Governor Igor Babushkin instructed to make sports more accessible to all Astrakhan residents
The head of the region outlined to municipalities the main tasks in the development of the sports industry. Among the priorities are to make physical activity more accessible to residents of all territories, to actively involve people in the implementation of GTO standards and to create conditions for practicing adaptive sports.
Issues of sports sphere the Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin discussed at the meeting of the profile Council. He stressed that the opportunity to play sports should not depend on the place of residence of the person, his state of health or physical limitations.
The heads of municipalities were instructed to pay special attention to increasing the number of Astrakhan residents who regularly engage in physical education. In addition, it is necessary to support specialists working in rural areas, including through the program “Zemsky coach”. Another important area is the involvement of participants of a special military operation in sports life.
According to the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the region Nina Ivashkina, over the past six years, about 100 new sports facilities have appeared in the region. They were equipped with the necessary equipment, and GTO testing centers were opened to check the physical fitness of residents.
The most active standards of the all-Russian complex are performed by residents of Volodar, Akhtubinsk and Volga districts, ZATO Znamensk and Krasnoyarsk district. Municipalities that have not yet achieved the necessary results will have to explain the reasons for the backlog to the governor and take measures to meet the established indicators.
A separate area of work is associated with adaptive sports and support for veterans of the SVO who received disabilities. For them in the region there is a project “Own team”. Since December 2025, it has been implemented by the regional Ministry of Sport and Deputy Director of the Caspian RCSP, a veteran of a special military operation and a finalist of the Victorious program Alexei Sikorsky. Among the municipalities most actively involved in this work, Kamyzyak district was noted.
Project participants are already preparing for new competitions. According to the results of the interregional selection, the team will represent the Astrakhan region at the all-Russian stage of the Defender of the Fatherland Cup in Kaluga at the end of November. Veterans will compete for awards in sitting volleyball, table tennis, powerlifting, knife throwing and bullet shooting.
Read about the events in the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions in the paper number "MK in Volgograd".
