The Presidential Library’s Interactive Olympiad presented in Crimea

The Interactive Olympiad for schoolchildren and students “Russia in the Electronic World” in individual subjects – history, social studies and Russian language, taking place from September 21, 2022 to March 17, 2023, has been presented in the Crimean Regional Centre of the Presidential Library.

Teachers of secondary schools and representatives of the Information and Methodological Centre of Simferopol have participated in the event.

The Olympiad, annually hosted by the Presidential Library, has been presented by the specialists of the Franko Crimean Republican Universal Research Library. During the event, it has been noted that high school pupils and students mastering the educational programs of secondary vocational education in arts from Russia and foreign countries can take part in the event. Participants will have an opportunity to test their knowledge in each of the disciplines or to choose only one subject of their liking.

The competition consists of three mandatory stages. The first and second stages will be organized through the remote knowledge testing system from September 21 to November 30, 2022 and from December 20, 2022 to January 20, 2023, respectively. The final stage will be held offline on March 15-17, 2023.

Registration of the Olympiad’s participants is available via link: http://olympiada.prlib.ru/#/Register.

The main goal of the competition is to introduce students to working with archival information sources on the history, theory and practice of Russian statehood. Tasks of the Olympiad are based on the materials from the Presidential Library’s collections among other things. Therefore, exploring resources on the institution’s official portal can help participants to answer the questions of the Olympiad as accurately as possible.

The presentation of the Interactive Olympiad “Russia in the Electronic World” took place within the cycle of events “The Presidential Library’s portal for everyone”.

The Presidential Library’s portal also features the collection Republic of Crimea: Pages of History. It includes archival documents, research papers, essays, photographs and other materials that reveal various aspects of the peninsula’s development from ancient times to the early XX century.