The second stage of the interactive Olympiad Russia in the Electronic World launched at the Presidential Library

The second stage of the twelfth annual interactive Olympiad Russia in the Electronic World takes place from December 20, 2021 to January 21, 2022. It involves more than 1800 participants - the winners of the first stage, which took place from September 20 to November 30, 2021.

Pupils of 10-11 grades, as well as students of institutions of secondary vocational education in Russia and foreign countries, registered on the website of the interactive educational project and tested their knowledge of the Russian language, history and social studies. The first stage involved more than 3000 people.

1888 participants made it to the second stage: in history - 605, in social studies - 700, in Russian - 583. Information about the winners and awardees is published on the website of the Olympiad: http://olympiada.prlib.ru/#/Welcome.

The third and final stage of the interactive educational project will take place from March 15-17, 2022. Information on the form of its holding will be published later.

Tasks for the Olympiad Russia in the Electronic World are developed, inter alia, according to materials from the Presidential Library’s collections, the volume of which today amounts to about a million depository items. In digital form, it contains books and periodicals, archival documents, newsreels, photographs, scientific and educational films, abstracts of dissertations, as well as other materials spotlighting the centuries-old history of Russian statehood, theory and practice of law, Russian as the state language of the Russian Federation. One has opportunity to try his/her hand and learn about the questions in the Archive section of the Olympiad website, which features the tasks for all the years of its existence.

The knowledge of the participants is assessed by a competent jury, which includes reputable scientists and teachers from leading Russian universities. The winners and awardees are presented with prizes and gifts from the Presidential Library.

During the existence of the Olympiad Russia in the Electronic World - since 2010 – it involved more than 50,000 students. Many winners and awardees later entered prestigious universities of Russia.

For foreign students and schoolchildren over 14 years old, the Olympiad is held on the subject Russian as a foreign language. It includes two mandatory steps. The first (qualifying) stage takes place from October 1, 2021 to January 21, 2022 in absentia using a remote testing system. More information about the Olympiad in Russian as a foreign language is available at http://olympiada.prlib.ru/rusforeign.