodar Region is rightfully called a prop of the                                                                                                                                  annually grants millions of tour-
                                                                                                                                                                                         ists the warmest summer and
economics of the country: the region leads in construc-
                                                                                                                                                                                         the longest resort season. Sochi,
tion, industry, transport. It’s here where the largest in-                                                                                                                               Anapa, Gelendzhik, Tuapse, Adler,
ternational airports and railway hubs are located, and                                                                                                                                   Taman, Yeysk, Krasnaya Polyana,
even the remote corners of the territory are laced with a                                                                                                                                Lago-Naki, Apsheronsk. . . Azure
well-developed network of motorways. The southern sea                                                                                                                                    waves, Caucasus Mountains, san-
                                                                                                                                                                                         ative springs, ancient cultural
gates of Novorossiysk, Tuapse, Temryuk and Yeysk pro-
                                                                                                                                                                                         sites, colourful traditions of Cos-
vide direct access to international waterways. That allows                                                                                                                               sacks. . .
the Krasnodar Region defending Russian interests in the
areas of the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea Economic                                                                                                                                    The territory is proud of its con-
Cooperation.                                                                                                                                                                             struction sector. Over recent
                                                                                                                                                                                         years, the Krasnodar Region
                                                                                                                                                                                         has been a stable leader by vol-
                                                                                                              an integral part of the regional      Kuban has always been a granary      umes of housing commissioning.
                                                                                                              economy. The Krasnodar Region         of Russia, the region that feeds     It’s important that aside from
                                                                                                              is the oldest oil-producing area      the entire country. High-quality     multi-storey housing, great at-
                                                                                                              in Russia. Oil has been produced      wheat, million tonnes of Kuban       tention is paid to creating fa-
                                                                                                              here since 1864.                      rice, sugar beet, sunflower seeds,   vourable conditions for develop-
                                                                                                                                                    tea plantations, citrus fruits,      ment of low rise private housing
                                                                                                              More than 60 types of commer-         vineyards — a generous region        construction taking traditions
                                                                                                              cial minerals have been discov-       provides Russia with the heavi-      and specificities of the region
                                                                                                              ered in the mines of Kuban. Main-     est crops. The total land area in    into account.
                                                                                                              ly they are deposited in foothills    the region is over 7.5 mln ha, and
                                                                                                              or mountainous areas. There are       4 mln ha of them is a tilled area.
                                                                                                              reserves of oil, natural gas, marl,   No other region of Russia can
                                                                                                              iodide-bromine     waters, mar-       be compared with Kuban by a
                                                                                                              ble, limestone, sandstone, grav-      level of viticulture development.
                                                                                                              el, quartz sand, iron and apatite     The ‘amber berries’ are grown by
                                                                                                              ores, rock salt.                      51 households here, while 34 of
                                                                                                                                                    them process them to produce
                                                                                                                                                    quiet, sparkling, white and red —
                                                                                                                                                    but always noble and natural
                                                                                                                                                    drinks that are notable for their
                                                                                                                                                    flavour and quality far beyond the

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      he transport complex of the                                                                                                                   borders of the country.
      territory is one of the most
      important elements for the
economy of Kuban, as well as for
the entire Russian Federation. A
network of high-quality motorways
and railways threads all the territo-
ry providing favourable conditions
for business activity. Seaports of
the Krasnodar Region are the main
Russia’s access to countries of the
Mediterranean region; they provide
up to 40% of cargo turn-over of all     The industrial complex of the     are well known in Russia and far
Russian ports. Two largest interna-     Krasnodar Region extensively      beyond its borders. Mechanical
tional transport and energy projects    features energy providers, min-   engineering, petrochemical sec-
of Russia are set up here: the Blue     ing businesses, enterprises of    tor and chemical industry, con-
Stream Gas Pipeline between Rus-        the processing industry, where    structional materials industry
sia and Turkey and terminals of the     leading positions are held by     develop dynamically. Oil and gas
Caspian Pipeline Consortium.            food manufacturing plants that    extraction and oil processing are

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Transport accessibility
Main Traffic Arteries

      10 MLN                 40,000 KM 2,200 KM                                                  9
     passengers                 of motorway                    of railway                  year-round
      per year                     routes                       routes                      seaports

                                                                                                                   through international airports of     the total amount of transporta-
The transport infrastructure ensures transferring tourists                   leading positions in the Russian
                                                                                                                   federal importance in Krasnodar       tions). About 7% of all passenger
and vacationers to the coast of the Black Sea of the Kras-                   Federation by the number, density
                                                                                                                   (Pashkovsky), Sochi (Adler), Ana-     air transportation in Russia falls on
                                                                             and quality of motorways (447 km
nodar Region – the main sanatorium-and-health-resort of                      of motorways per 1,000 sq. km)
                                                                                                                   pa (Vityazevo), and Gelendzhik        the Krasnodar Region.
the federal importance which is annually visited by more                                                           for domestic airlines. The average
                                                                             with a total length of about 40
than 14 mln tourists, as well as serves transit cargo flows                                                        daily flying intensity in summer      In total, there are more than 40
                                                                             K km.
                                                                                                                   achieves 50 pair flights, and their   air companies that carry out
performed in the framework of the Russian export activi-                                                           maximum amount falls on the end       flights to the Krasnodar Region,        lines, Belavia, MahanAir, Pegasus,
ty, including oil export.                                                    Branches of motorway routes of 2
                                                                                                                   of August — up to 70. The aver-       and 20 of them provide the              SomonAir, FlyDubai, Uzbekista-
                                                                             international transport corridors —
                                                                                                                   age number of flights to the Sochi    main volume of transportation           nAirways, TurkishAirlines.
                                                                             North-South (NS) and Transsib
                                                                                                                   airport is 55, to Krasnodar — 45,     in historically formed regular di-
                                                                             (TS), as well as railway routes of

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                                                                                                                   to Anapa — 25, to Gelendzhik — 10.    rections connecting airports of         Currently, rail operation in the
       he Krasnodar Region can         agglomeration with a significant      the federal importance lie over the
                                                                                                                   The aggregate traffic flow in air-    the territory with Moscow, Saint        Krasnodar Region is provided
       boast an extremely bene-        export and transit potential in the   territory of the Krasnodar Region.
                                                                                                                   ports of Kuban is over 10 mln pas-    Petersburg, the largest cities of       by long-distance trains (Fed-
       ficial geographic location      country.                              The total length of them is 2,200
                                                                                                                   sengers per year.                     Ural, Siberia, the Far East, CIS        eral Passenger Company JSC)
which allows creating convenient                                             km (33% of the SFD and 2.5% of
                                                                                                                                                         countries, neighbouring coun-           and suburban trains (Kuban Ex-
logistics. There are 9 year-round      An extensive network of motor-        Russia).
                                                                                                                   Currently, the main volume of pas-    tries and beyond. As for inter-         press-Prigorod     OJSC,     North
seaports in the Krasnodar Region       ways and railways is created on
                                                                                                                   senger and cargo air transporta-      national traffic, passengers are        Caucasus Suburban Passenger
(two of them are among TOP 3           the territory of the region. The      Passenger and cargo air transpor-
                                                                                                                   tion is performed through airports    transported to most countries           Company JSC). The length of
ports by cargo turnover in Russia)     Krasnodar Region holds one of         tation in the region is performed
                                                                                                                   of Krasnodar and Sochi (83% of        of neighbouring countries and           railroads in the region is 2,200
that provide transfer of more than
                                                                                                                                                         beyond, Asian countries of the          km or 34.5% of all the length of
200 mln tonnes of cargos per year.
                                                                                                                                                         Middle East, and Western Europe.        the North Caucasus Railway. The
The region is the largest transport
                                                                                                                                                         Most of the flights are carried         suburban railway network of the
hub: it has direct access to the in-
                                                                                                                                                         out using comfortable aircrafts         Krasnodar Region consists of 43
ternational ways of foreign trade
                                                                                                                                                         of foreign manufacture, such as         routes of regular rail links that
to Europe, The Mediterranean, the
                                                                                                                                                         Boeing 737-500, 737-800, and            are daily operated by about 80
Middle East and Central Asia. It al-
                                                                                                                                                         Airbus 319, 320, as well as Rus-        pairs of trains: 20 pairs of them
lows the processing of about 30%
                                                                                                                                                         sian aeroplanes SSJ 100 (Sukhoi         are highly comfortable Lastoch-
of foreign trade and transit cargos
                                                                                                                                                         Super Jet), Tu-204/214. The main        ka electrical trains that operate
in Russia.
                                                                                                                                                         Russian airlines that carry out         across the territory of the Sochi
                                                                                                                                                         flights to the airports of the ter-     landfill. The number of passengers
Two large-scale projects on the
                                                                                                                                                         ritory are: Aeroflot, Rossiya, S7       transported by railway transport
development of the transport in-
                                                                                                                                                         Airlines, Ural Airlines, Utair, Pobe-   amounted to 19,468,700 people
frastructure are implemented in
                                                                                                                                                         da, Nordavia, Red Wings, Royal-         in 2017, including 8,138,600 pas-
the Krasnodar Region (Taman set-
                                                                                                                                                         Flight, Alrosa, Nord Wind, UVT          sengers of long-distance trains
tlement and Novorossiysk) that
                                                                                                                                                         AERO, Yamal, Yakutia. The main          and 11,330,100 passengers of
will allow creating the biggest port
                                                                                                                                                         foreign air carriers: AustrianAir-      suburban trains.

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Basic Symbols of the Region

                                                      Catherine the Great
                                                      With the Charter of June 30, 1792, Empress Cather-
                                                      ine II granted the Kuban lands to the Cossack Army.
                                                      The Imperial Charter highlighted that the Cossacks      Resorts and Tourism                                    Ski Tourism
                                                      received the lands ‘to their freehold and full con-
                                                      trol’ for their ‘diligent and committed services, in-   The Krasnodar Region can boast a unique com-           Krasnaya Polyana mountain climate resort located
                                                      violable loyalty, strict obedience and commendable      bination of recreational resources — excellent cli-    in the cluster of Sochi urban resort became interna-
                                                      behaviour, for their brave and courageous deeds         mate, warm sea, balneological resources, a variety     tionally known after the Winter Olympics of 2014.
                                                      ashore and afloat’. They were also ordered to pro-      of natural landscapes. It allowed the region becom-    Due to an extensive natural diversity, mild climate, a
                                                      tect the southern borders of Russia and reclaim         ing one of the most popular and the largest resort,    variety of mountain relief forms, unique features of
                                                      Kuban lands.                                            recreational and tourist centre in Russia.             the snow cover, there is everything here one needs
                                                                                                                                                                     for active rest, and, first of all, ski tourism.

                                                                                                                                                        Sochi
                                                                                                                                                        ● The 22nd Olympic Games and the 11th Paralympic Games
                                                                                                                                                        ● FIFA World Cup 2018
                                                                                                                                                        ● RUSSIAN FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX

The Land of Cossacks                                  Vine-growing and Wines
The independent ethnic and social item (sub-eth-      Due to natural and climatic conditions the Kras-
nos) of Kuban Cossacks were formed in the sec-        nodar Region holds leading positions in vine-grow-
ond half of the 19th century. Officially, November    ing in the Russian Federation. The sum of active
19, 1860, the day when the Kuban Cossack Army         temperatures, soil, and the amount of precipitation
was organized, can be considered the date of the      define the singularity of the region. The territory
                                                                                                              Sunflowers, Wheat                                      Kuban Feast
sub-ethnos’ origin. The Kuban Cossacks are poly-      occupies the first place in Russia by the volume of
ethnic by essence. Two components — a Russian         produced wines and champagne.                                                                                  It’s long, generous, abundant, full of songs and heart-
                                                                                                              The Krasnodar Region is one of the leading Russian
and a Ukrainian one — served as determinant ethnic                                                                                                                   to-heart talks. Traditional dishes of the Kuban cuisine
                                                                                                              regions by manufacturing and processing of agri-
origins in Kuban. The Cossacks adhere to their cus-                                                                                                                  are the Kuban borsch (red-beet soup), Black Sea fish,
                                                                                                              cultural products. The territory consistently holds
toms and traditions.                                                                                                                                                 dumplings (vareniki) with various fillings, meat cooked
                                                                                                              one of the leading positions in Russia by grow-
                                                                                                              ing sugar beet, sunflower seeds, fruits and berries,   in different variants, and snacks made of eggplants
                                                                                                              grapes.                                                which are affectionately called “sinenkiye” (“blue veg-
                                                                                                                                                                     etables”).

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Ratings and Prizes                                                               Main Events

       In 2019 the region ranked 13th in the National                            The Krasnodar Region nowadays is one of the landmarks of Russia. Not only due to the
       Investment Climate Ranking in the Russian regions.                        Olympics, Formula 1 Grand Prix and the FIFA World Cup. The main thing is that Kuban is a
                                                                                 region with a steadily growing economy, comfortable investment climate in the Russian
                                                                                 context, the best conditions for business operations. And a key objective of regional
                                                                                 authorities is to create conditions for stable economic growth.
       1А is the highest rank of investment attractiveness
       according to Expert-RA. In this rating, the Krasnodar
       Region belongs to the group of leading regions with
       maximum potential and minimal risks.

                                                                                 Business
                                                                                                               T
                                                                                                                      he Krasnodar Region is one     Due to the Olympics Sochi acquired
                                                                                                                      of business tourism centres    an opportunity to transform the
       The Krasnodar Region steadily makes it to the TOP 5                                                            in Russia. Annually, about     Olympic infrastructure into cultural
       constituent territories of the Russian Federation with
       the least investment risks for investors.                                 Events                        500 events of congress tourism
                                                                                                               forms take place in the territory.
                                                                                                                                                     and exhibition centres and sports
                                                                                                                                                     centres.
                                                                                                               Sochi is one of the most popu-
                                                                                                               lar cities of the territory, where    Capitals of business and event
                                                                                                               high-level intergovernmental          tourism of the Krasnodar Region
                                                                                                               meetings, international forums,       are Krasnodar and Sochi. This di-
       The credit rating of the Krasnodar Region (according
                                                                                                               exhibitions and seminars take         rection is also developing dynami-
       to Expert-RA, the Russian Rating Agency ) is ruАА
                                                                                                               place. Today Krasnodar and Sochi      cally in Anapa, Gelendzhik and the
       (a stable forecast).
                                                                                                               feature all the necessary infra-      Tuapsinsky District. The modern
                                                                                                               structure for holding largescale      infrastructure of accommodation
                                                                                                               congress and exhibition events:       means, such as business centres,
                                                                                                               there are venues, operators, spe-     conference halls, respective equip-
       The fifth place among Russian regions by the total                                                      cialists, hotels, transport, etc.     ment, personnel, additional ser-
       volume of annually attracted investments (over the                                                                                            vices, allows organizing business
       three last years (2015-2017) about 1.5 tln rubles of                                                    The largest venue in Krasnodar        events of any level and scale.
       investments were attracted to the region in total).                                                     is the Expograd South Exhibition
       In the average, 40% of investments in the Southern                                                      Complex featuring 4 exhibition pa-    Based on the analysis of exhibi-
       Federal District fall on the Krasnodar Region. In the                                                   vilions with the area of more than    tions held in the territory, it could
       average, up to 70 largescale investment projects are                                                    9,000 sq. m each, conference halls    be concluded that a share of spe-
       being implemented in the Krasnodar Region (worth                                                        for roundtable discussions and        cialized exhibitions in such indus-
       of more than 100 mln rubles) annually. 30% of them                                                      meetings; required equipment; ca-     tries as construction, food, agricul-
       are projects worth more than 1 bln rubles.                                                              tering areas for participants, open   ture, transport and communication,
                                                                                                               outdoor spaces.                       tourism has grown.

       The Krasnodar Region made it to the TOP 10 regions
       of the RF with the best quality of life (best on data
       provided by the Federal State Statistics Service,
       the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance, the
       Central Bank of Russia).

       The Krasnodar Region is represented in the Russian
       Regions Event Potential Rating-2019 by two cities:
       Sochi (4) and Krasnodar (5).

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Winter Olympic Games                                  FIFA World Cup     Matches of the FIFA Confedera-
                                                                         tions Cup 2017 and the FIFA World
                                                                                                               (June 14–July 15, 2018) the recon-
                                                                                                               structed Fisht Stadium hosted six
2014                                                                     Cup 2018 were successfully held
                                                                         in the Krasnodar Region. During
                                                                                                               matches that were attended by
                                                                                                               more than 265,000 fans, includ-
                                                                         the time of the FIFA World Cup        ing about 65,000 tourists from
In 2014 the 22nd Winter Olym-                                                                                  abroad. Fisht became the most
pic Games and the 11th Winter                                                                                  ‘successful’ stadium of the FIFA
Paralympic Games took place                                                                                    World Cup 2018. 19 goals were
in Sochi, Krasnodar Region. The                                                                                scored in Sochi (plus 7 goals of a
Olympics in Sochi became one                                                                                   penalty due to the results of the
of the most largescale and big-                                                                                match Russia — Croatia). A unique
gest Russian projects of the last                                                                              feature of the Fisht Stadium is
20 years. Not only two clusters                                                                                that it became one of eight stadi-
of sports venues were construct-                                                                               ums in the world that hosted the
ed practically from scratch (the                                                                               Olympics and the Paralympics,
Olympic Park and the mountain                                                                                  the FIFA Confederations Cup and
cluster in Krasnaya Polyana),                                                                                  the FIFA World Cup. Besides, the
but also the infrastructure of a                                                                               Krasnodar Region became a place
huge area, including all the South                                                                             of residence for six leading na-
of the Krasnodar Region, was                                                                                   tional football teams of the world.
modernized. New electric pow-                                                                                  Training venues of teams in So-
er plants and electrical grids, an                                                                             chi, Gelendzhik and Anapa were
underwater gas pipeline, waste                                                                                 handed over to children’s sports
treatment facilities, a port and                                                                               school after the FIFA World Cup
an airport were constructed, as                                                                                2018.
well as unique motor- and rail-
ways with numerous bridges
and tunnels, multiple hotels and
residential houses. Due to new
modern infrastructure facilities,
Sochi turned into an interna-
tional sports centre and an all-                      Formula 1 –        Formula 1 Grand Prix in Sochi is
                                                                         one of the brightest internation-
                                                                                                               way is located on the territory of
                                                                                                               the Olympic Park and includes 16
year-round world-class resort.
The Olympics gave a significant
                                                      Russian Grand      al sports events in the framework
                                                                         of the Olympic heritage; it plays
                                                                                                               turns. The length of the track is
                                                                                                               5,848 meters. In the debut year,
boost to the development of
sports and healthy lifestyle in
                                                      Prix               an important role for position-       in 2014, the Russian Grand Prix
                                                                         ing of the Krasnodar as a unique      was officially recognized the best
Russia and served as a strong                                            place for tourists, including those   Formula 1 stage in the season.
factor of economic growth and                                            who come from abroad. The high-
creation of new workplaces (up
to 600,000 workplaces were
created). The total expenditures
of the government and private
investors provided for holding
the Olympics amounted to 214
bln rubles (99 bln rubles from the
State Budget), and expenditures
for modernization of infrastruc-
ture in Sochi and the Krasnodar
Region exceeded the sum of 1.5
tln rubles. Formula 1 in Sochi.
Since 2014 Sochi (Krasnodar Re-
gion) has annually hosted a stage
of the world-class racing cham-
pionship.

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The Russian Investment Forum                                                                                   The Golden Field (or Golden Niva)                                       The Golden Field (or Golden Niva)
                                                                                                                                                                                       International Agricultural Exhibi-
in Sochi                                                                                                       International Agricultural Exhibition                                   tion with a Field Demonstration
                                                                                                                                                                                       of Techniques and Technologies
                                                                                                                                                                                       is an efficient tool for the promo-
                                                                                                                                                                                       tion of products among a large
                                                                                                                                                                                       number of heads and specialists
                                                                                                                                                                                       of agricultural and farming en-
                                                                                                                                                                                       terprises of leading agricultural
                                                                         Events of the Forum are tradi-                                                                                regions of Russia that are inter-
                                                                         tionally attended by leaders of                                                                               ested in choosing the agricul-
                                                                         the Russian Government, author-                                                                               tural machinery, equipment and
                                                                         ities from the constituent terri-                                                                             materials to resolve their pro-
                                                                         tories of the Russian Federation,                                                                             duction problems. Annually the
                                                                         Russian and foreign top manag-                                                                                Exhibition is attended by over
                                                                         ers, heads of diplomatic missions,                                                                            23,000 people, 85% of which are
                                                                         significant investors and lead-                                                                               specialists in farming. The Exhi-
                                                                         ing business experts. The First                                                                               bition includes several thematic
                                                                         Kuban Economic Forum took                                                                                     sections: agricultural machinery,
                                                                         place in Sochi in 2002 as a re-                                                                               specialized machinery, compo-
                                                                         gional event aimed at increasing                                                                              nents, vegetable cultivation: elite
                                                                         awareness of potential investors                                                                              seeds and hybrids of agricultural
                                                                         of the economy of the Krasnodar                                                                               crops, PPPs, fertilizers.
                                                                         Region. In 2007 the Forum add-
                                                                         ed ‘investment’ to its name, while
                                                                         Sochi that hosted the event re-
                                                                         ceived a status of the candidate
                                                                         city for the Olympic Games 2014.
                                                                         Over sixteen years the Forum
The Russian Investment Forum
in Sochi is currently the major in-
                                      rum in Sochi is an annual event
                                      aimed at attracting investments,
                                                                         has become one of the largest
                                                                         international business events in      YugBuild International                                Vinorus Krasnodar
vestment fair of the country and
one of the largest Russian ven-
                                      presenting priority investment
                                      projects of Russian regions and
                                                                         Russia. In 2018, more than 6,000
                                                                         people from 63 countries of the
                                                                                                               Exhibition of Finishing and                           International Exhibition of
ues for a productive dialogue of
business and authorities. The Fo-
                                      promotion of their potential to
                                      domestic and external markets.
                                                                         world took part in the Russian In-
                                                                         vestment Forum.
                                                                                                               Building materials                                    Wine Products

YUGAGRO, the International Exhibition
of Agricultural Machinery
                                                                         YUGAGRO, the International Ex-
                                                                         hibition of Agricultural Machinery,
                                                                         Equipment and Materials for Crop
                                                                         Production is the largest of this
                                                                         kind in Russia.

                                                                                                               The YugBuild International Exhibition of Finishing    The Vinorus Krasnodar International Exhibition
                                                                                                               and Building materials, Engineering Equipment,        of Wine Products and Drinks, Equipment and
                                                                                                               Construction Machinery and Architectural Design       Technologies for Vine Growing and Winemaking
                                                                                                               is the largest exhibition of building and finishing   is the largest exhibition of wines and alcoholic
                                                                                                               materials, engineering equipment and architectural    beverages in the South of Russia. It features a wide
                                                                                                               design in the South of Russia.                        range of alcoholic beverages, special grape wines,
                                                                                                                                                                     table and local wines, exclusive, vintage and garage
                                                                                                                                                                     wines, as well as wine accessories.

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Fairs, Festivals, etc.
                                                                                                           The Kuban Fair
The cultural life is decked with promotions, forums and festivals the number of which                      The Kuban Fair is an agricultural exhibition that
                                                                                                           takes place in Krasnodar every autumn to gath-
achieves three or four hundred annually. The brightest and the most wide-scale ones                        er over 800 participants together on its venue —
are the “cultural assault” of Moscow Arts Theater in Kuban; such festivals as Kuban Mu-                    Kuban representatives of small forms of business.
sical Spring, Golden Apple, Kinotavr, Cinemashock, Slavonic Literature Day, The Kuban                      Pavilions traditionally feature products of the fol-
Cossack, Kuban is the Address of Childhood, To the Glory of Kuban, to the Benefit of                       lowing clusters: livestock breeding; vegetable cul-
Russia; Living Culture; Legends of Taman; Kuban Plays Jazz and the Premiere Festival                       tivation; horticulture, gardening, vine growing and
                                                                                                           winemaking and agricultural products manufactured
in the Uspensky District. A great interest of the audience and the creative community                      at agritourism facilities; fish breeding; processing
is provoked by international festivals, such as Young Ballet of the World, Opera without                   and production of food products and bioproducts;
Borders, GG Jazz.                                                                                          arts and crafts; agricultural equipment and tech-
                                                                                                           nologies. During the event an extensive business
                                                                                                           program takes place; guests and participants visit
                                                                                                           roundtable discussions and training workshops. It
The Kinotavr                  The Kinotavr Open Russian Film
                              Festival is one of the most pop-
                                                                      numerous business and friendly
                                                                      meetings, creative discussions.
                                                                                                           was estimated that over 530 tonnes of agricultural
                                                                                                           products and about 20,000 crafts items were real-
Open Russian Film             ular film festivals in Russia. It an-
                              nually takes place in Sochi, in the
                                                                      Also, pitching (a project contest)
                                                                      takes place during the film fes-
                                                                                                           ized by small businesses from all municipal entities
                                                                                                           of the Krasnodar Region at the Kuban Fair in 2018.
Festival                      Krasnodar Region. The initiative        tival with the purpose of adver-     According to information collected, the revenues of
                                                                                                           realized products amounted to approximately 67.5
                              received the support of the cin-        tising and looking for investors
                              ematograph community and in             to promote films that are at the     mln rubles. In total, 108,000 people visited the fair
                              1991 the Kinotavr National Fes-         moment in the production in the      in 4 days.
                              tival was born in Sochi with Mark       Russian and foreign film market.
                              Rubinstein and Oleg Yankovsky           Kinotavr held in Sochi has right-
                              in charge. The latter used to be        fully become one of the bright-
                              the President of the Festival in
                              1993–2004. Aside from the film
                                                                      est and most reputable creative
                                                                      forums, a significant event in the
                                                                                                           The Ataman Exhibition Complex
                              screenings, the Kinotavr program        cultural life of Russia and other
                              includes various cultural events —      countries.                           The Ataman Exhibition Complex is a perfect sam-
                              workshops, press conferences,                                                ple of the Cossack culture with its extreme variety,
                                                                                                           beauty and generosity. It’s the largest and one of a
                                                                                                           kind outdoor exhibition complex that can bring its
                                                                                                           guests back to the past so that they could feel the
                                                                                                           spirit of the Cossacks, the invincible will and endless
                                                                                                           freedom. The place of location was not chosen by
                                                                                                           accident. Taman, a former Turkish fortress, was lo-
                                                                                                           cated on the lands Russia won from the Ottoman
                                                                                                           Empire. Later Catherine II granted those lands to
                                                                                                           Zaporozhian Cossacks (future Kuban Cossacks) who
                                                                                                           took part in Russo-Turkish Wars, The land made it
                                                                                                           into history. Two hundreds years ago the first Black
                                                                                                           Sea Cossacks landed on the coast of the Taman Bay
                                                                                                           of the Black Sea, at the bottom of the Bald Moun-
                                                                                                           tain. The first Orthodox cathedral was built on that
                                                                                                           land, and that’s how the story of Kuban started.
                                                                                                           Considering those facts it was decided to recre-
                                                                                                           ate the perfect copy of the Cossack capital there,
                                                                                                           on the Bald Mountain, in the Taman stanitsa of the
                                                                                                           Temryuksky region (Krasnodar Region). The Ataman
                                                                                                           ethnographic complex turned into a tourist gem of
                                                                                                           the Krasnodar Region. Tourists from all across Rus-
                                                                                                           sia come to the stanitsa to immerse into the routine
                                                                                                           of Cossacks, try Cossack dishes and enjoy the at-
                                                                                                           mosphere of a holiday.

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Calendar Plan of Main Events                                                                             Date         Event                          Event organizer               Venue

                                                                                                         26–29        Exhibition of Security         MVK — International           Krasnodar, Exhibition and
                                                                                                         February     Equipment and Equipment        Exhibition Company            Congress Complex
Date       Event                         Event organizer                Venue                            2020         for Security and Fire                                        “Expograd Yug”
                                                                                                                      Protection “Securika
12–14      International Tourism         Municipal Administration of    Anapa,                                                                                                     Congressnaya st, 1
                                                                                                                      Krasnodar”
February   Exhibition                    Anapa and                      Vityazevo,
2020                                                                    Prospect Yuzhny, 20                           (www.securika-krasnodar.ru)
           “Anapa — the brightest sun    LLC Sanatorium Resort
           of Russia”                    Association “Health resorts    Sports complex “VITYAZ”                       “Securika Krasnodar” is the only security exhibition in the Krasnodar Region.
           (www.anapa-sea.ru)            of the resort city of Anapa”

           The aim of the exhibition is to bring together all interested parties: institutions of
                                                                                                         26–29        22nd Specialized Exhibition    SOUD LLC — Sochi              Sochi,
           the sanatorium and resort complex, enterprises of the resort business industry,
                                                                                                         March        “Food supply” 2020             Exhibition                    Chernomorskaya st, 3
           tourism, restaurant and retail businesses, entertainment, recreation, leisure and service
                                                                                                         2020                                                                      Grand Hotel
           companies. The exhibition is held within the framework of the regional target program
           “Development of the sanatorium and tourist complex of the Krasnodar region”.                                                                                            “Zhemchuzhina”
                                                                                                                      Leading manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of food and beverages from
                                                                                                                      different regions of our country take part in the exhibition, with a special place among
12–14      Russian Investment Forum      Roscgongress Foundation        Sochi,                                        manufacturers of the Krasnodar Region.
February   (www.rusinvestforum.org/                                     Olympic Avenue, 1
2020       en/)                                                         Main Media Center
           The Russian Investment Forum is a modern platform for discussing the prospects of             2–3          16th International             ICF — International           Gelendzhik,
           the investment and innovative future of our country, as well as for presenting large-         April        SouthTrans 2020 forum          Conferences                   Revolutsionnaya st, 53
           scale investment projects in the Russian regions.                                             2020                                                                      Grand Hotel Kempinski
                                                                                                                      Topics: transport, roads, infrastructure.
                                                                                                                      The Forum is attended by representatives of federal and regional authorities, leaders
14         4th Agricultural Forum        “Agribusiness Magazine”        Krasnodar,                                    and owners of major international rail, sea, road carriers, stevedoring companies and
February   “Grain of Russia” — 2020                                     Krasnaya st, 109                              cargo owners with interests in southern Russia.
2020       (events.agbz.ru)                                             Hotel “Intourist-Krasnodar”

           International Agricultural Forum “Grain of Russia”. The event will bring together             7–9          Zoobusiness Summit             LLC “ARTIS Expo”              Sochi, Adler district,
           representatives from more than 46 settlements of Russia, as well as foreign countries.        April        Russia 2020                                                  Estosadok,
           The forum will bring together more than 200 heads of leading agricultural holdings            2020                                                                      Panorama emb, 4
                                                                                                                      (zoosummit.ru)
           and agricultural organizations, farms, grain processing and storage enterprises, feed
                                                                                                                                                                                   “Radisson Rosa Khutor”
           mills, carriers, companies inspecting ships, grain market operators, traders, leading
                                                                                                                                                                                   Hotel
           Russian experts, financial, investment, insurance companies and banks, world brands of
           agricultural machinery, representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture.                                    The event is for owners, managers and top managers of companies working in the
                                                                                                                      zoobusiness throughout Russia.

26–29      International exhibition      MVK — International            Krasnodar, Exhibition and        8–11 April   International exhibition       MVK — International           Krasnodar, Exhibition and
February   of building and finishing     Exhibition Company             Congress Complex                 2020         of furniture, materials,       Exhibition Company            Congress Complex
2020       materials, engineering                                                                                     components and                                               “Expograd Yug”
                                                                        “Expograd Yug”
           equipment, construction                                                                                    equipment for
                                                                        Congressnaya st, 1                                                                                         Congressnaya st, 1
           equipment and                                                                                              woodworking and furniture
           architectural projects                                                                                     production “UMIDS”
           “YugBuild”                                                                                                 (www.umids.ru/en-GB/)
           (worldbuild-krasnodar.ru)
           The international exhibition “YugBuild / WorldBuild Krasnodar” is the largest exhibition                   The international exhibition UMIDS is the largest exhibition in the south of Russia
           in the south of Russia of building and finishing materials, engineering equipment                          of furniture, materials, components and equipment for woodworking and furniture
           and architectural projects. The event takes place simultaneously with the specialized                      production.
           exhibition: Securika Krasnodar.

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Date    Event                           Event organizer                 Venue                           Date        Event                           Event organizer              Venue

8–11    Exhibition of interior items    MVK — International             Krasnodar,                      23–25       The 23th Exhibition of          MVK — International          Krasnodar,
April   and decor                       Exhibition Company              Congressnaya st, 1              April       wines, alcoholic beverages      Exhibition Company           Congressnaya st, 1
2020    “Indecor Krasnodar”                                             Exhibition and Congress         2020        and materials for viticulture                                Exhibition and Congress
                                                                        Complex “Expograd Yug”                      ”Vinorus Krasnodar”                                          Complex “Expograd Yug”
        (www.indecor-krasnodar.ru)
                                                                                                                    (www.vinorus.ru/en-GB/)

        The exhibition “Indecor Krasnodar” will be held at the same site as the International
        Exhibition UMIDS
                                                                                                                    Vinorus Krasnodar is the largest exhibition of wines and alcoholic beverages in the
                                                                                                                    South of Russia, demonstrating a wide selection of spirits, special grape wines, table
                                                                                                                    and local wines, exclusive, vintage and garage wines, wine accessories.
14–17   XI International Exhibition     JSC “Electrification”           Sochi,
April   on Industrial Safety and                                        Olympic Avenue, 1
2020    Labor Protection “SAPE                                          Main Media Center
        2020 — Integrated Labor
        Safety”
                                                                                                        23–25       International exhibition for    MVK — International          Krasnodar,
        (sape-expo.ru/en/)                                                                              April       food products and drinks        Exhibition Company           Congressnaya st, 1
        The international exhibition “SAPE” is the main event in the field of labor protection          2020        “InterFood Krasnodar”                                        Exhibition and Congress
        and industrial safety, representing the whole range of modern personal protective                           (www.inter-food.su/en-GB)                                    Complex “Expograd Yug”
        equipment, industrial safety technologies. The purpose of the SAPE exhibition is to
        promote ideas and demonstrate labor safety technologies among company employees
        at international, federal and regional levels; raising the level of work culture, as well as                InterFood Krasnodar is the largest exhibition of food and beverages in southern Russia.
        the prevention of injuries and the formation of a healthy lifestyle for workers.                            The InterFood Krasnodar exhibition is part of an industry portfolio of exhibitions
                                                                                                                    combining food-related events under the InterFood brand in the largest cities of
                                                                                                                    Russia: InterFood St. Petersburg (Saint-Petersburg), InterFood Siberia (Novosibirsk),
                                                                                                                    InterFood Ural (Ekaterinburg).

21–24   10th International              Russian Veterinary              Gelendzhik,
April   Veterinary Congress 2020        Association                     Revolutsionnaya st, 53
2020    (www.vetkongress.ru)                                            Grand Hotel Kempinski
        The main scientific event of the veterinary industry not only in Russia, but also               23–25       Exhibition of Food and          MVK — International          Krasnodar,
        throughout the Eurasian Economic Union and in the CIS countries.                                April       Drinks of Manufacturers         Exhibition Company           Congressnaya st, 1
                                                                                                        2020        of the Krasnodar Region                                      Exhibition and Congress
                                                                                                                    “KubanProdexpo”                                              Complex “Expograd Yug”
                                                                                                                    (www.kubanprodexpo.ru)
23–25   The 22nd Exhibition of          MVK — International             Krasnodar,
April   equipment, materials and        Exhibition Company              Congressnaya st, 1
                                                                                                                    Kubanprodexpo is an exhibition of natural food and drink manufacturers of Kuban.
2020    ingredients for food&drink                                      Exhibition and Congress
        industry “FoodTech                                              Complex “Expograd Yug”
        Krasnodar”
        (www.foodtech-krasnodar.
        ru/en-GB)
                                                                                                        23–25       HORECA-SOUTH — 2020             SOUD LLC — Sochi             Sochi,
                                                                                                        April       International Specialized       Exhibition                   Chernomorskaya st, 3
        FoodTech Krasnodar takes place simultaneously with other specialized exhibitions:
                                                                                                        2020        Exhibition of Hospitality                                    Grand Hotel
        Vinorus Krasnodar (wine products and spirits),
                                                                                                                    Industry                                                     “Zhemchuzhina”
        CleanExpo Krasnodar (equipment and materials for professional cleaning),
        InterFood Krasnodar (food and drinks)
        Kubanprodexpo (products of Kuban producers)                                                                 Exhibition of the hospitality industry, representing everything for equipping the
                                                                                                                    sanatorium-resort industry, restaurants, supermarkets, offices and homes.

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Event Passport   Krasnodar Region

Date    Event                          Event organizer                Venue                           Date        Event                         Event organizer                Venue

23–25   CleanExpo Krasnodar 2020       MVK — International            Krasnodar,                      26–29       International agricultural    Ministry of Agriculture and    Krasnodar Region, Ust-
April   (www.cleanexpo-krasnodar.      Exhibition Company             Congressnaya st, 1              May         exhibition with a             Processing Industry of the     Labinsky Municipal District,
2020    ru/en-GB)                                                     Exhibition and Congress         2020        field demonstration           Krasnodar Region               Voronezh Rural Settlement,
                                                                      Complex “Expograd Yug”                      of equipment and                                             Voronezhskaya, st.
                                                                                                                  technologies “Zolotaya                                       Sadovaya, 325 (along the
                                                                                                                  Niva — 2020”                                                 Temryuk-Kropotkin highway
        International exhibition of equipment and tools for professional cleaning, sanitation,                    (www.niva-expo.ru)                                           north-east of the Voronezh
        hygiene, dry cleaning and laundry.                                                                                                                                     station)

                                                                                                                  “Zolotaya Niva” is an effective tool for promoting products among a large number of
                                                                                                                  managers and specialists of agricultural enterprises and farms of the leading agricultural
                                                                                                                  regions of Russia, interested in choosing agricultural machinery, equipment and
13–15   XIII International Congress    Nevskiye Berega                Sochi,
                                                                                                                  materials to solve their production problems.
May     on Medical Cosmetology                                        Chernomorskaya st, 3
2020    “Nevskiye Berega”                                                                                         Over 23,000 people visit the exhibition annually, 85% of whom are agricultural
                                                                      Grand Hotel
                                                                                                                  specialists.
        (nbcongress.ru)                                               “Zhemchuzhina”
                                                                                                                  The exhibition includes several thematic sections: agricultural machinery, special
        Beauty industry, cosmetics, perfumery.                                                                    equipment, spare parts;
                                                                                                                  crop production: elite seeds and hybrids of agricultural crops, plant protection products,
                                                                                                                  fertilizers.

19–22   International forum “BEER”     SOUD LLC — Sochi               Sochi,
May     in Sochi                       Exhibition                     Chernomorskaya st, 3
2020    (www.beersochi.ru)                                            Grand Hotel                     27–29       Exhibition of equipment       MVK — International            Krasnodar,
                                                                      “Zhemchuzhina”                  May         and materials for aesthetic   Exhibition Company             Congressnaya st, 1
                                                                                                      2020        cosmetology, hairdressing                                    Exhibition and Congress
        International forum “Beer” is a traditional meeting place of the international beer                       and nail service                                             Complex “Expograd Yug”
        community, an effective advertising and promotion platform for developing both
                                                                                                                  (www.beautyshow.su/en-
        Russian and foreign brands, the opportunity to discuss pressing issues with the
                                                                                                                  GB)
        participation of leading industry experts.
                                                                                                                  One of the largest professional exhibitions in the segment of the beauty industry in the
                                                                                                                  south of Russia — presents a variety of products and technologies that are widely used
20–22   Specialized Exhibition         MVK — International            Krasnodar,                                  in the work of beauty salons, fitness clubs, spa centers, hairdressers.
May     “Medima”                       Exhibition Company             Congressnaya st, 1
2020    (www.medima.su/en-GB)                                         Exhibition and Congress
                                                                      Complex “Expograd Yug”
                                                                                                      28–30       4th International Forum       Planet Sochi                   Sochi,
                                                                                                      May         MICE FORUM SOCHI 2020                                        Ordzhonikidze st. , 11A
                                                                                                      2020        (miceforumsochi.ru)                                          Hotel Pullman
        The exhibition presents: medical equipment, innovative medical technologies, optics,
        orthopedics, pharmaceuticals, medical services, medical furniture and much more.
        The new direction “Medical and health tourism” deserves special attention.
                                                                                                                  The annual forum for meeting industry professionals, which brings together MICE
                                                                                                                  industry leaders to sign lucrative contracts and discuss current industry development
                                                                                                                  issues.
20–22   Specialized Exhibition         MVK — International            Krasnodar,
May     “Dentima”                      Exhibition Company             Congressnaya st, 1
2020    (www.dentima.su/en-GB/)                                       Exhibition and Congress         18–21       National exhibition           SOUD LLC - Sochi               Sochi,
                                                                      Complex “Expograd Yug”          July        “Beauty Territory 2020”       Exhibition                     Chernomorskaya st, 3
                                                                                                      2020                                                                     Grand Hotel
                                                                                                                                                                               “Zhemchuzhina”
        “Dentima” unites dentists, suppliers and manufacturers of dental equipment and
        materials, providing the opportunity for comprehensive communication, exchange of                         Exhibition of beauty innovations, jewelry and fashion
        experience and professional achievements.

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Event Passport   Krasnodar Region

Date        Event                          Event organizer                Venue                            Date        Event                           Event organizer                 Venue

July        Car festival “Festival of      “Messe Frankfurt Rus”          Sochi, Olympic Park              October     International Franchise         LLC “Yuzhnaya                   Krasnodar,
2020        Motoring”                                                                                      2020        Exhibition Krasnodar            Vystavochnaya Kompaniya”        Congressnaya st, 1
                                                                                                                       Franchise Expo                                                  Exhibition and Congress
            The event will include an exhibition of the latest achievements of the automotive                          (franchise.uvk-expo.ru)                                         Complex “Expograd Yug”
            industry, interactive areas for visitors, entertainment areas, demonstrations of car races.

                                                                                                                       Intensification of the introduction of successful “turnkey business” forms, development
                                                                                                                       of entrepreneurship in the south of Russia and, in particular, in the Krasnodar Region.
August      Field day if the South of      “National Association of       Krasnodar Region, Ust-
2020        Russia 2020                    Corn and Sunflower Seed        Labinsky district, the
                                           Producers”                     territory adjacent to the
                                           Ludi Dobrie LLC                Ladoga corn calibration
                                                                          plant                            October     International exhibition        MVK — International             Krasnodar,
                                                                                                           2020        of equipment, feed and          Exhibition Company              Congressnaya st, 1
            Field Day in the South of Russia is a professional event of the agricultural industry,
                                                                                                                       veterinary products for                                         Exhibition and Congress
            demonstrating the latest developments in the field of selection, seed production,
                                                                                                                       animal farming “FarmExpo”                                       Complex “Expograd Yug”
            agricultural chemistry and agricultural machinery.
                                                                                                                       (www.farming-expo.ru)

September   V annual biotechnology         Ministry of Health of          Gelendzhik,
2020        forum — BIOTECHMED             the Russian Federation,        Revolutsionnaya st, 53
                                                                                                                       “FarmExpo Krasnodar” — an exhibition of equipment, feed and veterinary products for
            (biotechmedconf.ru/home-       Ministry of Industry and       Grand Hotel Kempinski                        livestock and poultry.
            eng)                           Trade of the Russian
                                           Federation, State
                                           Corporation Rostech
            The BIOTECHMED Forum is the main platform for discussing pressing issues of the
            biomedical industry, issues of the implementation of the national project “Health Care”.       November    International exhibition        MVK — International             Krasnodar,
            The event combines the capabilities of both a scientific forum in terms of expert              2020        of agricultural machinery,      Exhibition Company              Congressnaya st, 1
            exchange of views, and the exposition space.                                                               equipment and materials                                         Exhibition and Congress
                                                                                                                       for the production and                                          Complex “Expograd Yug”
                                                                                                                       processing of agricultural
                                                                                                                       products “YUGAGRO”
September   Hydroaviasalon show —          OJSC “AVIASALON”               Gelendzhik,                                  (www.yugagro.org)
2020        international exhibition and                                  Solnechnaya Sst. , 3a.
            scientific conference on                                      Gelendzhik test and
            hydroaviation                                                 experimental base, PJSC                      The international exhibition “YUGAGRO” is the largest exhibition in Russia of agricultural
            (www.gidroaviasalon.com/                                      TNTK n. a G. M. Beriev                       machinery, equipment and materials for the production and processing of agricultural
            glavnaya-anglijskaya.html)                                                                                 products (crop production).

            The main goal of the exhibition is to demonstrate water and ship aviation, talk about its
            future development and how to use it for the transfer of passengers, cargo, performing
            rescue operations at sea, as well as providing assistance in emergency situations.             19–20       International Tourism           Administration of the           On agreement
                                                                                                           November    Forum in Sochi SIFT             Krasnodar Region
                                                                                                           2020        (www.tour-forum.com)

September   Agricultural exhibition        Administration of the          Krasnodar,
–           “Kuban Fair 2020”              Krasnodar Region               Congressnaya st, 1                           SIFT is the only congress and exhibition event in Russia that is fully focused on
October     (www.kubanfair.ru)                                            Exhibition and Congress                      domestic and inbound tourism. The participants of the Travel Forum are tour operators
2020                                                                      Complex “Expograd Yug”                       and travel agents; enterprises of the sanatorium complex, tourist destinations and
                                                                                                                       facilities; representatives of federal, regional and local authorities in the field of tourism
                                                                                                                       and culture; tourist information centers of the regions of the Russian Federation;
            The agricultural exhibition “Kuban Fair” is one of the largest events in the Krasnodar                     experts and practitioners in the tourism industry; representatives of related industries.
            Region. The event is annual. Participants of the event are small businesses of
            the Krasnodar Region

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2   Industrial
    Specialization
    of the Region
Event Passport       Krasnodar Region

Brief Information on Key Areas of Strategic
                                                                                                                    There are about 300 operational enterprises with the participation of foreign
Development of the Region
                                                                                                                    capital from more than           30 countries in the Krasnodar Region.
Competitive advantages of the Krasnodar Region

Access to international    Warm climate that             A more advanced             A high level of                The Krasnodar Region is      An open and              A well-developed        A unique experience
ways of foreign trade      enables reduction of          transport infrastructure    economic activity              one of the most densely-     reliable institutional   credit and financial    in construction
to European countries,     costs for heating and         with a wide set of          of the locals and a            populated regions of         environment that         infrastructure that     and organization of
the Mediterranean, the     construction.                 transport services and      dynamically developing         Russia; it holds the third   ensures protection of    ensures the provision   largescale projects of
Middle East and Central                                  opportunities that allow    business environment.          place by the population      investors’ rights and    of various bank and     federal importance,
Asia through seaports                                    building comfortable                                       after Moscow and the         provides assistance at   insurance services.     availability of cutting-
of Azov and the Black                                    logistics.                                                 Moscow Region. The           all stages of project                            edge technologies and
Sea basins.                                                                                                         Krasnodar Region is          implementation.                                  competencies.
                                                                                                                    one of the largest sales
                                                                                                                    markets in Russia due
                                                                                                                    to a large number of
                                                                                                                    inhabitants and a large
                                                                                                                    number of tourists
                                                                                                                    (annually the region is
                                                                                                                    visited by more than 16
                                                                                                                    mln tourists).

Over many years the Krasnodar Region has been            and energy sector, information and communication
one of TOP 10 most attractive Russian regions for        technologies, as well as agro-industrial complex,
investors.                                               the transportation industry, resort, recreational and
                                                         tourist complexes. Three latter areas of activity (agro-
The Krasnodar Region took the 6th place among 85         industrial complex, transportation industry, resort,
constituent territories of the Russian Federation by     recreational and tourist complexes) correspond with
a level of the investment climate development.           priorities of social and economic development of
                                                         Russia and defines a special status of the Krasnodar
The production forces of the Krasnodar Region are        Region in the economy of the country.
based on industrial complex, construction sector, fuel

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