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The Timiryazevsky Parklet Project: How a Volunteering Initiative Sparked a Large-Scale Transformation

10 july 2025

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Thanks to the support provided by SIBUR’s Formula for Good Deeds social investment program, the volunteering Timiryazevsky Parklet project triggered an ambitious redevelopment effort in Tomsk Oblast’s village of Timiryazevskoye.

Throughout the year 2024, SIBUR’s volunteers who had joined forces with caring residents of Timiryazevskoye, activists from Timiryazevsky’s local community council, and students from Tomsk’s School No. 64, were busy clearing the area they had chosen from piled-up trash and old trees, leveling patches of the ground with a mixture of sand and gravel, and procuring and installing the first batch of garden benches.

This led to a transformation of a long-neglected plot of land into a site worthy of being converted into a future parklet, inspiring the locals to carry on with the improvements. The project drew the attention and subsequent involvement of the leadership and faculty of Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. In the autumn of 2024, the university’s students submitted 13 design proposals for transforming the public space. A decision was made to submit an application for participation in the Creating a Comfortable Urban Environment program.

Thanks to the coordinated work of volunteers, efforts of the Kirov District’s administration, and the support of Tomsk’s Department of Urban Improvement and Road Affairs, the site at 1 Komsomolskaya Street in Timiryazevskoye was included in the roster of areas scheduled to be voted on for getting included in the CCUE program in April 2025.

The initiative clearly resonated well with Timiryazevskoye’s residents including local schoolchildren, students, SIBUR volunteers, non-profit organizations, and residents of nearby neighborhoods who took an active part in the voting. Thanks to the community’s concerted efforts and high level of engagement by its members, the site quickly got to the top of the roster. On June 12, 2025, the voting concluded, with the site at 1 Komsomolskaya Street landing one of the top five spots in the list of all contenders.

The volunteering Timiryazevsky Parklet project is a great example of how a volunteering initiative implemented within the framework of the Formula for Good Deeds program can serve as a catalyst for major change. It offered proof that by joining efforts with others, one can not just help improve an area but also inspire one’s community to engage in long-term growth and development.

Liliya Daricheva, lead specialist, supervisor of the Timiryazevsky Parklet project, SIBUR-INNOVATIONS:
"We are extremely happy to have been able to lay the groundwork for the future parklet and be a part of this ambitious transformation. It was particularly gratifying to see our volunteering efforts continued and expanded thanks to the support of local residents and of the professional community. Projects such as these not only change our urban environments but they also serve to inspire us for more kind deeds."

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Thanks to the support provided by SIBUR’s Formula for Good Deeds social investment program, the volunteering Timiryazevsky Parklet project triggered an ambitious redevelopment effort in Tomsk Oblast’s village of Timiryazevskoye.

Throughout the year 2024, SIBUR’s volunteers who had joined forces with caring residents of Timiryazevskoye, activists from Timiryazevsky’s local community council, and students from Tomsk’s School No. 64, were busy clearing the area they had chosen from piled-up trash and old trees, leveling patches of the ground with a mixture of sand and gravel, and procuring and installing the first batch of garden benches.

This led to a transformation of a long-neglected plot of land into a site worthy of being converted into a future parklet, inspiring the locals to carry on with the improvements. The project drew the attention and subsequent involvement of the leadership and faculty of Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. In the autumn of 2024, the university’s students submitted 13 design proposals for transforming the public space. A decision was made to submit an application for participation in the Creating a Comfortable Urban Environment program.

Thanks to the coordinated work of volunteers, efforts of the Kirov District’s administration, and the support of Tomsk’s Department of Urban Improvement and Road Affairs, the site at 1 Komsomolskaya Street in Timiryazevskoye was included in the roster of areas scheduled to be voted on for getting included in the CCUE program in April 2025.

The initiative clearly resonated well with Timiryazevskoye’s residents including local schoolchildren, students, SIBUR volunteers, non-profit organizations, and residents of nearby neighborhoods who took an active part in the voting. Thanks to the community’s concerted efforts and high level of engagement by its members, the site quickly got to the top of the roster. On June 12, 2025, the voting concluded, with the site at 1 Komsomolskaya Street landing one of the top five spots in the list of all contenders.

The volunteering Timiryazevsky Parklet project is a great example of how a volunteering initiative implemented within the framework of the Formula for Good Deeds program can serve as a catalyst for major change. It offered proof that by joining efforts with others, one can not just help improve an area but also inspire one’s community to engage in long-term growth and development.

Liliya Daricheva, lead specialist, supervisor of the Timiryazevsky Parklet project, SIBUR-INNOVATIONS:
"We are extremely happy to have been able to lay the groundwork for the future parklet and be a part of this ambitious transformation. It was particularly gratifying to see our volunteering efforts continued and expanded thanks to the support of local residents and of the professional community. Projects such as these not only change our urban environments but they also serve to inspire us for more kind deeds."

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Thanks to the support provided by SIBUR’s Formula for Good Deeds social investment program, the volunteering Timiryazevsky Parklet project triggered an ambitious redevelopment effort in Tomsk Oblast’s village of Timiryazevskoye.

Throughout the year 2024, SIBUR’s volunteers who had joined forces with caring residents of Timiryazevskoye, activists from Timiryazevsky’s local community council, and students from Tomsk’s School No. 64, were busy clearing the area they had chosen from piled-up trash and old trees, leveling patches of the ground with a mixture of sand and gravel, and procuring and installing the first batch of garden benches.

This led to a transformation of a long-neglected plot of land into a site worthy of being converted into a future parklet, inspiring the locals to carry on with the improvements. The project drew the attention and subsequent involvement of the leadership and faculty of Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. In the autumn of 2024, the university’s students submitted 13 design proposals for transforming the public space. A decision was made to submit an application for participation in the Creating a Comfortable Urban Environment program.

Thanks to the coordinated work of volunteers, efforts of the Kirov District’s administration, and the support of Tomsk’s Department of Urban Improvement and Road Affairs, the site at 1 Komsomolskaya Street in Timiryazevskoye was included in the roster of areas scheduled to be voted on for getting included in the CCUE program in April 2025.

The initiative clearly resonated well with Timiryazevskoye’s residents including local schoolchildren, students, SIBUR volunteers, non-profit organizations, and residents of nearby neighborhoods who took an active part in the voting. Thanks to the community’s concerted efforts and high level of engagement by its members, the site quickly got to the top of the roster. On June 12, 2025, the voting concluded, with the site at 1 Komsomolskaya Street landing one of the top five spots in the list of all contenders.

The volunteering Timiryazevsky Parklet project is a great example of how a volunteering initiative implemented within the framework of the Formula for Good Deeds program can serve as a catalyst for major change. It offered proof that by joining efforts with others, one can not just help improve an area but also inspire one’s community to engage in long-term growth and development.

Liliya Daricheva, lead specialist, supervisor of the Timiryazevsky Parklet project, SIBUR-INNOVATIONS:
"We are extremely happy to have been able to lay the groundwork for the future parklet and be a part of this ambitious transformation. It was particularly gratifying to see our volunteering efforts continued and expanded thanks to the support of local residents and of the professional community. Projects such as these not only change our urban environments but they also serve to inspire us for more kind deeds."