The fifth Znanie.Award ceremony will be held on 3 March at the National Centre RUSSIA

The fifth, anniversary ceremony of the country’s main educational award, Znanie.Award, will take place on 3 March at the National Centre RUSSIA. Laureates in 18 nominations will be announced, including the best educators, projects and company of the year. As part of the concert programme, Honoured Artists of Russia, ballet performers and musicians will take the stage.

"Znanie.Award will celebrate its first anniversary at the ceremony on 3 March. Over five years, both major nationwide projects and educators from the regions have become voting winners. Russians’ interest in the award continues to grow: this season, nominees received a record 136,000 votes. Thank you to everyone who has been with us over these five years and has proven that educating is a great mission," said Kirill Khvil, Deputy Director General of the Russian society Znanie.

The award in each nomination is a cube symbolising the essence of education in different fields. For example, the cube for the winners of the nomination "For Contribution to Education in the Field of 'Ecology and Tourism'" is made of transparent resin. Inside it is a three-dimensional composition featuring a mountain range, a forest and Lake Baikal, symbolising the beauty and grandeur of Russia’s nature. Laureates in the nomination "For Contribution to Education in the Field of 'Culture and Art'" will receive a marble cube — an ancient material used to create works of art. The cube for the winners of the nomination "For Educational Activities in an Educational Organisation" is made of green granite, symbolising the "granite of science".

In total, the anniversary season of Znanie.Award received more than 18,000 applications from 89 regions of Russia and 40 countries around the world. The shortlist of the fifth season includes 110 nominees: 60 educators, 46 projects and 4 companies. Among the nominees are well-known athletes, scientists, journalists and public officials.

At the award ceremony, the names of 32 winners will be announced, selected by decision of the Honorary Jury and based on the results of online voting in the mini-application of the national messenger MAX.

The broadcast will be available on the website russia.ru in the "Livestreams and Videos" section, on the Russia 24 television channel, on the platforms of the Russian news agency TASS, and on the website of the Russian society Znanie.

The anniversary season of Znanie.Award is held with the support of the general information partners — the Russian news agency TASS and the Komsomolskaya Pravda media group; the strategic information partner — the media holding Rambler&Co; the multimedia information partner — the Argumenty i Fakty publishing house; and the information partners — the MIC Izvestia, the television and radio company Zvezda, and the FederalPress media holding.