Back to familiar places, with new experiences ahead ❤️ In 2024, young people from around the world met at the federal territory of Sirius, home to the World Youth Festival. In 2025, the baton was passed to Nizhny Novgorod, which hosted the first World Youth Festival Assembly 🟢 This year, both places will become part of the Festival story once again — this time as part of the Regional Expedition Program for international participants of the IFY–2026 📍 Sirius Federal Territory Participants will discover its high-tech cluster and Olympic venues, now home to Sirius University, the Presidential Lyceum and concert halls, while experiencing the atmosphere of the World Youth Festival–2024. 📍 Nizhny Novgorod The expedition will take participants through the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street, the Chkalov Stairs, the Lower Volga Embankment and the famous Strelka. They’ll also visit places that once hosted the World Youth Festival Assembly. 📌 Cities that have become landmarks of Russia’s youth festival movement are ready to welcome young people from around the world again — with a new format and new discoveries! #IFY2026Expeditions