Pyatigorsk hosted the 16th anniversary All—Russian Mashuk 2025 Forum. Mashuk

is the flagship forum of the Rosmolodezh platform.Forums.». This year's event brought together 2,200 participants — young professionals in the fields of pedagogy and education, as well as activists of the Firsts Movement and representatives of the Federal Children's Public Council aged 14 to 35 from all regions of Russia.

SSAU students not only became participants of the forum, but also worked in the services for working with participants, for working with partners, for ensuring internal order, in the press service, and were involved in the cultural program. The students also worked on the children's shift for the activists of the «Movement of the First» at the Mashuk Knowledge Center.

— I wish all participants of the forum productive work, vivid emotions, new contacts and, of course, victories, both personal and team. I am sure that everything you take with you from this site will definitely find application in the future and will benefit our university and the region,» said Vladimir Sitnikov, Rector of SSAU.