The Russia’s Young Entrepreneur All-Russian Award is aims to promote successful entrepreneurial practices, and to develop youth entrepreneurship in the regions. The specialists from all over the country present their projects, speak about their development and plans on scaling them. The contest is carried out as a part of the federal platform titled Russian Youth: Take Action, and the Human Resources all-Russian national project.
This year, more than 6,000 applications from 89 regions were submitted. Yulia Prudnikova has sequentially passed two stages of the competitive selection: first, she was included into TOP-1000 Participants List, and later – into Russia's TOP-100 Young Entrepreneurs List in the under 35 years old category. She claims to win in the Science And Technologies nomination. This nomination includes the specialists whose scientific researches and technologies have become successful businesses, and whose activity is related to creating and commercial use of the technical innovations.
The participants go through a multi-stage selection system: online application, expert verification, presentation, popular vote, defenсe of their projects to a panel of an expert jury.
At evaluating, uniqueness and innovative component of the business, economic indicators, growth dynamics, project significance, scaling potential, openness, and willingness to share experiences are taken into account.
For the Modengy RPC, this path is a part of the daily work: the company develops its own products and technologies for industry. In Bryansk, a research laboratory and a production facility are in operation where the experts keep working at anti-friction coatings, pastes, and dry lubricating materials. Such developments help solve problems in mechanical engineering in strategically important industries: from reducing friction and wear to providing reliability of the parts and equipment in general.
Yulia Prudnikova's reach the semi-finals is an opportunity to present experience of the company that links the scientific and technical developments to their practical application in the Russian industry at the federal level.
This May, Yulia Prudnikova was included into the Russia’s TOP-200 Young Entrepreneurs List.
Thirty winners will be qualified for the final the Russia’s Young Entrepreneur Award. The award ceremony will take place at The RUSSIA National Center in November, and will become a bright final of the Creators Forum.
Now, the participants are about to present their projects to the experts, and to take part in the popular vote.
You can support Yulia Prudnikova on the popular vote site. The voting will last up to the 23rd of October, 2026.