Tatarstan becomes fourth best Russian region in Russian language knowledge

The results of a national festival called The Russian Language As National Asset of the Peoples of the Russian Federation, held by one of Russia’s largest news agencies, RIA Novosti.

The organisers established a special nomination called Region Who Knows Russia Best of All. Winners were 10 regions, among whom Tatarstan was fourth.

Tatarstan representatives won in the nomination Teaching Workshop and Russian Language Expert. The list of winners includes a Russian language teacher Tatiana Akhmatova and her student, Amir Sadykov.

An official closing ceremony took place on 6 June on the Day of the Russian Language at the Maly Theatre in Moscow. Tatarstan’s education minister Albert Gilmutdinov was presented a certificate confirming that Tatarstan was the most active participant.

The festival included two stages. The long-distance stage was held between 20 and 30 April and gathered 37,288 participants on the official website.

Contests were held within 10 nominations: Russian language expert, teaching workshop, scholarly research, language and culture, 21st century thinker and speaker, social advertisement, journalism, Russian word in design, social project and blogger’s literary life.

The main stage was held between 3 and 6 June in Moscow and included competitions, discussions, cultural events, guided tours, exhibitions and master classes.