From April 2 to 8, 2026, the Presidential Academy (RANEPA) will host the III Forum of Family Dynasties of Russia – a large-scale all-Russian event that will bring together more than a thousand participants from different regions of the country. The Forum will gather representatives of labor dynasties, opinion leaders, schoolchildren, university students, and vocational education students to discuss the continuity of family traditions and values in the professional sphere.
The Forum is held with the aim of reviving, preserving, and developing the traditions of family labor dynasties, promoting traditional family values, and motivating people to study their family history. In 2026, it is held under the motto “Uniting Regions – Building Bridges Between Generations,” emphasizing the role of labor dynasties as drivers of regional development and connecting links between generations.
Program of Events
April 2 – The Forum will open with a ceremonial session featuring representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the leadership of the Presidential Academy. Vice‑Rector of the Presidential Academy Alexey Spirin and Director of the Institute of Public Administration and Management Ruslan Korchagin will also speak.
The central event of the first day will be a panel discussion: “Labor Dynasties as Drivers of Regional Development: Experience, Challenges and Prospects.” Participants will include State Duma deputies: Tatyana Butskaya, First Deputy Chair of the Committee on Family Protection, Fatherhood, Motherhood and Childhood, Coordinator of the “Strong Family” federal party project, and Ekaterina Kharchenko, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Science and Higher Education. A special guest will be Russian cosmonaut, test pilot-cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, the world’s first hereditary cosmonaut. Also speaking will be Alexey Yurtaev, Minister of Economy of Krasnodar Krai, and Yury Proskurin, Aide to the Governor of Altai Krai, who will share regional experience in supporting labor dynasties. The discussion will be moderated by the project’s author, Presidential Academy student Nikita Filippov.
On the same day, the photo exhibition “Chronicles of Labor” will open, presenting stories of labor family dynasties from all federal districts of Russia. The exhibition will be on display throughout the Forum in the hall on the second floor of the first building of the Presidential Academy.
April 3 – The “Dialogue of Eras” generational debate will bring together students and faculty to discuss family traditions and professional continuity. The expert for the debate will be Polina Tsvetkova, television host of Channel One, Ambassador of the People’s Front, Candidate of Art History, lecturer at MGIMO and Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry, and a representative of a labor dynasty. The meeting will be moderated by Presidential Academy student Ksenia Inshova.
April 7 – Two events await participants. In the afternoon, a family quiz, “Together Through Generations,” will allow students and faculty to test their knowledge of famous Russian dynasties and their professional achievements. In the evening, an open meeting entitled “Labor Dynasty: Is It Worth Continuing?” will be held with Yury Kuklachev, People’s Artist of Russia, founder and artistic director of the Cat Theater, academician, founder of the “School of Kindness,” and author of the educational course “How to Preserve a Family and Be Happy.” Yury Kuklachev is the founder of a creative dynasty. The topic is especially relevant for young people facing a career choice and wondering whether to follow in their parents’ footsteps. The meeting will be moderated by Presidential Academy student Polina Shcherbinina.
April 8 – The official closing ceremony of the III Forum of Family Dynasties of Russia.
The Forum will combine in‑person venues in Moscow, Lipetsk and Moscow regions, and St. Petersburg. Meetings with regional labor dynasties will be held at the branches of the Presidential Academy.
Honorary Guests
The Forum’s honorary guests will include representatives of outstanding dynasties from various professional fields. Among them: Natalia Koneva, President of the Fund for the Memory of Victory Commanders, Associate Professor at the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, daughter of Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Konev; Vera Knorre, representative of a scientific dynasty, researcher at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences; representatives of a six‑generation medical dynasty, Irina Alexandrovna and Elena Evgenyevna Lapina; hereditary Gzhel craftswoman Tatyana Sivova, as well as representatives of military and medical dynasties.
Venue: Presidential Academy (RANEPA), 82 Prospekt Vernadskogo, building 1, Moscow. For entry, a Russian Federation passport is required.
Follow program updates and the list of speakers in the official project group: https://vk.com/forumsemdin
Detailed information about the Forum is available on the project website: https://igsu.ranepa.ru/dinastii-truda/#about
The list of speakers and honorary guests is subject to confirmation and may be expanded. The possibility of participation by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Olga Petrova and Rector of the Presidential Academy Alexey Komissarov is being clarified.
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