Student Reading Club «knizhnevartovsk»

This article describes the implementation of the student reading club “Knizhnevartovsk” in the 2025–2026 academic year at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Higher Education “Nizhnevartovsk State University”, established with the grant support of the rector of the university. The uniqueness of the student reading club “Knizhnevartovsk” consists in organizing online and offline meetings with modern young Russian authors for readers from among students, teachers of a higher educational institution and interested residents of the city of Nizhnevartovsk. The article examines the relevance of such events at Nizhnevartovsk State University not only for the city of Nizhnevartovsk, but also for the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug–Yugra in general, and reveals the purpose and main objectives of creating the student reading club “Knizhnevartovsk”. In addition, the article contains short author's reviews of the fiction works read in the framework of the work of the readers' club (the story “Type I. The Diary of a Super-cool Warrior” (age limit “12+”) by Islam Khanipayev, novel “Father looks to the West” (age limit “18+”) Ekaterina Manoilo, the autobiographical novel “People who are not on the map” (age limit “16+”) by Euphrosyne Kapustina, the collection of short stories “Don't talk about him” (age limit “18+”) by Igor Beloded) and information about the progress of online and offline meetings with designated writers. It is concluded that the implementation of the project of the student reading club “Knizhnevartovsk” on the basis of Nizhnevartovsk State University has made it possible to expand the cultural space of the city of Nizhnevartovsk by creating a unique platform at the university to promote the reading of works by young Russian authors.