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All-Russian geographical dictationstarted on November 1, 2015 at 12:00 local time in all regions of the country. This large-scale educational event was held for the first time by the Russian Geographical Society, and anyone could participate in it, regardless of age and education.
A little about the dictation itself...
The initiative to conduct a dictation was made by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society, Vladimir Putin, at the XV Congress of the Russian Geographical Society. The idea received wide public support - the Russian Geographical Society received hundreds of requests from ordinary people who wanted to write a dictation. The educational campaign was also supported by the federal media.
One of the main principles of the all-Russian action is anonymity. On the assignment and answer forms, you can indicate your real name or pseudonym. Each participant will receive a unique identification number by which they can find out their personal result on December 10 on rgo.ru.
The work of Russians will be checked only by professional geographer teachers.
The dictation will allow you to assess the level of geographical knowledge of all categories of citizens of our country and will draw attention to the problem of geographical literacy. Based on the results of the All-Russian knowledge test, changes will be made to educational programs in geography.
The theme of the dictation in 2015 is “My country is Russia.”
Right there, on the website of the Russian Geographical Society, there was alsoRegulations on dictation. After reading it carefully, I highlighted several of the most important points:
2. Purpose, objectives and principles of the Dictation
2.1. The dictation is carried out to assess the level of geographic literacy of the population.
2.2. The objectives of the Dictation are:
– obtaining objective information about the level of geographic literacy of the Russian population, taking into account its age and social structure;
– providing the opportunity for Dictation participants to obtain an independent assessment of their knowledge in the field of geography;
– attracting the attention of the media and Russian society to the problem of geographic literacy of the population;
– motivation of various segments of the population to study the geography of their native country, knowledge of which is an integral part of an educated person;
– development of recommendations for improving the quality of geographical education.
5.2. The text of the Dictation includes25 test tasksand consists of three parts:
– Part 1 – tasks on knowledge of geographical concepts and terms;
– Part 2 – tasks on knowledge of the location of geographical objects on the map;
– Part 3 – geographical descriptions.
5.3. The Dictation text includes open and closed questions.
5.4.
Total points for Dictation – 100.
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All-Russian geographical dictation
1. Name a phenomenon on a global scale that is distributed over 60% of the territory of Russia. It is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia. The greatest depth of distribution of this phenomenon (1370 m) is observed in the upper reaches of the Vilyui River in Yakutia.
2. What are the names of hot springs that periodically emit fountains of hot water and steam, which are common in areas of volcanic activity, for example on the Kamchatka Peninsula?
3. Name an indicator that characterizes the number of inhabitants per 1 km2 of territory and determines the demographic and economic potential of a country or region.
4. What is the process of urban growth and increasing the share of the urban population called?
5. On a map at a scale of 1:10,000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
6. Name the oldest and deepest lake in the world, which contains 20% of all fresh water on the planet.
7. Name the northernmost continental point of Russia.
8. Name the largest subject of the Russian Federation by area, in which the easternmost of the peoples of the Turkic linguistic group lives?
9. Name the city located in the Pacific Ocean where the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger aircraft is produced.
10. Name the subject of the Russian Federation in which the construction of the easternmost cosmodrome of Russia is underway.
11. Name the peninsula located to the west of the Gulf of Ob, the depths of which contain rich reserves of natural gas.
12. The largest seaport in the south of Russia, located in this hero city, often suffers from strong cold winds rapidly “falling” from the mountains. Name this city.
13. Name the island - a UNESCO natural heritage site through which the 180th meridian passes. This island is also called the " polar bear nursery " .
14. Name the highest point of the Altai Mountains.
15. Name the city where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Ob River.
16. Arrange the mouths of Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from east to west: A) Pechora; B) Pelvis; B) Kolyma; D) Hangar.
17. Select from the list a city that is located in the drainage basin of the Caspian Sea: Voronezh Krasnodar Tver Kursk Smolensk
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from east to west: A) Chechen Republic; B) Kaliningrad region; B) Perm region; D) Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
19. Name the sea or lake that washes the wettest (according to average annual precipitation) territory of Russia.
20. What is the date and time on the watch of a tourist climbing to the top of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, when on the watch of his friend vacationing on the Curonian Spit is 20:00 on June 12?
21. “For the first time I saw from the distance of the sea... the entire solemn turn of its shores from Cape Fiolent to Karadag. For the first time I realized how beautiful this land is, washed by one of the most festive seas on the globe. We are approaching the shores, colored with dry and sharp colors... The vineyards were already blazing with rust, the snow-covered peaks of Chatyr-Dag and Ai-Petri were already visible.” Which peninsula did K.G. write about? Paustovsky?
22. In what city did M.Yu. stay? Lermontov? “I have a wonderful view from three sides. To the west, the five-domed Beshtau turns blue, like “the last cloud of a scattered storm”; Mashuk rises to the north like a shaggy Persian hat and covers the entire part of the sky; It’s more fun to look to the east: below in front of me... healing springs are rustling, a multilingual crowd is noisy, - and there, further, mountains are piled up like an amphitheater, increasingly blue and foggy, and on the edge of the horizon stretches a silver chain of snowy peaks, starting with Kazbek and ending with the double-headed Elborus...”
23. “...In winter, the sea winds thaw, and those blowing from the hardened land bring frosts with them, for in St. Petersburg the western wind is from the Baltic Sea, near the city of Arkhangelsk the north-west from the Bely and Norman Seas, in Okhotsk the eastern wind is from the Kamchatka Sea they breathe the thaw.” What sea M.V. Calls Lomonosov Normansky?
24. “Anadyr depression. It’s very flat, and the Anadyr wags along it like a huge boa constrictor... “The Anadyr is a yellow river,” - this is how the essay can be called later. Tundra and lakes throughout the depression. It’s difficult to understand what is more: either lakes or land” (O.M. Kuvaev). Which sea does this river flow into?
25. “Huge trees formed a green tent. And underneath there are dense thickets of hazel, bird cherry, honeysuckle, elderberry and other shrubs and small trees. In some places a gloomy dark spruce forest was approaching. On the outskirts of the clearing, a large pine tree spread its branches, under the shadow of which a young Christmas tree nestled... And then again birch trees, poplar with its gray trunk, rowan, linden, the forest becomes thicker and darker.” What type of Russian forest does L.M. write about? Leonov?
1. What is the name of the imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, north of which polar night and polar day are possible during certain periods of the year?
Answer: Arctic Circle
2. What is the name of the lowland formed by river sediments and cut by a network of branches and channels at the mouth of a river flowing into a shallow area of the sea or lake?
Answer: Delta
3. What is the name of a historically established stable group of people, united by language, religion and characteristics of traditional culture?
Answer: ethnos
4. What is the voluntary and long-term movement of the population from one region of the country to another called?
Answer: migration
5. On a map at a scale of 1:50,000, the distance between points is 5 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 2,5
6. Name the largest right tributary of the Volga.
Answer: Oka river
7. Name the largest Russian-owned island in the Pacific Ocean.
Answer: Sakhalin Island
8. On the territory of which subject of the Russian Federation does the only people in Europe professing Buddhism live?
Answer: Republic of Kalmykia
9. The Niva car and most of the Russian Lada cars are produced in this city on the Volga.
Answer: Tolyatti
10. This subject of the Russian Federation is home to the northernmost operating cosmodrome in the world.
Answer: Arhangelsk region
11. Name the largest freshwater lake in the European part of Russia.
Answer: Ladoga lake
12. Name the hero city and seaport where the Northern Sea Route begins.
Answer: Murmansk
13. Name the mountain system - a UNESCO natural heritage site, which is also called the “Golden Mountains”; it is located on the borders of Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan.
Answer: Altai Mountains
14. Name the strait separating the Krasnodar Territory from the Republic of Crimea.
Answer: Kerch Strait
15. Name the southernmost millionaire city in Russia.
Answer: Rostov-on-Don
16. Arrange the mouths of Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from west to east: A) Neva; B) Don; B) Pechora; D) Volga.
Answer: A) Neva; B) Don; D) Volga C) Pechora
17. Select from the list a city that is located in the drainage basin of Lake Baikal:
A) Bratsk; B) Kyzyl; B) Blagoveshchensk; D) Ulan-Ude; D) Yakutsk.
Answer: D) Ulan-Ude
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from west to east: A) Kamchatka Territory; B) Republic of Adygea; B) Udmurt Republic; D) Altai Republic.
Answer: B) Republic of Adygea; B) Udmurt Republic; D) Altai Republic; A) Kamchatka region
19. Name the subject of the Russian Federation within which the wettest territory (based on average annual precipitation) in Russia is located.
Answer: Krasnodar region
20. What is the date and time on the watch of a tourist climbing to the top of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, when on the watch of his friend vacationing on the Curonian Spit is 22:00 on May 31st.
Answer: Crimean peninsula. Acceptable answer: Crimea
Answer: Pyatigorsk
Answer: Barencevo sea
Answer: in the Bering Sea
Answer: mixed forest
Option 2
1. What are the names of humus-rich, dark-colored soils formed in a temperate continental climate under steppe vegetation? In Russia, they are common in the south of European territory and Western Siberia.
Answer: Chernozem
2. What is the name of a vast area with low atmospheric pressure in the center, characterized by a system of winds blowing counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere?
Answer: Cyclone
3. What is the difference between the number of people born and the number of deaths over a certain period of time called?
Answer: natural population growth
4. What is the name of the system of nearby urban settlements interconnected by economic, transport, cultural and other connections?
Answer: urban agglomeration
5. On a map at a scale of 1:25,000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 2,5
6. Name the mountain - the highest point in Russia.
Answer: Mountain Elbrus
7. Name the northernmost millionaire city in Russia, where the headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society is located.
Answer: Saint Petersburg
8. Name the subject of the Russian Federation that ranks first in the country in oil production. In it, the Irtysh River flows into the Ob River.
Answer: Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug
9. Name the city, located at the confluence of two large Russian rivers, where Gazelles are produced.
Answer: Nizhny Novgorod
10. Name the city located at the easternmost point of the Volga, where Soyuz launch vehicles are produced.
Answer: Samara
Answer: Yamal Peninsula
Answer: Novorossiysk
13. Name the island - a UNESCO natural heritage site through which the 180th meridian passes. This island is also called “the polar bear nursery.”
Answer: Wrangel Island
Answer: Mount Belukha
Answer: city Novosibirsk
Answer:
Answer: B) Tver
Answer:
Answer: Black Sea
21. “Starting somewhere right behind the Ripheus ridge, ... the Chusovaya River cut through the ridge that a stale crust of bread - the only river that managed to overcome such a strong barrier - it rolled its stormy waters between the fighting rocks, near the cliffs, through the rapids , rifts and rifts and flowed into the Kama.” What is the name of the mentioned V.P. Astafiev mountain system?
Answer: Ural Mountains
22. “Four to five kilometers wide and seventy kilometers long of sheer cliffs on both sides, stretched almost strictly along the meridian, and between the rocks there is a kind of huge and transparent stone, shimmering with a cold light.” Which lake – “the pearl of Altai” – is described by S.P. Zalygin?
Answer: Lake Teletskoye
23. “With his tireless hand, military ships were brought to the White, Azov, Varangian and Caspian seas and Russian naval power was shown to all surrounding powers...”. What is the name of the Varangian Sea in our time, mentioned by M.V. Lomonosov in describing the merits of Peter I?
Answer: Baltic Sea
24. “Provideniya Bay is a typical fiord. The narrow and long bay is squeezed by the slopes of the hills. Their black cliffs hang over the water, and a little to the side, with a hellish interweaving of rocky ledges, gloomy towers and just some kind of black stone fingers sticking out into the sky, the Sorcerer Mountain rises... Eskimos and coastal Chukchi - seal hunters - settled here before anyone else" (O. Kuvaev). In what sea is this bay located?
Answer: In the Bering Sea
25. “Nothing in nature could be better; the entire surface of the earth seemed like a green-golden ocean, over which millions of different flowers splashed... an ear of wheat brought from God knows where was pouring in the thick... Hawks stood motionless in the sky, spreading their wings and motionlessly fixing their eyes on the grass...” What natural zone did N.V. write about? Gogol?
Answer: steppes
Option 3
Answer:
Answer: geyser
Answer: population density
Answer: urbanization
5. On a map at a scale of 1:10,000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 1 kilometer
Answer: Lake Baikal
Answer: Cape Chelyuskin
Answer: The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Answer: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Answer: Amur region
11. Name the city of the Russian Federation in which, not far from the obelisk “Center of Asia” at the confluence of Biy-Khem?ma and Ka-Khem?ma, the Yenisei begins.
Answer: Kyzyl
12. Name the largest of the Siberian cities located above the Arctic Circle; it is the center of mining and smelting of copper and nickel.
Answer: Norilsk
13. Name the rocks - a UNESCO natural heritage site, located along the Lena River.
Answer: Lena pillars
14. Name the highest active volcano in Russia.
Answer: Klyuchevskaya Sopka
15. Name the only river flowing from Baikal.
Answer: Angara River
16. Arrange the basins of Russian rivers in sequence corresponding to the direction from west to east: A) Khatanga; B) Indigirka; B) Onega; D) Nadym.
Answer: C) Onega, D) Nadym, A) Khatanga, B) Indigirka
17. Select from the list a city located in the Kara Sea drainage basin: A) Yakutsk; B) Irkutsk; D) Naryan-Mar; D) Magadan.
Answer: B) Irkutsk
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from north to south: A) Republic of Kalmykia; B) Republic of Ingushetia; B) Republic of Mari El; D) Republic of Karelia.
Answer: D) Republic of Karelia, C) Republic of Mari El,) Republic of Kalmykia, B) Republic of Ingushetia
19. Name the mountain system within which the wettest territory (in terms of average annual precipitation) in Russia is located.
Answer: Greater Caucasus
20. What is the date and time on the clock of a tourist climbing to the top of Elbrus, when his friend vacationing on the shore of Peter the Great Bay says 5 a.m. on May 1st?
21. “In Kandalaksha, dazzling mountains covered the horizon with snowy domes. Near the roadbed, the Niva River with black transparent water roared like a continuous waterfall. Then Lake Imandra passed - not a lake, but a sea - all covered in blue ice, surrounded by steps of blue and white mountains. The Khibiny mountains slowly went south in flattened domes.” Which peninsula did K.G. write about? Paustovsky?
Answer: Kola Peninsula
22. About this current millionaire city D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak wrote: “In the motley environment of Russian cities... is truly a “living node”... At the pass itself, two large rivers almost meet - Iset and Chusovaya. It was at this point that Tatishchev outlined the future city... The Iset River... connected the mining region proper with the blessed [land] - a gold mine, where forests, pastures and steppe Siberian black soil were widely spread."
Answer: Yekaterinburg city
23. “The conversations and description of Vaygach, which the Dutch call the Nassau Strait, heard in Holland, many nobles zealously undertook to send another large parcel to go to China and India... Barens was appointed leader on the largest of the two ships that were sent from Amsterdam... " What geographical object bears the name of the mentioned M.V. Lomonosov of the Dutch navigator?
Answer: Barencevo sea
24. “...our guys,..., were flying at that moment on a small An-2 plane north of the New Siberian Islands, where there are dots of the De Long Islands: Jeannette Island, Henrietta Island, and Zhokhov Island are also there...” (O. Kuvaev) . In which sea are the De Long Islands located?
Answer: in the East Siberian Sea
25. “... this is a virgin and primeval forest, consisting of cedar, black birch, Amur fir, elm, poplar, Siberian spruce, Manchurian linden, Dahurian larch, ash, Mongolian oak... cork tree... And all this is mixed up with a vineyard, vines and sultanas." What type of Russian forest does V.K. write about? Arsenyev?
Answer: Ussuri taiga
Testing online
For those who for some reason were unable to take part in the dictation at the Russian Geographical Society, online testing was conducted on the portal. Those who decided to try their hand online were less fortunate than those who took part in the “live” dictation: the large educational event that we had been preparing for so long, so enthusiastically and seriously, found a different scenario. We, who are well aware that geography has been given, to put it delicately, not the closest attention in schools in recent years, could not have imagined that it would be so in demand, and that the number of people wishing to assess their geographic literacy would be many times greater than our expectations!
Unfortunately, the RGS server could not withstand such a load (which, to be fair, we note, also happens with much larger, technically equipped organizations). On the one hand, this is, of course, very sad. But on the other hand...
Yes, all of us - both the organizers and, most importantly, the participants - are offended that the first geographical dictation in the history of the country did not go as planned. However, the fact that so many people responded to the “geographical call” and that there is a genuine interest in geography in society did not allow us to give up. And he clearly showed: everything we do is not in vain.
In the end, the problem was solved, and those who were partial to geography were able to write a dictation. In total, more than 27 thousand people took part in it.
Thank you to everyone who treated the current situation with understanding and patience and did not cower in the face of temporary difficulties!
The questions for the online test were combined from those tasks that were distributed to visitors of offline sites. We bring to your attention questions and answers for online testing on.
Online option
1. Name a phenomenon on a global scale that is distributed over 60% of the territory of Russia. It is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia. The greatest depth of distribution of this phenomenon (1370 m) is observed in the upper reaches of the Vilyui River in Yakutia.
Answer: permafrost
2. What are the names of hot springs that periodically emit fountains of hot water and steam, which are common in areas of volcanic activity, for example on the Kamchatka Peninsula?
Answer: geyser
3. What is the indicator that characterizes the number of inhabitants per 1 km? territory and determines the demographic and economic potential of a country or region.
Answer: population density
4. What is the process of urban growth and increasing the share of the urban population called?
Answer: urbanization
5. On a 1:10,000 scale map, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 1 kilometer
6. Name the oldest and deepest lake in the world, which contains 20% of all fresh water on the planet.
Answer: Lake Baikal
7. Name the northernmost continental point of Russia.
Answer: Cape Chelyuskin
8. Name the largest subject of the Russian Federation by area, in which the easternmost of the peoples of the Turkic linguistic group lives?
Answer: The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
9. Name the city located in the Pacific Ocean where the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger aircraft is produced.
Answer: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
10. Name the subject of the Russian Federation in which the construction of the easternmost cosmodrome of Russia is underway.
Answer: Amur region
11. Name the peninsula located to the west of the Gulf of Ob, the depths of which contain rich reserves of natural gas.
Answer: Yamal Peninsula
12. The largest seaport in the south of Russia, located in this hero city, often suffers from strong cold winds rapidly “falling” from the mountains. Name this city.
Answer: Novorossiysk
13. Name the island - a UNESCO natural heritage site, which is divided in half by the 180th meridian. This island is also called “the polar bear nursery.”
Answer: Wrangel Island
14. Name the highest point of the Altai Mountains.
Answer: Mount Belukha
15. Name the city where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Ob River.
Answer: city Novosibirsk
16. Arrange the mouths of Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from east to west: A) Pechora; B) Pelvis; B) Kolyma; D) Hangar.
Answer: C) Kolyma, D) Angara, B) Taz, A) Pechora
17. Select from the list a city that is located in the drainage basin of the Caspian Sea:
A) Voronezh; B) Krasnodar; B) Tver; D) Kursk; D) Smolensk.
Answer: B) Tver
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from east to west:
A) Chechen Republic; B) Kaliningrad region; B) Perm region; D) Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Answer: D) Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, C) Perm Territory, A) Chechen Republic, B) Kaliningrad Region
19. Name the sea or lake that washes the wettest (according to average annual precipitation) territory of Russia.
Answer: Black Sea
20. What is the date and time on the watch of a tourist climbing to the top of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, when on the watch of his friend vacationing on the Curonian Spit is 20:00 on June 12?
21. “For the first time I saw from the distance of the sea... the entire solemn turn of its shores from Cape Fiolent to Karadag. For the first time I realized how beautiful this land is, washed by one of the most festive seas on the globe. We are approaching the shores, colored with dry and harsh colors... The vineyards were already blazing with rust, the snow-covered peaks of Chatyr-Dag and Ai-Petri were already visible.” Which peninsula did K.G. write about? Paustovsky?
Answer: Crimean peninsula.
22. In what city did M.Yu. stay? Lermontov? “I have a wonderful view from three sides. To the west, the five-domed Beshtau turns blue, like “the last cloud of a scattered storm”; Mashuk rises to the north like a shaggy Persian hat and covers the entire part of the sky; It’s more fun to look to the east: below in front of me... healing springs are rustling, a multilingual crowd is noisy, - and there, further, mountains are piled up like an amphitheater, increasingly blue and foggy, and on the edge of the horizon stretches a silver chain of snowy peaks, starting with Kazbek and ending with the double-headed Elbrus...”
Answer: Pyatigorsk
23. “...In winter, the sea winds thaw, and those blowing from the hardened land bring frosts with them, for in St. Petersburg the western wind is from the Baltic Sea, near the city of Arkhangelsk the north-west from the Bely and Norman Seas, in Okhotsk the eastern wind is from the Kamchatka Sea they breathe the thaw.” What sea M.V. Calls Lomonosov Normansky?
Answer: Barencevo sea
24. “Anadyr depression. It’s very flat, and the Anadyr wags along it like a huge boa constrictor... “The Anadyr is a yellow river,” that’s how the essay can be called later. Tundra and lakes throughout the depression. It’s difficult to understand what is more: either lakes or land” (O. Kuvaev). Which sea does this river flow into?
Answer: in the Bering Sea
25. “Huge trees formed a green tent. And underneath there are dense thickets of hazel, bird cherry, honeysuckle, elderberry and other shrubs and small trees. In some places a gloomy dark spruce forest was approaching. On the outskirts of the clearing, a large pine tree spread its branches, under the shadow of which a young Christmas tree nestled... And then again birch trees, poplar with its gray trunk, rowan, linden, the forest becomes thicker and darker.” What type of Russian forest does L.M. write about? Leonov?
Answer: mixed forest
About dictation
On November 1, 2015, for the first time in the Russian Federation, a large-scale educational event aimed at assessing the level of geographic literacy of the population took place - the first All-Russian Geographical Dictation. The initiator of it was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society, Vladimir Putin, and the organizer was the Russian Geographical Society.
The dictation took place in all regions of our country, at 210 specially prepared sites.The leaders in the number of organized sites were the Central, Ural and Volga Federal Districts, and among the regions– Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (32), Tver Region (18) and Moscow (15). In terms of the number of dictation participants, the leaders were the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (7026 people), Moscow (3343 people), Tver (1432 people) and Voronezh (1427 people) regions. In a number of other regions, attendance exceeded a thousand people.
How many people wrote?
Anyone could take part in the dictation, regardless of age, education and field of activity.To write a dictation"offline", came to regional sites 44,365 people. Of these, 43,567 submitted their work for verification. Another 27,564 people took the test online on the website of the Russian Geographical Society. Thus, the total number of dictation participants is about 72 thousand people.
Among them are people with a wide variety of education – from general primary education to postgraduate education with an academic degree. According to preliminary data, the largest group of participants were those with higher education, the smallest were those with primary general education. Thus, the average level of education of the dictation participants turned out to be higher than the statistical average for Russia.
Tasks
The dictation included 25 test tasks, which were divided into three blocks. The first consisted of tasks on knowledge of geographical concepts and terms; the second was aimed at testing knowledge about the location of geographical objects on the map; the third - on knowledge of geographical descriptions.
One of the main principles of the action was anonymity. You didn’t have to indicate your name on the assignment and answer forms. Participants were asked to write only their age, occupation, attitude to geography (for example, student or teacher at a specialized university) and some other information. This information is necessary in order to assess and analyze the level of geographical knowledge of the residents of our country.
Excellent students, good students, poor students?
According to the organizers, it is too early to draw final conclusions based on the results of checking numerous works - specialists are still engaged in analytics and compiling the results.
According to preliminary statistics, among the dictation participants there are three main categories: schoolchildren, students and working citizens - approximately 30% each. The remaining categories of the population amounted to less than 10%. It is very pleasant that the majority of dictation participants are young people who strive to test their knowledge and, in the future, improve its level.
It is interesting that students in grades 5–9 answered questions completely differently from students in grades 10–11, while the answers of high school students differed little from the answers of adults. As for gender statistics, on average the scores of men's answers are two points higher than those of women.
The highest score that could be received for a dictation is 100 points, the lowest is 0. Unfortunately, 100-point results were not recorded in all regions, and the total number of works that earned the highest mark does not exceed 1%.
According to preliminary data, the average score for dictation in Russia is only 55 points, in school terminology– this is a three. It’s even more sad that 48% of the participants wrote the dictation below the average level, that is, they received a C minus or a D. And this is against the backdrop of the fact that a significant part of the participants designated geography as their professional field of activity or classified themselves as active tourists.
The results of the dictation will be taken into account by the Russian Geographical Society when preparing a new concept of geographical education, which the Russian Geographical Society is developing jointly with the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
How to find out your result?
Find out your personal results from the dictation participants who completed it "offline", can use a unique identification number obtained at the sites.
Dictation participants tell
Olga, technical university student, Moscow
– Many tasks seemed difficult to me. Because of the questions, as they say, “for knowledge,” I was not very upset - well, I don’t know the name of the city located in the Pacific Ocean, where the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger aircraft is produced! But the stupor at the question about the scale of the map unsettled me ( Ed.: we are talking about this question: “On a map at a scale of 1:10,000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?” Correct answer: 1 kilometer. Answers received: 100, 1000, 100,000 km). It's really a shame to stumble over this! Now I’m sitting here, refreshing my cartography.
Maxim, engineer, Vologda
– I consider myself an educated person, so it was unpleasant to find out that, for example, I don’t know the northernmost continental point of our country and the name of the highest active volcano in Russia... (Ed.: Cape Chelyuskin and Klyuchevskaya Sopka).
Valery Viktorovich, builder, pensioner
– I would like to draw your attention to the important social aspect associated with the distribution of printed questions to the dictation participants. It was this circumstance that allowed me, and perhaps many other visually or hearing impaired people, to become participants in face-to-face dictation.
I am 76 years old. Disabled person of the 2nd group. In 2004 he suffered an ischemic stroke. Even with a hearing aid, it is sometimes very difficult to understand the words of the lecturer in the audience, which is why I do not participate in public events. Before becoming familiar with the Regulations on face-to-face dictation, I considered only testing via the Internet as a possible form of participation. I received the news about the printed issues with delight. THANK YOU! This allowed me to take part in the dictation in person.
Andrey, schoolboy (11th grade), Moscow region
– I came to the dictation just for company with friends, but in the end I didn’t regret it. I was intrigued by the question about the climber with a watch, I couldn’t answer it. I came home, figured it out, and it was interesting ( Ed.: we are talking about this question: “What is the date and time on the watch of a tourist climbing to the top of Elbrus, when on the watch of his friend, resting on the shore of Peter the Great Bay, is 5 o’clock in the morning on May 1?” Correct answer: April 30, 22 hours).
Alla, employee, Nizhny Novgorod
– I didn’t answer most of the questions...
Yuri, student of a humanities university, Moscow
– Difficulties were caused by questions regarding geographical concepts and phenomena. For example, about a phenomenon of global scale, which is distributed over 60% of the territory of Russia and is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia... (Ed.: permafrost).Among the issues that caused serious difficulties were the following:
- Name a phenomenon of global scale, which is distributed over 60% of the territory of Russia. It is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia. The greatest depth of distribution of this phenomenon (1370 m) is observed in the upper reaches of the Vilyui River in Yakutia.
(Correct answer: permafrost. Acceptable answer: permafrost)
Answers received: snow, floods, spills, northern lights, earthquakes, nuggets.
- Name the northernmost continental point of Russia.
(Correct answer: Cape Chelyuskin)
Answers received: Northern Cape, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Dezhnev, Cape Fligeli, Lomonosov Archipelago.
- Name the largest subject of the Russian Federation by area, in which the easternmost of the peoples of the Turkic linguistic group lives?
(Correct answer: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Answers received: Nanai Autonomous Okrug.
- Name the only river flowing from Lake Baikal.
(Correct answer: Angara River)
Answers received: Ob, Indigarka (correct: IndigIrka), Irtysh, Selenga, Lena.
- Name the mountain system within which the wettest territory (in terms of average annual precipitation) in Russia is located.
(Correct answer: Greater Caucasus)
Answers received: Altai, Ural, Sayan Mountains, Scandinavian Mountains, Sikhote-Alin, Khibiny Mountains.
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The conclusions drawn from the results of writing the All-Russian Geographical Dictation will be taken into account when preparing the Concept of Geographical Education and Enlightenment, as well as when developing recommendations for improving the quality of teaching geography.
Text: Tatyana Nefedova
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On November 1, residents of Russia took part in the All-Russian Geographical Dictation. To conduct a unique educational event of the Russian Geographical Society, 220 sites were organized and three versions of tasks were prepared, each of which consisted of 25 questions.
The main goal of the action is to check how well the residents of our country know their homeland. Not their region in which they live, but Russia as a whole. Therefore, experts compiled three different versions of questions for three groups of districts: the questions of option 1 were answered by residents of the Siberian and Ural federal districts; Option 2 was prepared for the Far Eastern Federal District; and option 3 – for other districts of Russia.
Each version of the task included questions that were not related to the place of residence of the dictation participants.
Another reason for preparing different versions of tasks was to eliminate the possibility of cheating during dictation. Since the dictation started across the country at 12:00 local time, residents of those regions who answered the questions first (due to the time difference) could post the correct answers on the Internet. By preparing three versions of questions, the organizers of the dictation were able to maintain intrigue for all residents of Russia.
Today we bring to your attention not only the questions of the All-Russian Geographical Dictation, but also the correct answers to them!
We remind you that you will be able to find out your result on December 10, 2015 on the website, using the unique identification number that you received while completing the tasks. The work of Russians will be checked only by professional geographer teachers.
1 option
1. What is the name of the imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, north of which polar night and polar day are possible during certain periods of the year?
Answer: Arctic Circle
2. What is the name of the lowland formed by river sediments and cut by a network of branches and channels at the mouth of a river flowing into a shallow area of the sea or lake?
Answer: Delta
3. What is the name of a historically established stable group of people, united by language, religion and characteristics of traditional culture?
Answer: ethnos
4. What is the voluntary and long-term movement of the population from one region of the country to another called?
Answer: migration
5. On a map at a scale of 1:50,000, the distance between points is 5 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 2,5
6. Name the largest right tributary of the Volga.
Answer: Oka river
7. Name the largest Russian-owned island in the Pacific Ocean.
Answer: Sakhalin Island
8. On the territory of which subject of the Russian Federation does the only people in Europe professing Buddhism live?
Answer: Republic of Kalmykia
9. The Niva car and most of the Russian Lada cars are produced in this city on the Volga.
Answer: Tolyatti
10. This subject of the Russian Federation is home to the northernmost operating cosmodrome in the world.
Answer: Arhangelsk region
11. Name the largest freshwater lake in the European part of Russia.
Answer: Ladoga lake
12. Name the hero city and seaport where the Northern Sea Route begins.
Answer: Murmansk
13. Name the mountain system - a UNESCO natural heritage site, which is also called the “Golden Mountains”; it is located on the borders of Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan.
Answer: Altai Mountains
14. Name the strait separating the Krasnodar Territory from the Republic of Crimea.
Answer: Kerch Strait
15. Name the southernmost millionaire city in Russia.
Answer: Rostov-on-Don
16. Arrange the mouths of Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from west to east: A) Neva; B) Don; B) Pechora; D) Volga.
Answer: A) Neva; B) Don; D) Volga C) Pechora
17. Select from the list a city that is located in the drainage basin of Lake Baikal:
A) Bratsk; B) Kyzyl; B) Blagoveshchensk; D) Ulan-Ude; D) Yakutsk.
Answer: D) Ulan-Ude
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from west to east: A) Kamchatka Territory; B) Republic of Adygea; B) Udmurt Republic; D) Altai Republic.
Answer: B) Republic of Adygea; B) Udmurt Republic; D) Altai Republic; A) Kamchatka region
19. Name the subject of the Russian Federation within which the wettest territory (based on average annual precipitation) in Russia is located.
Answer: Krasnodar region
20. What is the date and time on the watch of a tourist climbing to the top of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, when on the watch of his friend vacationing on the Curonian Spit is 22:00 on May 31st.
Answer: Crimean peninsula. Acceptable answer: Crimea
Answer: Pyatigorsk
Answer: Barencevo sea
Answer: in the Bering Sea
Answer: mixed forest
Option 2
1. What are the names of humus-rich, dark-colored soils formed in a temperate continental climate under steppe vegetation? In Russia, they are common in the south of European territory and Western Siberia.
Answer: Chernozem
2. What is the name of a vast area with low atmospheric pressure in the center, characterized by a system of winds blowing counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere?
Answer: Cyclone
3. What is the difference between the number of people born and the number of deaths over a certain period of time called?
Answer: natural population growth
4. What is the name of the system of nearby urban settlements interconnected by economic, transport, cultural and other connections?
Answer: urban agglomeration
5. On a map at a scale of 1:25,000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 2,5
6. Name the mountain - the highest point in Russia.
Answer: Mountain Elbrus
7. Name the northernmost millionaire city in Russia, where the headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society is located.
Answer: Saint Petersburg
8. Name the subject of the Russian Federation that ranks first in the country in oil production. In it, the Irtysh River flows into the Ob River.
Answer: Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug
9. Name the city, located at the confluence of two large Russian rivers, where Gazelles are produced.
Answer: Nizhny Novgorod
10. Name the city located at the easternmost point of the Volga, where Soyuz launch vehicles are produced.
Answer: Samara
Answer: Yamal Peninsula
Answer: Novorossiysk
13. Name the island - a UNESCO natural heritage site through which the 180th meridian passes. This island is also called “the polar bear nursery.”
Answer: Wrangel Island
Answer: Mount Belukha
Answer: city Novosibirsk
Answer:
Answer: B) Tver
Answer:
Answer: Black Sea
21. “Starting somewhere right behind the Ripheus ridge, ... the Chusovaya River cut through the ridge that a stale crust of bread - the only river that managed to overcome such a strong barrier - it rolled its stormy waters between the fighting rocks, near the cliffs, through the rapids , rifts and rifts and flowed into the Kama.” What is the name of the mentioned V.P. Astafiev mountain system?
Answer: Ural Mountains
22. “Four to five kilometers wide and seventy kilometers long of sheer cliffs on both sides, stretched almost strictly along the meridian, and between the rocks there is a kind of huge and transparent stone, shimmering with a cold light.” Which lake – “the pearl of Altai” – is described by S.P. Zalygin?
Answer: Lake Teletskoye
23. “With his tireless hand, military ships were brought to the White, Azov, Varangian and Caspian seas and Russian naval power was shown to all surrounding powers...”. What is the name of the Varangian Sea in our time, mentioned by M.V. Lomonosov in describing the merits of Peter I?
Answer: Baltic Sea
24. “Provideniya Bay is a typical fiord. The narrow and long bay is squeezed by the slopes of the hills. Their black cliffs hang over the water, and a little to the side, with a hellish interweaving of rocky ledges, gloomy towers and just some kind of black stone fingers sticking out into the sky, the Sorcerer Mountain rises... Eskimos and coastal Chukchi - seal hunters - settled here before anyone else" (O. Kuvaev). In what sea is this bay located?
Answer: In the Bering Sea
25. “Nothing in nature could be better; the entire surface of the earth seemed like a green-golden ocean, over which millions of different flowers splashed... an ear of wheat brought from God knows where was pouring in the thick... Hawks stood motionless in the sky, spreading their wings and motionlessly fixing their eyes on the grass...” What natural zone did N.V. write about? Gogol?
Answer: steppes
Option 3
Answer:
Answer: geyser
Answer: population density
Answer: urbanization
5. On a map at a scale of 1:10,000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 1 kilometer
Answer: Lake Baikal
Answer: Cape Chelyuskin
Answer: The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Answer: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Answer: Amur region
11. Name the city of the Russian Federation in which, not far from the obelisk “Center of Asia” at the confluence of Biy-Khem?ma and Ka-Khem?ma, the Yenisei begins.
Answer: Kyzyl
12. Name the largest of the Siberian cities located above the Arctic Circle; it is the center of mining and smelting of copper and nickel.
Answer: Norilsk
13. Name the rocks - a UNESCO natural heritage site, located along the Lena River.
Answer: Lena pillars
14. Name the highest active volcano in Russia.
Answer: Klyuchevskaya Sopka
15. Name the only river flowing from Baikal.
Answer: Angara River
16. Arrange the basins of Russian rivers in sequence corresponding to the direction from west to east: A) Khatanga; B) Indigirka; B) Onega; D) Nadym.
Answer: C) Onega, D) Nadym, A) Khatanga, B) Indigirka
17. Select from the list a city located in the Kara Sea drainage basin: A) Yakutsk; B) Irkutsk; D) Naryan-Mar; D) Magadan.
Answer: B) Irkutsk
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from north to south: A) Republic of Kalmykia; B) Republic of Ingushetia; B) Republic of Mari El; D) Republic of Karelia.
Answer: D) Republic of Karelia, C) Republic of Mari El,) Republic of Kalmykia, B) Republic of Ingushetia
19. Name the mountain system within which the wettest territory (in terms of average annual precipitation) in Russia is located.
Answer: Greater Caucasus
20. What is the date and time on the clock of a tourist climbing to the top of Elbrus, when his friend vacationing on the shore of Peter the Great Bay says 5 a.m. on May 1st?
21. “In Kandalaksha, dazzling mountains covered the horizon with snowy domes. Near the roadbed, the Niva River with black transparent water roared like a continuous waterfall. Then Lake Imandra passed - not a lake, but a sea - all covered in blue ice, surrounded by steps of blue and white mountains. The Khibiny mountains slowly went south in flattened domes.” Which peninsula did K.G. write about? Paustovsky?
Answer: Kola Peninsula
22. About this current millionaire city D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak wrote: “In the motley environment of Russian cities... is truly a “living node”... At the pass itself, two large rivers almost meet - Iset and Chusovaya. It was at this point that Tatishchev outlined the future city... The Iset River... connected the mining region proper with the blessed [land] - a gold mine, where forests, pastures and steppe Siberian black soil were widely spread."
Answer: Yekaterinburg city
23. “The conversations and description of Vaygach, which the Dutch call the Nassau Strait, heard in Holland, many nobles zealously undertook to send another large parcel to go to China and India... Barens was appointed leader on the largest of the two ships that were sent from Amsterdam... " What geographical object bears the name of the mentioned M.V. Lomonosov of the Dutch navigator?
Answer: Barencevo sea
24. “...our guys,..., were flying at that moment on a small An-2 plane north of the New Siberian Islands, where there are dots of the De Long Islands: Jeannette Island, Henrietta Island, and Zhokhov Island are also there...” (O. Kuvaev) . In which sea are the De Long Islands located?
Answer: in the East Siberian Sea
25. “... this is a virgin and primeval forest, consisting of cedar, black birch, Amur fir, elm, poplar, Siberian spruce, Manchurian linden, Dahurian larch, ash, Mongolian oak... cork tree... And all this is mixed up with a vineyard, vines and sultanas." What type of Russian forest does V.K. write about? Arsenyev?
Answer: Ussuri taiga
Testing online
For those who for some reason were unable to take part in the dictation at the Russian Geographical Society, online testing was conducted on the portal. Those who decided to try their hand online were less fortunate than those who took part in the “live” dictation: the large educational event that we had been preparing for so long, so enthusiastically and seriously, found a different scenario. We, who are well aware that geography has been given, to put it delicately, not the closest attention in schools in recent years, could not have imagined that it would be so in demand, and that the number of people wishing to assess their geographic literacy would be many times greater than our expectations!
Unfortunately, the RGS server could not withstand such a load (which, to be fair, we note, also happens with much larger, technically equipped organizations). On the one hand, this is, of course, very sad. But on the other hand...
Yes, all of us - both the organizers and, most importantly, the participants - are offended that the first geographical dictation in the history of the country did not go as planned. However, the fact that so many people responded to the “geographical call” and that there is a genuine interest in geography in society did not allow us to give up. And he clearly showed: everything we do is not in vain.
In the end, the problem was solved, and those who were partial to geography were able to write a dictation. In total, more than 27 thousand people took part in it.
Thank you to everyone who treated the current situation with understanding and patience and did not cower in the face of temporary difficulties!
The questions for the online test were combined from those tasks that were distributed to visitors of offline sites. We bring to your attention questions and answers for online testing on.
Online option
1. Name a phenomenon on a global scale that is distributed over 60% of the territory of Russia. It is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia. The greatest depth of distribution of this phenomenon (1370 m) is observed in the upper reaches of the Vilyui River in Yakutia.
Answer: permafrost
2. What are the names of hot springs that periodically emit fountains of hot water and steam, which are common in areas of volcanic activity, for example on the Kamchatka Peninsula?
Answer: geyser
3. What is the indicator that characterizes the number of inhabitants per 1 km? territory and determines the demographic and economic potential of a country or region.
Answer: population density
4. What is the process of urban growth and increasing the share of the urban population called?
Answer: urbanization
5. On a 1:10,000 scale map, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 1 kilometer
6. Name the oldest and deepest lake in the world, which contains 20% of all fresh water on the planet.
Answer: Lake Baikal
7. Name the northernmost continental point of Russia.
Answer: Cape Chelyuskin
8. Name the largest subject of the Russian Federation by area, in which the easternmost of the peoples of the Turkic linguistic group lives?
Answer: The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
9. Name the city located in the Pacific Ocean where the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger aircraft is produced.
Answer: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
10. Name the subject of the Russian Federation in which the construction of the easternmost cosmodrome of Russia is underway.
Answer: Amur region
11. Name the peninsula located to the west of the Gulf of Ob, the depths of which contain rich reserves of natural gas.
Answer: Yamal Peninsula
12. The largest seaport in the south of Russia, located in this hero city, often suffers from strong cold winds rapidly “falling” from the mountains. Name this city.
Answer: Novorossiysk
13. Name the island - a UNESCO natural heritage site, which is divided in half by the 180th meridian. This island is also called “the polar bear nursery.”
Answer: Wrangel Island
14. Name the highest point of the Altai Mountains.
Answer: Mount Belukha
15. Name the city where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Ob River.
Answer: city Novosibirsk
16. Arrange the mouths of Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from east to west: A) Pechora; B) Pelvis; B) Kolyma; D) Hangar.
Answer: C) Kolyma, D) Angara, B) Taz, A) Pechora
17. Select from the list a city that is located in the drainage basin of the Caspian Sea:
A) Voronezh; B) Krasnodar; B) Tver; D) Kursk; D) Smolensk.
Answer: B) Tver
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from east to west:
A) Chechen Republic; B) Kaliningrad region; B) Perm region; D) Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Answer: D) Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, C) Perm Territory, A) Chechen Republic, B) Kaliningrad Region
19. Name the sea or lake that washes the wettest (according to average annual precipitation) territory of Russia.
Answer: Black Sea
20. What is the date and time on the watch of a tourist climbing to the top of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, when on the watch of his friend vacationing on the Curonian Spit is 20:00 on June 12?
21. “For the first time I saw from the distance of the sea... the entire solemn turn of its shores from Cape Fiolent to Karadag. For the first time I realized how beautiful this land is, washed by one of the most festive seas on the globe. We are approaching the shores, colored with dry and harsh colors... The vineyards were already blazing with rust, the snow-covered peaks of Chatyr-Dag and Ai-Petri were already visible.” Which peninsula did K.G. write about? Paustovsky?
Answer: Crimean peninsula.
22. In what city did M.Yu. stay? Lermontov? “I have a wonderful view from three sides. To the west, the five-domed Beshtau turns blue, like “the last cloud of a scattered storm”; Mashuk rises to the north like a shaggy Persian hat and covers the entire part of the sky; It’s more fun to look to the east: below in front of me... healing springs are rustling, a multilingual crowd is noisy, - and there, further, mountains are piled up like an amphitheater, increasingly blue and foggy, and on the edge of the horizon stretches a silver chain of snowy peaks, starting with Kazbek and ending with the double-headed Elbrus...”
Answer: Pyatigorsk
23. “...In winter, the sea winds thaw, and those blowing from the hardened land bring frosts with them, for in St. Petersburg the western wind is from the Baltic Sea, near the city of Arkhangelsk the north-west from the Bely and Norman Seas, in Okhotsk the eastern wind is from the Kamchatka Sea they breathe the thaw.” What sea M.V. Calls Lomonosov Normansky?
Answer: Barencevo sea
24. “Anadyr depression. It’s very flat, and the Anadyr wags along it like a huge boa constrictor... “The Anadyr is a yellow river,” that’s how the essay can be called later. Tundra and lakes throughout the depression. It’s difficult to understand what is more: either lakes or land” (O. Kuvaev). Which sea does this river flow into?
Answer: in the Bering Sea
25. “Huge trees formed a green tent. And underneath there are dense thickets of hazel, bird cherry, honeysuckle, elderberry and other shrubs and small trees. In some places a gloomy dark spruce forest was approaching. On the outskirts of the clearing, a large pine tree spread its branches, under the shadow of which a young Christmas tree nestled... And then again birch trees, poplar with its gray trunk, rowan, linden, the forest becomes thicker and darker.” What type of Russian forest does L.M. write about? Leonov?
Answer: mixed forest
On November 26 at 12:00 local time, a geographical dictation will take place in all regions of our country and abroad. The large-scale educational event, initiated by Vladimir Putin, is being held by the Russian Geographical Society for the third time.
The dictation will include 30 test tasks, divided into three blocks. The first consists of questions on knowledge of geographical concepts and terms. The second is aimed at testing the ability to work with a map. The third is to identify geographical objects based on traveler diaries and excerpts from works of art. As evidenced by feedback from participants in past years, they especially like the last set of questions, which “... encourages them to read new books and look at maps with interest.”
V.V. Putin: “Along with the history of the Fatherland, the Russian language, and literature, geography serves as the basis for the formation of patriotic values, cultural, national identity and self-awareness.”
The dictation will be held in person, at specially organized venues, and online on the project website: .
The highest score that can be obtained for a dictation is 100 points, the lowest is 0. Alas, so far the average score of dictation participants does not exceed three on a five-point scale. You can find out whether you are an excellent student, a good student or a C student without harming your own reputation - testing is anonymous, and you can get your result using a unique number that is assigned to each participant.
Russians liked the dictation so much that in the first year of its implementation, online testing participants crashed the website of the Russian Geographical Society for several hours. The next year, in the first hours of the action, about 30 thousand people wrote it on the Russian Geographical Society website, and the number of in-person sites increased sevenfold, increasing from 210 to 1,464.
Each of our readers can not only take part in testing geographical knowledge, but also organize a dictation site in their region. Registration of sites is open on the project website for organizations wishing to hold an event within their own walls.
In just a few days of the site’s operation, more than 30 dictation sites across the country have already appeared on the map - these are schools and cultural centers, libraries and universities in Norilsk, Dalnerechensk, Ulan-Ude and other settlements. At the moment, the westernmost point of the dictation is in Vyborg, the easternmost is in the small village of Palana, Kamchatka Territory. Please note that in 2017, you can only register a site through the website.
Geographical dictation has been conducted by the Russian Geographical Society since 2015. In 2015, 71,929 people took part in the event. In 2016 - 187,187 people. The average score scored by participants in the previous dictation is 52 points out of 100 possible. In school terminology, this is “3”. Moreover, the best results were shown by participants aged 54 years and older. These are those who studied geography at school in the 60s and 70s of the last century. The age group from 11 to 18 years old received the lowest average score. They studied geography in the 2000s – 2010s.
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