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