The winners of the "Science. Territory of Heroes" competition shared their impressions of the project

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The final of the All-Russian Competition "Science. Territory of Heroes" took place at the National Centre RUSSIA. Ten finalists participated in the intellectual competition, and the top three winners were selected and awarded. After the award ceremony, the winners shared their emotions about participating in the project and spoke about their future plans.

"A great experience and vivid emotions. It was a pleasure to meet new people, learn something new about myself, and make new acquaintances. And, of course, I was very happy to visit the capital," said Andrei Khokhlov, who took third place in the final.

The participants highly praised the level of organization and the questions asked during the intellectual challenges.

"I experienced a great emotional uplift after winning the competition. Everything was amazing and fun. The questions from the companies, as well as from past finalists, were very interesting. I wish all competition participants the very best," said Timofei Kovalev, who took second place.

According to the proud first-place winner, Alexander Valov, all competition participants were worthy of victory.

"It is a great honor for me to become the winner of such a competition. I want to pay tribute to all its participants — I believe they all deserved to win. I prepared for a long time, read many books, and watched scientific films. The questions here were very interesting, and I learned a lot of new things. Now I plan to write a scientific paper and continue developing in this field," said Alexander Valov.

The All-Russian Competition "Science. Territory of Heroes" is implemented with the support of Russia’s National Projects and is part of the "Science to Win" initiative of the Decade of Science and Technology.