February 13, 2013. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation was declared the best charity provider of the year in Nizhniy Tagil in 2012 in the Industrial Enterprises category, Uralvagonzavod’s press service reports.

This is the second time the corporation has won the award: in 2011, the plant was also given the same deserving title. All in all, 99 different municipal organizations and enterprises competed for the title, but only 11 of them were actually awarded the Charity Provider diplomas in various categories.

All in all, Uralvagonzavod donated over 250m RUR to charity last year. This is nearly two times more than in 2011. Quite a few socially responsible projects were implemented; these were targeted at improving the living standards of both the corporation employees and all the residents of Nizhniy Tagil. Among the most visible projects were: re-building the Ice Sports Palace and Palace Square, repairing the corporation’s ski resort facilities, and restoring the Pine Mountains Health Resort. Quite a lot of this money was directed to the development and operation of Sputnik Sports Club.