For the second year in a row, the IT for Youth project training center in Kaliningrad had great success when participating in the Hour of Code campaign. This year the center has expanded the initiative to reach Russian youths in remote areas and inspire them to learn basics of Computer Science and coding.

Programming is one of the most valuable skills you can pick up in these modern times, whether for career prospects or to stretch your brain and create something awesome. The programming courses that IT for Youth project offers to its young participants allowed the senior school students from Astrakhan to create their first software application and make a step forward on their way to an IT career.

Incredible, world-changing software innovations often come from students. The Russia-wide Master of Code contest for youth that was carried out by Microsoft Rus in collaboration with the Tvoy Kurs: IT for Youth project in March 2015 helped to reveal the next student tech genius!