On August 1, Istobensk located in Orichevsky district of the Kirov region hosted a traditional holiday “Istobenskiy cucumber” in an unusual online format. This year the event will be held for the 24th time in a row.

“Such holidays help preserve traditions for future generations, popularize the Kirov Oblast as a region attractive for tourism, business development and as a place where local residents can enjoy a pleasant time, many of whom work at our biomedical complex. Therefore, our company is happy to support the festival,” commented Mikhail Sergeevich Nekrasov, CEO of NANOLEK.The Festival host, the cucumber Tsar Istoben, showed the audience the brightest moments from the Chronicles of the past years (since 1998), organized competitions with prizes from partners, made a tour through local production plants, held a mini-championship on cucumber crisp and the First tournament on cucumber fights, visited the Museum of history of Istobensk.

Although the festival was held online, almost 84,000 users were able to “visit” it!

And we invite you to the next, 25th anniversary of “Istobenskiy cucumber” scheduled to be held on the last Saturday of July 2021!