The authorities of Russian regions will spend more than 200 million rubles on ice towns for the New Year. This money will be used for children to install slides, mazes, climbing frames, traps and other entertainment – all made of ice.
Mash rummaged through tenders from administrations and government organizations and this is what I found. The most expensive purchase was in Salekhard for 35 million. Because the 430th anniversary of the city. To make the kids happy, they packed six slides, two labyrinths, sculptures and other transparent decor.
Ekaterinburg (24 million), Tarko-Sale in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (24 million), Nefteyugansk (20 million), Chelyabinsk (19 million), Khanty-Mansiysk (15 million), Labytnangi (15 million), the city of Gubkinsky in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (20 million) and Kazan (21 million) were not far behind. Ice purchases in Noyabrsk (9.5) and Khabarovsk (6.3) are slightly more modest. The most inexpensive town is on Tatyshev Island in Krasnoyarsk for 1.5 million. This is the price for a symbolic five slides.
And Tyumen, Novgorod, Tomsk and Omsk completely abandoned expensive New Year's ice drives.
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