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​The Grants Pass, Rubtsovsk sister city relationship was formalized in 1990.  Since then over 58 delegation exchanges have taken place.  Many delegates consider these to be 'life-changing' events.  New friendships and life lasting relationships have been made.  Many delegates make repeat visits.  Charitable delegations have contributed medical supplies, books, and special sewing machines for the blind.

 

PictureIn the photo are: Natasha Zorina, Irina Kungurova, Andrey Pervodchuk, Alina Murumbaeva, and Yuliya Osipenko.
​What's New?

Open World delegation in June 2019

Five Russian delegates participating in the Open World Program spent June 14 through June 22, 
 in the Rogue Valley meeting local non-profit and service organizations.  The visiting delegates
were Irina Sergeyevna Kungurova, Head of the Students’ Center, The Rubtsovsk
Institute, subsidiary of Altai State University, Alina Yevgenyevna Murumbayeva, Specialist in
HR and Extra-Curricular Department, The Rubtsovsk Industrial Institute, subsidiary of Altai State
Technical University, Yuliya Vladislavovna Osipenko, Deputy Director, Rubtsovsk Office of
Cultural Affairs, Andrey Vladimirovich Pervodchuk, President, “Rubtsovsk Molodoy” Altai
Regional Community-Focused Social Entity, and Natalya Sergeyevna Zorina, Associate
Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, The Rubtsovsk Industrial Institute, subsidiary
of Altai State Technical University. Accompanying the delegates will be facilitator Natalya
Viktorovna Bayrak.

 
Grants Pass Sister City Committee president David Owens visited Rubtsovsk June 9-11, 2019 and meets with Rubtsovsk Sister City President Ludmilla Starchenko as well as the five delegates about to visit Grants Pass. Maria Reutova from Moscow, formerly of Rogue River, also visits to translate and assist.  

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Newspaper Articles re; Delegations

Newsletter!  The 2019 winter newsletter is now available.  Click here to view.
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Support Grants Pass Sister City projects to build friendship, understanding and a more peaceful world, one person and one city at a time.  No matter where you live, you are welcome to join with Sister City Grants Pass - Rubtsovsk to help support building bridges of friendship and understanding. Live close by and willing to volunteer? We welcome you.

Grants Pass Sister City is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization.  EIN 93-1045186

Donations are 100% tax deductible. Mail to: Grants Pass Sister City Committee, P.O.Box 411, Grants Pass, OR 97528.  Click on button below.
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Where is Rubtsovsk?


Rubtsovsk (Russian: Рубцо́вск) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River  281 kilometers (175 mi) southwest of Barnaul.  


 
Rubtsovsk is in south central Siberia, three time zones east of Moscow, near the point where the borders of Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan and Russia meet. It has a population of about 150,000 people and was founded in 1892.  It was built on the Siberian steppe (plains), where rich black soil produces wheat, sunflowers (for cooking oil), and grazing for dairy cattle. Not far from the rugged Altai Mountains to the south where rich mineral ores are found, it became a manufacturing center in the mid-20th century.

History tidbit...
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Grants Pass mayor Candace Bartow and Rubtsovsk mayor Lev Korshunov sign the official Sister City agreement during the first GP delegation visit to Rubtsovsk in 1990.

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