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The interregional semi-final of the IEK-2025 Electricians Championship was held in St. Petersburg at the Engineering Competence Center of the College of Industrial Automation. 323 specialists from 21 regions of Russia applied to participate, and only the 16 best received an invitation to the Northern capital.
The girls continue to conquer our Championship — there were three electrical fitters at the semi-final in St. Petersburg. Two of them are familiar to us from last year’s Championship — Maria Aedonitskaya and Daria Bashkirova, but there was also a debutante — Elizaveta Selyutina.
Another interesting participant in the semi-final is Vitaly Osinovsky, a multiple winner and prize-winner of the IEK Electricians Championship in previous years. The regalia in the competition could both help and hinder: after all, expectations from famous participants are much higher than from newcomers.
According to the 2025 rules, the competition is held in two leagues: "Professionals" and "Juniors". The competition task for both categories was the same: assembly and programming of a lighting control panel. This is a challenge even for experienced electricians: the task is voluminous and multifaceted, and any error can affect the performance of the entire system.
"For the college to become a venue for the semi-final of the Electricians' Championship is a great achievement! It is important that the program includes career guidance. Pupils from St. Petersburg schools and students of technical specialties of the college will be able to see professionals in action and take master classes on electrical installation," - comments Nikita Andreevich Zlatin, Director of the College of Industrial Automation.
The semi-final ended with the traditional “Roast”, where practicing electricians asked the IEK specialist all the accumulated questions about the TITAN 5 plastic enclosures.
Congratulations to the winners of the semi-final of the IEK Electricians Championship — 2025 in St. Petersburg!
Professionals League:
- 1st place – Vitaly Osinovsky, Zaprudnya, Moscow region.
- 2nd place – Konstantin Beydik, St. Petersburg.
- 3rd place – Maxim Solovyov, Zaprudnya, Moscow region.
Junior League:
- 1st place – Veniamin Yurpalov, Kazan.
- 2nd place - Daria Bashkirova, Svetogorsk, Leningrad region.
- 3rd place – Elizaveta Selyutina, Tyumen.
Vitaly Osinovsky, Konstantin Beydik and Veniamin Yurpalov reach the Championship final! On May 20, 2025, in Kazan, they will meet the winners of other semi-finals and compete for the title of the best in one of the largest professional competitions in the country!
