The new cultural institutions are created in the region. It unites a workshop of the People's Artist of Russia V.S.Sorokin and the children picture gallery. In Elets the professional Drama Theatre has been revived and Krikunov's the first private Picture Gallery was opened. There are 67 actively working out-of school organizations of supplementary education. 2070 groups and associations are working on their base where over 26 ths.
Children take an active part.
They spend their leisure very interesting and profoundly at the non-appointed hours, develop their abilities in technical, applied, sport walking, ecological and other directions. The restoration of the ancient churches and monasteries, landed properties and the other cultural and historic monuments is begun in the region.