Following the results of the selection of the student squadrons, almost 1500 people of 450 squadrons (numbering about 17,000 people) will work at the Olympic construction site. It is seven times as much as last summer, when about 200 people participated in the Olympic construction.

Students from all over Russia will gather here: from Kazan, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Chelyabinsk, Voronezh, Khabarovsk and many other cities.

The Russian Student Squadrons youth all-Russia non-governmental organization has signed cooperation agreements with SC «Olympstroy». The Corporation and the RSS movement together identified the scope of work for students, completed preparation for the squadrons work, ensured accommodation, meals and occupational safety.

The participants of the construction squadrons will also participate in construction of venues of OJSC Gazprom, Rosavtodor and RZD, OJSC. Moreover, the students will participate in construction of the Olympic venues where SC «Olympstroy» will be the responsible contractor, for example, in construction of the Bolshoi Ice Palace and Olympic Skating Center.

The students will be given an opportunity to work according to their specialties, but occupying the positions which do not require high qualification: concrete layers, steel fixers, unskilled workers, nurses and cooks.

First student squadrons have already been working at the Olympic venue sites.