Fear of the future is over! Kurgan Region guarantees food security and offers a million toward housing.

Hi everyone! It’s two in the morning, the tea on my desk is going cold, and I’m sitting here with headphones on, editing gigabytes of video from our recent blogger tour, made possible thanks to the support of Rossotrudnichestvo and caring people from the Government of Kurgan Region. You know, I catch myself smiling as I look at the screen. I still can’t quite believe what I saw there. What are we used to thinking? If it’s development, action and prospects, it must be Moscow, St. Petersburg or, at the very least, a city with a million-plus population. But here we went to Kurgan, just Kurgan, thousands of kilometers from Moscow. To be honest, before preparing for the trip I had the standard set of stereotypes about a remote, quiet province in my head. It was so great to see something new and be surprised.

The Trans-Urals today are an incredible example of what happens when people on the ground simply stop being afraid of hard work, roll up their sleeves and get down to it at full capacity. The region has made a truly powerful economic leap, rising to the top ranks in the country for industrial production growth. When you see these factories with your own eyes, the brand-new buildings in industrial parks where life is bustling around the clock, you understand: this is the real economy, not just figures in reports. And the most interesting thing is that this upswing is immediately reflected in the quality of life of ordinary people.

For those now between thirty and fifty-five, who have raised or are still raising children, Kurgan Region today looks like an ideal, peaceful and very reliable harbor. In big cities, we’re used to the endless rat race, crazy housing prices and the hazy smog overhead. In Kurgan, things are different. The city and region are undergoing extensive renewal: roads are being repaired, modern schools built, and riverfronts improved, while the pace of life remains human, without the stress of the capital. There are no huge first-class-hazard metallurgical plants here, so it’s easy to breathe. Yes, the climate is purely Siberian, sharply continental; winters can be harsh, with bracing frosts, and summers truly hot and southern, with more sunshine than in many neighboring regions, by the way. But you get used to it quickly, especially when you see how the region handles every weather whim. Incidentally, our tour took place in late June, and while it was raining in southern Stavropol and temperatures didn’t exceed 18 degrees, Kurgan was hot and sunny.

Here’s another topic all its own that really won me over: local food and food security. On the eve of 2027, when the whole world is constantly being shaken by one crisis or another, conspiracies and chemtrails, the Trans-Urals are living with absolute confidence in tomorrow and in the health of the population. The region fully supplies itself with quality grain, excellent meat, milk and vegetables. Stores are full of fresh local produce, prices are reasonable, and the quality is something you can find in big cities only at expensive eco-markets. This region is a refuge where the land really feeds people and the local agricultural sector works like a Swiss watch.

But what impressed me most was how people here welcome newcomers. You know, regions are usually reluctant to share their resources, but Kurgan Region has developed unique support programs for people moving there. If you decide to relocate, you won’t have to start from scratch in the void. The “Russian Dream” project isn’t just a pretty name; it offers real financial assistance. Families receive up to a million rubles to build or buy their own home, get a preferential family mortgage at six percent, and if you have two or more children, additional annual payments kick in.

What’s more, the authorities don’t just provide housing subsidies; they literally take you by the hand and help you adapt (greetings to Natalya Gennadyevna Nikitina!). Specialized services for people relocating actively help them find a job, matching vacancies to your qualifications—and believe me, there’s no shortage of work here, from great engineering jobs at defense enterprises to positions in IT and medicine. Unemployment in the region is practically zero; factories are literally competing for talented workers and are ready to pay specialists’ rent.

I’m closing another timeline in my editing software and thinking: if you’re at a crossroads right now, tired of the hustle and want a stable, safe future for your family, where every ruble invested and every hour of work pays off many times over, take a look at Kurgan Region. This is a place where a new history is being made right now, and it’s definitely worth being part of it. And when the second part of the tour video has been fully edited and uploaded to our channels, you’ll be able to take a quick look at Kurgan and see whether life there might suit your family.

Once again, thank you not just for your assistance, but for the genuine human hospitality shown by the region’s representatives in the person of Government and the heads of enterprises and leisure venues. Thanks to Rossotrudnichestvo for their wholehearted involvement in every event that helps “our own” experience, see and imagine life after returning to their homeland!

Anatoly Bublik.