In Ulyanovsk will be held Nikitinsky readings for the anniversary of “Aviastar”

How Aviastar was created, what Ulyanovsk became thanks to the development of aviation and who stood at the origins of the construction of the enterprise, will be told at the Nikitinsky readings. The meeting will take place on September 22 at 14:00 in the Palace of Books, you can visit it for free.

One of the central themes will be the history of Aviastar. The director of the State Archive of the Contemporary History of the Ulyanovsk Region, Candidate of Historical Sciences Andrei Pashkin, will tell about the key stages of the enterprise development.

The aviation theme will be continued by the specialist of the educational programs department of the Lenin Memorial Alisa Gulyaeva. Her speech will be dedicated to Ulyanovsk as an aviation city.

From the history of the enterprise, participants will move on to the fate of the people who created it. Senior Researcher of the Lenin Memorial Nina Surkova will present the exhibition project “Creators”. 80 years of labor feat" and will tell about Viktor Kotmanov - one of the first builders of the enterprise.

The book and illustrative exhibition “Aviastar: history and modernity” will complement the program. Visitors will be able to learn more about the past and development of the Ulyanovsk aircraft industry.

Nikitinsky readings will be held on September 22 at 14:00 in the Solemn Hall of the Palace of Books. Entry is free. In 2026, the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Ulyanovsk aviation and industrial complex is celebrated.