Results of the VII International competition "Tell the World About Your Motherland" were summarised at the National Centre RUSSIA

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On June 7, the National Centre RUSSIA hosted the awards ceremony for the winners of the VII International competition "Tell the World About Your Motherland." Over 60 talented children, teenagers, and adult participants from 22 Russian regions and 21 countries were awarded. 

A total of 7,407 entries from children, teenagers, and youth groups across 89 Russian regions and 54 countries worldwide were selected for the competition. Over its seven-year history, the competition has processed more than 25,000 submissions from participants in 83 countries, both near and far abroad. 

The project’s total reach, including contestants, their creative mentors, teachers, and experts, exceeded 100,000 professionals. The expert panel and competition jury comprised 125 specialists — teachers, university professors, and public figures from 32 Russian regions and five foreign countries. 

The contestants’ geographic, age, and ethnic diversity was exceptionally broad. The competition unites young people and adults from hundreds of ethnic groups across Russia and abroad. The age range spanned from 1 to 85 years old (with six young talents from Russian regions representing the youngest participants, while the oldest contestant was from Panama). The highest number of submissions came from the Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, and Sverdlovsk regions, as well as Moscow and St. Petersburg. 

Participants from different age groups chose the most interesting events, traditions, and landmarks of their homeland and shared them with fellow citizens and international peers through various categories — video, drawing, or presentation. 

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory and the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland, special nominations were established by the competition’s partners: State Duma Deputy Maria Butina, the Rospatriotcentre, the Movement of the First, the House of the Peoples of Russia, the Centre for Voluntary Resettlement "The Way Home," and the Centre for Public Initiatives "Our Time." In the current geopolitical climate, the special nominations "Defenders of the Fatherland" (in partnership with the Rospatriotcentre) and "Keepers of History" (with the Movement of the First) garnered particular attention from both experts and participants. 

At the National Centre RUSSIA, the winners were awarded by members of the competition’s Honorary Jury: State Duma Committee on International Affairs member Maria Butina, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo Dmitry Polikanov, Russian Federation Senator and member of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education, and Culture Yelena Pisareva, and Moscow’s Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Tatiana Sizova. Other awards were presented by prominent state and public figures, leaders of youth patriotic organisations, professors from Moscow universities, and representatives of diplomatic and business communities from Russia and abroad. 

"Traditional values — love for the Motherland, respect for history and culture — are the foundation for youth education and strengthening Russia’s international ties. Today’s ceremony is the culmination of joint efforts by state institutions, our government, civil society, public representatives, and organisations. Together, we are helping to make the younger generation a reliable pillar of our great country!" emphasised Tatiana Sizova, Moscow’s Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights. 

"Let us smile at one another, share happiness and joy, and remember that there are no strangers’ children. The children of the world are our children — children who must be happy," said Yelena Pisareva, Senator of the Russian Federation and member of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education, and Culture. 

The ceremony was attended by foreign ambassadors from Ecuador, North Korea, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and Transnistria.

"Our competition has grown into a large-scale festival of diverse peoples and cultures from across the world — 83 countries and all 89 regions of Russia. Love for the Motherland unites the world! And it is Russia that carries this unity — because our competition was born here," remarked the competition’s organiser, Yekaterina Averkiyeva, President of the Innovation Centre for the Development and Upbringing of Children and Youth and Senior Lecturer at Moscow Pedagogical State University. 

The concert programme featured performances by popular artists, pop ensembles, the children’s musical theatre Domisolka, and even a professional ballet troupe. After the awards ceremony, laureates and guests took part in an interactive 90-minute exposition-tour, "Journey Across Russia," where they had the unique opportunity to travel from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad and from Murmansk to Derbent — all without leaving Moscow. Spanning over 3,000 square metres, the exposition displayed hundreds of interactive exhibits showcasing the achievements, culture, science, and nature of all federal districts of Russia. 

The event also included the presentation of the Russian-language textbook for foreigners, "Discovering Russia," which uses competition entries to introduce all regions and peoples of our country, their traditions and customs, helping learners of Russian to see Russia through our eyes. 

The competition is organised by the ANO "Innovation Centre for the Development and Upbringing of Children and Youth" with the support of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rossotrudnichestvo, the Rospatriotcentre, the National Centre RUSSIA, the Movement of the First, Yunarmiya, the Rosdetcentre, the Russia World Foundation, the National Parents’ Association, and Moscow Pedagogical State University. The competition is held as part of the Russian Ministry of Education’s official event list.