About people and their achievements: "Knowledge" Society summed up the results of the educational program at the RUSSIA EXPO

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On July 8, the International RUSSIA EXPO concludes its work. For nine months its visitors could learn a lot about the achievements of our country in the XXI century. The Russian Society "Knowledge" was the general partner of the educational program, within the framework of which more than 5000 lecturers shared their knowledge and experience. Every day Moscow citizens and guests of the capital had access to the most diverse educational formats of events: lectures and masterclasses, excursions, movie screenings, concerts, performances, festivals, intellectual quizzes and much more.

Everyone had an opportunity to meet outstanding people of Russia and learn what the country is proud of in different spheres - from economy and science to culture and sports. Everything started on November 4 with the flagship marathon of the educational organization - Knowledge.First. It featured more than 190 lecturers, including Valentina Matvienko, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office - Press Secretary of the President, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, Chairman of the Central Bank, and others.

"The RUSSIA EXPO educational program has brought together a large number of people. In nine months, our lecture halls at VDNH have hosted more than 5,000 lecturers, including prominent scientists, cosmonauts, doctors, government officials, business leaders, actors, musicians, writers, philosophers and representatives of other professions. It was important for us to make it possible for residents of absolutely all regions of Russia to experience the atmosphere of the educational program of the RUSSIA EXPO. For this purpose we launched the Knowledge.TV channel, which for 242 days continuously broadcasted what was happening at VDNH. In addition, we shared lectures on our social networks. During the Exposition we created more than 70 thousand minutes of educational content, which gained over 380 million views," said Maxim Dreval, Director General of the Russian Society "Knowledge".

Lecture halls of the "Knowledge" Society worked in several Pavilions at once: No. 57 "Russia - My History", No. 34 "Cosmonautics and Aviation", No. 75 "Regions", No. 2 "Robostation", No. 19 "ATOM" and No. 55 "Home of Youth".  Specially for the summer season, activities were organized on the outdoor spaces of VDNH. "Fitness with Knowledge" and "Dancing with Knowledge" were organized at the "Sports Russia" site. And in the Summer Library of Dreamers, organized jointly with the Movement of the First and the presidential platform "Russia - Land of Opportunity", meetings of the literary lounge were held, where they talked about books, music and theater. The country's achievements in the arts were also discussed at the summer film lecture Knowledge. Cinema: its visitors were able to watch new films by Russian directors and discuss them with their creators.

The Russian Society "Knowledge" developed new educational formats for VDNH. One of them is "Excursion with Knowledge". Within the framework of the program the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Urals Federal District Vladimir Yakushev, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northern Federal District Alexei Seryshev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev, Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova, multiple world boxing champion, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Nikolai Valuev, Olympic champion in figure skating Anna Scherbakova, artistic director of the Bronnaya Theater and Roman Viktyuk Theater Konstantin Bogomolov, ST performer and TV presenter Assol, as well as more than 20 governors who, together with regional teams, did not just give a tour, but presented show programs telling about the peculiarities and traditions. In total, about 100 such excursions took place, which were attended by more than 2,400 people.

Another unique project at the RUSSIA EXPO is the "Alley of Glory". The "Knowledge" Society opened expositions on the achievements of Russian athletes and the triumph of our schoolchildren at the International Olympiads at VDNH. More than 600 medals in 84 name steles are presented in the exposition devoted to sports victories. This joint exposition with the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation was visited by more than 4 million people. The school "Alley of Glory", organized in partnership with the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, collected more than 100 awards of young scholars.

Almost every week at the Exposition there were "Conversations about Important Things", which formed the young generation's appreciation of Russia, its citizens, unique history, rich nature and great achievements. The educational organization paid much attention to the leisure time of the youngest visitors of the Exposition. Thus, schoolchildren from different regions of the country came to VDNH as part of the career guidance course "Russia - My Horizons", the partner of which is the "Knowledge" Society. In addition, about 2 thousand children spent "Vacations with Knowledge". The program of this project also included informative lectures, excursions and active masterclasses.

In addition, the Exposition became a place of attraction for almost all major federal projects of the educational organization: the educational program included a gala concert of the All-Russian art laboratory Knowledge.Authors, a screening of the Grand Prix winner of the project Knowledge.Theater, the finals of the Knowledge.Game: Russian Championship in "What? Where? When?" and the "League of Tour Guides", a film festival of documentaries Knowledge.Cinema and the award ceremony of the main educational award of the country Knowledge.Prize.

In order to make as many Russians as possible proud of their country's successes, the educational program of the "Knowledge" Society has gone beyond VDNH. Starting with a lecture in Moscow, a large-scale educational program was launched in each constituent entity of the country. During the campaign "Achievements of Russia" almost 34 thousand lectures were organized in all 89 regions, and the number of their listeners exceeded 1.3 million people.

One of the bright final chords of the educational program at the Exposition was the Continuing Education Forum (CEF) organized by the Russian Society "Knowledge" together with the Mashuk Knowledge Centre. On July 2 and 3, VDNH turned into a key platform of the country, where representatives of government authorities, academic community and business spoke about the development of additional education to strengthen Russia's human resources potential. More than 100 experts spoke at the CEF. Plenary sessions and discussions were attended by about 1000 people.

A 24-hour media channel Knowledge.TV was created specifically to cover the educational program, as well as the cultural and business life of the RUSSIA EXPO. Its presenters, correspondents and invited experts reported on important events, summarized the results of each day and announced upcoming events. "On air, there were continuous reports, live broadcasts, interviews, lectures and films by the "Knowledge" Society, so that everyone interested could immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the grandiose Exposition at VDNH. Online broadcasts and recordings of the events of the educational program could also be seen on the official page of the "Knowledge" Society in the VKontakte social network.   

You can follow the news and projects of the Russian Society "Knowledge" on the website and in the social networks of the project: VKontakte, Telegram.