Winners of the International Contest "Tell the World about Your Motherland" were awarded at the RUSSIA EXPO

On June 7, the Exposition hosted an awarding ceremony for the winners of the VI International Contest "Tell the World about Your Motherland". Its participants — children from Russia and abroad — presented their works to the jury, in which they expressed their love and respect for their native land.

The event was held in Pavilion No. 55 "Home of Youth - RUSSIA EXPO" in the lecture hall of the Russian Society "Knowledge" — the general partner of the educational program of the Exposition.

The award ceremony was attended by Sergei Kolbin, member of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Irina Kirkora, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society Development and Human Rights, Ekaterina Averkieva, President of the Innovation Centre for Development and Education of Children and Youth, Larisa Sanatovskaya, Executive Director of the National Parents Association, Dmitry Shulgin, Head of the Department for Promotion of Mentoring of the Rospatriot Program of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, and others.

Photo: Press Office of the Russian Society "Knowledge"

At the beginning of the event, Sergei Kolbin addressed the audience and noted that this contest is a great opportunity to show all the beauty and diversity of their country. "I saw very important points in your works: love for the Motherland, pride in its history and diversity. You showed these feelings with sincerity and talent. You are the future of our country, and the Russian state will be in good hands with such caring patriots," said Sergei Kolbin.

The awarding took place in several nominations and was divided into age categories.

In the first nomination, participants under seven years old made a video "Tell the World about Your Motherland" and told about their native land. More than 2.5 thousand works were submitted. The winner in this creative competition was six-year-old Artem Sbitnev from the Kemerovo region.

In this nomination among foreign countries the winner was Timur Dashibalov, who was awarded by the First Secretary of the Embassy of Mongolia in Russia Ochirbat Yanzhmaa. "In the Mongolian language literature class, I wrote a poem 'My Motherland'. It was my first work. Since then I started to be fond of literature and thanks to the inspiration, as well as the incredible labor of my teacher I was admitted to the profile university in Moscow," said Ochirbat Yanzhmaa.

Photo: Press Office of the Russian Society "Knowledge"

Children in the age categories 7-11, 11-15, 15+ were also awarded in the nominations "For the Preservation of Traditional Family Values and Continuity of Generations", as well as "Tell the World about Your Motherland", in which the participants had to tell about their love for their small homeland with the help of presentations and pictures.

In addition, Olesya Vilkova from Nizhny Novgorod region was awarded in the nomination "Mentor". With her help almost 100 works were sent to the contest by young participants.

At the end of the event, after the announcement of the winners and awarding in all nominations, the main award of the contest "Tell the World about Your Motherland" was presented. It was handed over to the Chichin family from Moscow.

The competition is held within the framework of the project "Russia Through the Eyes of Children and Youth" with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund, the State Duma, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rossotrudnichestvo, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Rospatriotcenter, Rosdetcenter, the Russian World Foundation, the National Parents Association and other partners.