The University's endowment fund has been replenished

10:10, February 26, 2013

Naina Yeltsina and Tatyana Yumasheva have made a donation to the University's endowment fund

Naina Yeltsina, the wife of the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, and her daughter Tatyana Yumasheva have made a donation to the endowment fund of the Ural Federal University (UrFU).

UrFU Rector Viktor Koksharov expressed gratitude on behalf of the University community: "We value the fact that our donators are our long-term partners and friends. It is particularly important that these people are Naina Yeltsina and Tatyana Yumasheva. Their support is vital for the University. The funds will be used for building a great future for UrFU, to sponsor talented students, to realize a lot of projects our students are engaged in".

The decision to start the University's endowment fund was taken on 20 December 2012 by the Executive Board of the Endowment Fund Formation for UrFU Development.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.