The Presidential Library invites foreign schoolchildren and students to test their knowledge of the Russian language

October, 1, 2020 - January, 22, 2021 the Presidential Library has been launching the annual "Russia in the Electronic World" Interactive Olympiad in the discipline "Russian as a Foreign Language". Foreign citizens studying Russian are invited to participate: students and schoolchildren aged 14 years and older.

Participants should register on the project's website: http://olympiada.prlib.ru/rusforeign to test their knowledge. The "Russian as a Foreign Language" Olympiad includes two obligatory rounds. 

Participants of the final stage will have the opportunity to test their knowledge in person. It will take place from March 25 to March 31, 2021, at the Presidential Library in Saint-Petersburg, as well as at the venues of the Remote Electronic Reading Rooms of the Presidential Library, which are currently open in all 85 regions of the Russian Federation, as well as in 30 foreign countries. Olympiad tasks of the qualifying stage examine three levels of Russian language proficiency: elementary (A1), basic (A2), first certification level (B1).

The "Russia in the Electronic World" Interactive Olympiad in the discipline "Russian as a Foreign Language" was introduced in the 2019/2020 academic year. At that time, about 1,5 thousand students from more than 30 countries of Europe, Asia and Africa tested their knowledge, 268 people became finalists.

Detailed information on participation in the interactive educational project is available on the website http://olympiada.prlib.ru/. You can also contact the Research and Educational Department: olympiada@prlib.ru, (812) 305-16-51.