Two young librarians of the Murmansk region were shortlisted for the Future of Libraries contest

Two representatives of the Murmansk region were shortlisted for the All-Russian competition of young leaders of library business “The Future of Libraries”. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture of the region.

Aliya Shakirova and Yulia Shokhova will fight for the victory.

Aliya works as a leading librarian of the “Our Deal” center in the regional children’s and youth library and claims the title of “Volunteer Ambassador”. She was born in Kazan, and at the age of nine moved to Severomorsk. In her family, Tatar and Russian cultures have combined, so she is interested in the traditions of different peoples. Before the library, Aliya worked as a teacher, and now she has been developing volunteer projects for two and a half years.

Yulia Shokhova is fighting for victory in the nomination “Leader of reading promotion”. She has been working for more than five years in the regional scientific library and in the center “SOPKI.21A”, where she oversees the theater association “Servants of Melpomen”. To attract people to books, she holds stand-up lectures, apartment blocks and contemporary art exhibitions about writers. In 2026, her team won a grant for the project “Theater of the Important”, and a year earlier, Julia received the Governor’s Award as the best young librarian.

Northerners can be supported until November 15. The winners will be announced on Dec.

Earlier, “MK in Murmansk” said that the local history calendar of the Murmansk region took first place in the all-Russian competition.