Option I
1. Determine a point on earth's surface, relative to which the entire territory of Russia is located strictly in the south.
Answer: North Pole
2. What are the names of stable winds that change direction twice a year to the opposite direction and largely determine the climate? Far East Russia?
Answer: Monsoons
3. Name one of the types of large rural settlements in Cossack regions North Caucasus, Southern Urals and Siberia.
Answer: Stanitsa
4. What is the name of the set of processes of physical and chemical destruction of rocks under the influence of temperature fluctuations, freeze-thaw cycles and the chemical action of water, atmospheric gases and organisms?
Answer: Weathering
5. Indicate the correct combination of natural zones and soils found in the Southern Federal District:
A) humid subtropics - yellow soils; B) mountain meadows – gray soils;
C) dry steppes - brown soils.
Answer: A) humid subtropics - yellow soils
6. Select from the list the object with the highest salinity of water: A) Caspian Sea; B) Kara Sea; B) Lake Elton; D) Lake Ilmen.
Answer: B) Lake Elton
Answer: Source (key, spring)
8. Arrange the mountain systems in ascending order of their maximum absolute height: A) Khibiny; B) Altai; B) Western Sayan; D) Sikhote-Alin.
Answer: A-D-C-B
9. Name the indigenous mountain people of the Caucasus, whose number in Russia is about 470 thousand people, living mainly in the south of Dagestan, whose fame was brought by dances common in the Caucasus.
Answer: Lezgins
10. Name one of the traditional Russian ceramics centers where the famous white-cobalt tableware is produced, which has become as much a symbol of Russia as the balalaika and the matryoshka doll. Mikhail Lomonosov spoke highly of the quality of the clays mined here.
Answer: Gzhel
11. What are the names of clouds of vertical development, which are associated with heavy precipitation, thunderstorms, hail, and squally winds?
Answer: Cumulonimbus (the answer “cumulonimbus” is counted as correct)
12. Name the natural area of Russia where cloudberries and dwarf birch grow, lemmings and reindeer live.
Answer: Tundra, forest-tundra
13. Arrange the settlements in the direction from north to south: A) Syktyvkar; B) Ufa; B) Arkhangelsk; D) Perm.
Answer: B–A–D–B
14. Name the extreme continental point of Russia, which is located in the Western Hemisphere.
Answer: Cape Dezhnev
15. Select from the list a city where the sun can sometimes be seen at midnight: Petrozavodsk, Vorkuta, Veliky Ustyug, St. Petersburg.
Answer: Vorkuta
16. The straight line distance from the Botik of Peter I near Pereslavl-Zalessky to the Museum of Gramophones and Records is 200 meters. What will it be equal to on a map of scale 1: 100,000? Give your answer in centimeters.
Answer: 0.2 cm.
17. Select a subject Russian Federation, within which there are territories with a subtropical climate:
A) Rostov region; B) Krasnodar region; B) Astrakhan region; D) Stavropol region.
Answer: B) Krasnodar region
18. Name a major river in Russia, a tributary of the Volga, on the banks of which the hero Ilya Muromets and the poet Sergei Yesenin were born.
Answer: Oka
19. Indicate in which city from the list sunrise occurs earlier than others in the summer: A) Bryansk; B) Lipetsk; B) Samara; D) Penza.
Answer: B) Samara
20. Name a subject of the Russian Federation in which the day ends 2 hours later than in Astrakhan and Samara.
Answer: Kaliningrad region
21. Select from the list and indicate the river, the lower reaches of which are depicted on the satellite image: A) Ob; B) Don; B) Pechora; D) Volga.
Answer: B) Don
22. Name one of the ancient cities Russia, a hero city located at the western borders of the country on the banks of the Dnieper.
Answer: Smolensk
23. Name the shallowest sea in Russia, its average depth is 8 meters, the greatest is 15 meters, and its area is 11 times smaller than the area of the Black Sea.
Answer: Azovskoe
24. Select from the list a pair of objects that are not geographically related to each other: A) the Onega River - Lake Onega; B) Okhota River – Sea of Okhotsk; B) Chukotka Peninsula - Chukchi Sea; D) Lake Taimyr - Taimyr Peninsula.
Answer: A) Onega River – Lake Onega
25. Name one of the oldest cities in Russia, founded on the Volga River in the 11th century, which is part of tourist route « golden ring Russia." His coat of arms depicts a bear with an axe.
Answer: Yaroslavl
26. “The surrounding area... is characterized by miserable vegetation. Bora maims and kills everything. Only dry grass and thorny bushes survive... The first gusts of wind hit the decks of ships... The wind quickly gains full strength, and after two or three hours a fierce hurricane is already whipping from the mountains onto the bay and the city. It raises the water in the bay and carries it in showers onto houses... Bora blows in a clear sky. In winter it is always accompanied by severe frost. The ships turn into blocks of ice. Ice, falling off the rigging, maims and kills sailors...”
Konstantin Paustovsky wrote about the surroundings of which Russian city?
Answer: Novorossiysk
27. Find out the city - the regional center of Russia by the lines from its anthem:
“When the sun wakes up over the Northern Dvina
And the fogs will fall on the forests like dew,
... will smile broadly at us
And will captivate you with its discreet northern beauty.”
Answer: Arkhangelsk
28. Name the river to which Mikhail Lermontov’s poem is dedicated:
“His cry is like a storm,
Tears fly in splashes.
But, scattering across the steppe,
He looked crafty
And, caressing you warmly,
The Caspian Sea is murmuring."
Answer: Terek
29. Name the city in Russia that is sung about in the song:
“There is a native city on the Volga,
Baptized with fire and sword.
Flown around the whole world, around the whole world
Answer: Volgograd
30. Name the traveler depicted in postage stamp, after which the sea was named, first described in detail during the expedition on the boat "St. Gabriel".
Answer: Vitus Bering
Option II
1. What is the name of the conventional line dividing the surface of the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Answer: Equator
2. What is the name of the area of high atmospheric pressure, the formation of which in winter in many Siberian cities is associated with dry frosty weather and temperature inversion in the ground layer?
Answer: Anticyclone
3. What is the name of a small settlement consisting of a separate peasant estate with a separate farm? In the southern regions of Russia, this was the name given to settlements located outside villages and villages, regardless of the number of households.
Answer: Khutor
4. What are the names of positive landforms formed under the influence of wind on the sandy shores of lakes and seas? In Russia, the highest of them are located in Dagestan and the Kaliningrad region.
Answer: Dunes
5. Select a combination of natural zones and soils that is correct for the Siberian region: A) coniferous forests - gray soils; B) forest-steppe - chernozems; C) tundra - yellow soils.
Answer: B) forest-steppe - chernozems;
6. Select from the list the object with the highest salinity of water: A) Lake Chany; B) Kara Sea; B) lake Baskunchak; D) Kulundinskoye Lake.
Answer: B) Lake Baskunchak
7. What does this mean? symbol, often found on topographic maps Western Siberia?
Answer: Swamp (impassable and difficult to pass)
8. Arrange the mountain systems in descending order of their maximum absolute height: A) Ural; B) Caucasus; B) Altai; D) Eastern Sayan.
Answer: B-C-G-A
9. Name the people, whose number on the territory of Russia is about 500 thousand people, living mainly in the republic in the south Eastern Siberia, as well as in the Irkutsk region and Transbaikal region. The spiritual center of Russian Buddhists is located in this republic.
Answer: Buryats
10. This one folk craft originated in the Urals in the 19th century and is an artistic casting of cast iron, usually coated with black paint of a special recipe - the so-called “Dutch soot”. Name the city in the Chelyabinsk region where this architectural and artistic casting plant is located.
Answer: Kasli
11. What is the name of solid precipitation that falls during the warm season, which can cause significant damage to agriculture?
Answer: hail
12. Name a natural area in Russia where feather grass and fescue grow, and marmots and saiga live.
Answer: Steppe (answers “semi-desert”, “temperate desert” are counted as correct)
13. Arrange the settlements in the direction from the northernmost to the southernmost: A) Salekhard; B) Dudinka; B) Yekaterinburg; D) Omsk.
Answer: B-A-C-D
14. On the territory of which federal district is the northernmost continental point of Russia located?
Answer: Siberian
15. Select from the list a city where the sun can sometimes be seen at midnight: Yekaterinburg, Ulan-Ude, Verkhoyansk, Volgograd.
Answer: Verkhoyansk
16. Distance in a straight line from the monument to V.I. Chapaev in the city of Samara to the Time Capsule with a message to the descendants of 2057 is 280 meters. What will it be equal to on a map of scale 1: 10,000? Give your answer in centimeters.
Answer: 2.8 cm
17. Select a subject of the Russian Federation that is characterized by a temperate monsoon climate: A) Irkutsk region; B) Primorsky Krai; B) Krasnoyarsk region; D) Republic of Khakassia.
Answer: B) Primorsky Krai
18. Name one of the largest rivers in Russia and the world, in the upper reaches of which camels live, and in the lower reaches - polar bears. Its main right tributary is distinguished by its abundance of water and great hydroelectric potential; a cascade of large hydroelectric power stations was built on it; the poet Evgeniy Yevtushenko dedicated his poem “Depth” to it.
Answer: Yenisei
19. Indicate which city from the list has the earliest sunrise: A) Tomsk; B) Chelyabinsk; B) Tyumen; D) Kazan.
Answer: A) Tomsk
20. Name a large subject of the Russian Federation, partially located beyond the Arctic Circle, where the time differs from Moscow by 4 hours.
Answer: Krasnoyarsk region
21. Select from the list and indicate the river whose lower reaches are depicted on the satellite image: A) Ural; B) Cupid; B) Lena; D) Volga.
Answer: B) Lena
22. Name the hero city, on whose territory there are the remains of an ancient Greek settlement that existed for two thousand years until the end of the 14th century, included in the list of objects World Heritage UNESCO.
Answer: Sevastopol
23. The Valley of Geysers is located on the territory of this peninsula. The water temperature in the geysers ranges from plus 94 to plus 99°C, the duration of the water eruption is from 1 to 20 minutes. Name the peninsula.
Answer: Kamchatka
24. Select from the list a pair of objects that are not geographically related to each other: A) Kamchatka River - Kamchatka Peninsula; B) Baltic Spit - Baltic Sea; B) Tatar Strait - Republic of Tatarstan; D) Okhota River – Sea of Okhotsk.
Answer: B) Tatar Strait - Republic of Tatarstan
25. Name a city in the Moscow region that is included in the “Golden Ring of Russia” tourist route, where the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is located.
Answer: Sergiev Posad
26. “This island is mountainous, long and narrow; to the west... it descends more gently and presents many clearings among the sparse forest, while to the east... it drops steeply and is covered with dense forest. Buryat villages are scattered across the clearings - small uluses and individual yurts; The small population of the island is engaged in cattle breeding and fishing. On the western shore I visited the Shaman's Cave in the white marble of a rocky promontory."
What island did Vladimir Obruchev write about?
Answer: O. Olkhon
“...The land of earthly treasures is immense.
Through the dawn fog
The volcano is smoking again
And the ocean calls the fishermen...
…Russia Day begins here...”
Answer: Kamchatka region
28. “January 1920 ended. The storm splashed the windows of the low port buildings. Heavy rain roared through the streets of Petrovsk. The mountains were smoking. North from Petrovsk to Astrakhan the sea lay under ice” (Konstantin Paustovsky).
In 1921 Petrovsk was renamed. Indicate the modern name of this city.
Answer: Makhachkala
29. Name the city to which Vladimir Zhukov’s poem is dedicated:
"Flows in golden clusters
The sparkle of lights at the Khan's palace,
But he can't sleep at midnight.
There legends flow endlessly.
And a fountain of love and tears flows,
Enchanting hearts with beauty...
And tears flow from cup to cup
There are so many years on the cold marble,
And two fragrant roses lie,
Without losing the original color...”
Answer: Bakhchisarai
30. Name the traveler depicted on the envelope, one of the most famous explorers of Central Asia (China, Mongolia, Tibet), after whom the subspecies of wild horse is named.
Answer: N.M. Przhevalsky
IIIoption
1. What is the name of the imaginary line on the surface of the Earth connecting the North Pole with the South Pole, on opposite sides of which the local time differs by a day?
Answer: Date line
2. Name the type of tropical cyclone that is translated from Japanese language How " strong wind“, is characterized by very low pressure in the central part and at times seriously complicates life in populated areas of the Primorsky and Kamchatka territories.
Answer: Typhoon
3. Indicate which power plants (thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, nuclear power plants or others) account for about 70% of electricity generation in Russia.
Answer: TPP (thermal)
4. What name unites the hills and mountains with rounded peaks in Transbaikalia, the Far East of Russia and the Kola Peninsula?
Answer: Sopka
5. Select a combination of natural zones and soils that is correct for the Russian Far East: A) coniferous forests - brown soils; B) dwarf pine – red soils; C) mountain tundras - yellow soils.
Answer: A) coniferous forests - brown soils;
6. Select from the list the object with the highest salinity of water: A) Lake Khanka; B) Sea of Japan; B) Lake Baikal; D) Bering Sea.
Answer: B) Sea of Japan
7. What does this symbol mean on topographic maps?
Answer: Meadow (meadow, herbaceous vegetation, forbs)
8. Arrange the mountain systems in descending order of their maximum absolute height: A) Crimean mountains; B) Caucasus; B) Sikhote-Alin; D) mountains of Kamchatka.
Answer: B-G-V-A
9. Name the people of about 1.5 thousand people living in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk territories in the mountain taiga and along large rivers, whose traditional occupations are fishing and hunting. The researcher of the Far East, Vladimir Arsenyev, in his books “Across the Ussuri Region” and “Dersu Uzala” wonderfully described the nature of the region and the life of this people.
Answer: Udege people
10. This folk craft originated in the Urals in the 18th century and is represented by the production of warm scarves made of goat down. The quality of these thin scarves is checked by two parameters: whether the scarf passes through wedding ring and does it fit in goose egg. Name the city where this fishery operates.
Answer: Orenburg
11. What are the names of water droplets that precipitate from moist air on the surface of plants and soil when they cool at night and early in the morning?
Answer: Dew
12. Name the natural zone of Russia where larch and spruce grow, wolverine and crossbill live.
Answer: Taiga
13. Arrange the settlements in the direction from north to south: A) Yakutsk; B) Moscow; B) Anadyr; D) Tiksi.
Answer: G-V-A-B
14. In which subject of the Russian Federation is the easternmost point of Russia located?
Answer: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
15. Select from the list a city where the sun can sometimes be seen at midnight: Okhotsk, Khabarovsk, Dudinka, Magadan.
Answer: Dudinka
16. The straight line distance from the Seven Days Pagoda in the city of Elista to the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni is 1100 m. What will it be equal to on a map of scale 1: 50,000? Give your answer in centimeters.
Answer: 2.2 cm
17. Select from the list a subject of the Russian Federation where there is a subtropical Mediterranean climate: A) Republic of Kalmykia, B) Republic of Crimea; B) Republic of Mordovia; D) Primorsky Krai.
Answer: B) Republic of Crimea
18. Name the river of Russia, which is the main transport artery of the largest subject of the Russian Federation by area. In its drainage basin, permafrost is ubiquitous, and in the middle reaches there is unique complex rock formations, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012.
Answer: Lena
19. Indicate in which city from the list dawn comes earlier than others: A) Yekaterinburg; B) Chita; B) Tyumen; D) Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Answer: D) Komsomolsk-on-Amur
20. Name the subjects of the Russian Federation where the time differs from Moscow by 9 hours.
Answer: Kamchatka Territory, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
21. Select from the list and indicate the river, the lower reaches of which are depicted on the satellite image: A) Ural; B) Cupid; B) Lena; D) Yenisei.
Answer: B) Cupid
22. Name the hero city of Russia, famous for its gunsmiths, samovars and gingerbread.
Answer: Tula
23. Name the largest sea in area that washes the shores of Russia. Its area is 2.3 million square kilometers, and its maximum depth is 5.5 thousand meters. Modern name it received in the 19th century, and on earlier maps it was called Bobrov. The southern border of the sea runs along a chain of islands.
Answer: Beringovo
24. Select from the list a pair of objects that are not geographically related to each other: A) Baltic Spit - Baltic Sea; B) the city of Krymsk - Republic of Crimea; B) Altai Mountains - Altai Republic; D) Bering Island - Bering Sea.
Answer: B) the city of Krymsk - Republic of Crimea
25. Name a city in the Yaroslavl region, located on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo and included in the “Golden Ring of Russia” tourist route.
Answer: Pereslavl-Zalessky
26. “Geologist Chersky believed that this lake is very ancient - a remnant of the Silurian sea. But new studies have shown that, on the contrary, it is very young and in modern form arose no earlier than modern geological period, although the depression had already begun to be created in the Jurassic period. In the last chapter I already spoke about young movements earth's crust, which determined the formation of the Tunka Valley and the contrast between the relief forms of its sides - Khamar-Daban and the Tunka Alps. The depression... was created by the same young movements, evidence of which is distributed over a large area from the middle of the Khangai highlands in the Mongolian People's Republic to the Uchura River on the Aldan Plateau, that is, over a distance of 2,400 versts.”
What lake does Vladimir Obruchev write about?
Answer: Baikal
27. Find out the subject of the Russian Federation by the lines from its anthem:
"You see: the lights are burning in the night,
The starry sky fell to the ground.
Do you hear: the melody sounds,
The land east of the Urals sings.
Where are the cities along the banks of the river
Heat and light create reserves,
It was mined in a mine by miners -
The working melody of Kuzbass."
Answer: Kemerovo region
28. Which subject of the Russian Federation are Irina Larina’s poems dedicated to?
“The endless coastline,
meeting the sun, whispering with the wave.
Ginseng, lemongrass... beckon to the hills of the region,
and the wind swirls in an unearthly dance.
A mandarin duck hides in the lake surface
your unusual rainbow outfit,
and a path has been trodden to the lotus,
and the crane’s screeching inappropriately.”
Answer: Primorsky Krai
29. “...As I listened to this noise for a long time,
When the sunset flame burned in the darkness!
Facing the river I sat on a stone
And he kept looking, thoughtful and gloomy,
As we pass by towers, idols, tombs
The Katun rushed like a wide avalanche,
And someone wrote ancient cuneiform birds
I recorded the melody of her epic...".
What is the source large river is Katun, described in the poem by Nikolai Rubtsov?
Answer: Ob
30. The discovery of what geographical object made Admiral Mikhail Lazarev, a Russian naval commander and navigator, commander of the Black Sea Fleet and honorary member Russian Geographical Society?
Answer:Antarctica
Option for conducting Dictation online
1. What is the name of the imaginary line on the surface of the globe that connects the North and South Poles along the shortest distance?
Answer: Meridian
2. What is the interface between warm and cold air masses in the lower part of the atmosphere called?
Answer: Atmospheric front
3. What is the name of the city located near more large city and gravitating towards it in economic, cultural and everyday terms?
Answer: Satellite
4. What is the name of the part of the river valley that is flooded during high water or during floods?
Answer: Floodplain
5. Indicate the combination of natural zones and soils characteristic of the territory of the Central Federal District:
A) forest-steppe - red soils; B) northern taiga – brown soils; IN) mixed forests– soddy-podzolic soils.
Answer: C) mixed forests - soddy-podzolic soils
6. Select from the list the object with the lowest water salinity:
A) Sivash Bay;
B) White Sea;
B) Gulf of Finland;
D) Black Sea.
Answer: B) Gulf of Finland
7. What does this symbol mean on topographic maps?
Answer: Shrubs
8. Arrange the mountain systems in descending order of their maximum absolute height (fill in the numbers):
2) Caucasus;
3) Sikhote-Alin;
4) Khibiny.
Answer: 2-1-3-4
9. The name of this people of Russia is translated as “ real person", and the outdated name is Samoyeds. The population in Russia is about 45 thousand people, most of them live along the coast of the Arctic Ocean from the Kola Peninsula to Taimyr. The main activities are reindeer husbandry, fishing, and hunting. The name of the people is present in the names of two subjects of the Russian Federation. Name the people.
Answer: Nenets
10. This folk craft is named after a village in the Moscow region, where it originated in early XIX century. Traditional handicrafts – metal trays, painted oil paints, usually with a pattern of a flower bouquet. Name the industry.
Answer: Zhostovo
11. What is the name of solid precipitation that forms on the surface of the earth and plants at negative soil temperatures, partly cloudy skies and weak winds?
Answer: Frost
12. Name the natural zone of Russia where oak and hazel grow, and orioles and wild boars live.
Answer: broadleaf forests(mixed and deciduous forests)
13. Arrange settlements in the direction from north to south:
A) Vologda;
B) Salekhard;
B) Khabarovsk;
D) Novosibirsk.
Answer: B-A-G-V
14. Name the archipelago, which is the northernmost island territory of Russia.
Answer: Archipelago Franz Josef Land
15. Select from the list a city where the sun can sometimes be seen at midnight:
Syktyvkar, Murmansk, Omsk, Tomsk.
Answer: Murmansk
16. The Novgorod Kremlin and the Church of Peter and Paul on Sinichya Mountain are included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The distance between them in a straight line is 1.5 kilometers. What will it be equal to on a 1:50,000 scale map? Give your answer in centimeters.
Answer: 3 cm.
17. Select from the list a subject of the Russian Federation, a significant part of which is located in a subarctic climate:
A) Republic of Karelia;
B) Republic of Tatarstan;
B) Tyumen region;
D) Perm region
Answer: B) Tyumen region
18. Name a tributary of the Ob River that crosses two state borders before entering Russian territory.
Answer: Irtysh river
19. Indicate which city from the list has the earliest sunrise:
1) Yakutsk;
2) Okhotsk;
3) Khanty-Mansiysk;
4) Veliky Ustyug.
Answer: 2) Okhotsk
20. Name a subject of the Russian Federation in which the time differs from Kamchatka by 10 hours.
Answer: Kaliningrad region
21. Select from the list the river whose lower reaches are shown in the satellite image:
B) Selenga;
D) Yenisei
Answer: B) Selenga
22. Name the hero city of Russia, one of the largest ports of the Black Sea, located on the shore of Tsemes Bay.
Answer: Novorossiysk
23. Name the sea that washes the shores of Russia, which is characterized by the highest tides. The sea is rich in fish, seafood and hydrocarbons. Previously it was called Kamchatsky. In its southern part there are the Odessa Bay and the Terpeniya Bay.
Answer: Sea of Okhotsk
24. Select a pair of objects from the list that are not geographically related to each other:
A) Lake Taimyr – Taimyr Peninsula;
B) Bering Island - Bering Sea;
B) Bely Island - White Sea;
D) Kamchatka River – Kamchatka Peninsula.
Answer: B) Bely Island - White Sea
25. Name the city, the ancient capital of North-Eastern Rus', currently a regional center on the Klyazma River, included in the “Golden Ring of Russia” tourist route.
Answer: Vladimir
26. About what natural area Vasily Dokuchaev writes:
“... it seems so densely occupied by some kind of plant that nothing else, apparently, can fit here: either it is covered with purple spots, anemones have bloomed, then entire meadows take on a blue azure color, forget-me-nots have bloomed; at other times you can find large areas completely covered with fragrant thyme...”
Answer: Steppe
27. Find out the city described in the poem by Alexander the Northern:
This city is five centuries old
Stands on the edge of the banks,
Border of snow, eternal ice,
The capital of rivers, forests, swamps.
Stands on the age-old path,
No one can get around.
All the ships met here
That they were coming from the White Sea to people.
Met Norwegians and Slavs,
Met Dutch, English
The Varangians went to their last battle
And the Swedes are beaten astern.
By this age-old river
The Pomors built the city...
Answer: Arkhangelsk
28. “The great schemer moved at a shooting pace along the mountain road leading around Mashuk to the place of Lermontov’s duel with Martynov, past sanatoriums and rest houses. Overtaken by buses and two-horse carriages, Ostap went out to Proval” (Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov).
The Proval mentioned in the passage is considered a landmark of which city?
Answer: Pyatigorsk
29. Name the territory described in the story by Konstantin Paustovsky:
“This region lies... between Vladimir and Ryazan, not far from Moscow, and is one of the few surviving forest islands, a remnant of the “great belt of coniferous forests.” In ... the region you can see forest lakes with dark water, vast swamps covered with alder and aspen.”
Answer: Meshchera
30. Name the expedition that took place in 1937-1938, in which Ivan Papanin, Evgeny Fedorov, Ernst Krenkel and Pyotr Shirshov, depicted on the postage stamp, became famous.
Answer: Drifting station North Pole – 1
On November 26, 2017, the third Geographical Dictation took place in all regions of our country and abroad. Not only the whole of Russia tested their knowledge, but also many foreign countries. The action took place in 26 countries. In addition, if last year the Dictation was written on 1,464 platforms, then in 2017 there were more than 2,300!
The leader in the number of educational campaign locations among foreign countries was China, where the Dictation was held in 10 cities at once. The largest venue abroad in terms of the number of seats was the branch of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in the city of Baku, where 800 participants were able to write the Dictation.
In Russia, the leader in the number of sites was the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), where the Dictation was held in 308 organizations. Second place goes to the Republic of Bashkortostan - 209 sites, third place to the Krasnodar Territory - 122. Voronezh became the largest site in our country state university, where 2,000 participants were able to write a Dictation.
Geographical dictation - what is it and how difficult is it?
The large-scale educational event, initiated by Vladimir Putin, is being held by the Russian Geographical Society for the third time.
President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu, Rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, members of the Academic Council of the Russian Geographical Society and famous athletes, cadets and youth soldiers.
According to the Russian Geographical Society, this year Australia, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Serbia, Syria, Turkey, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, China, Romania and other countries joined the action - in total, dictation will be written in 26 countries.
The most unusual sites were discovered on the research vessel “Akademik Fedorov” as part of the Russian Antarctic Expedition” and on nuclear icebreaker"Lenin", which is currently a museum and facility cultural heritage in Murmansk. Also, according to the Russian Geographical Society, the dictation will pass on trains Nizhny Novgorod- Moscow and in “Strizh” Moscow - Berlin.
In 45 minutes, they had to answer 30 questions, which were broadcast on a large screen and accompanied by illustrations.
The questions were divided into three blocks: definition geographical concepts and terms according to their description; identification of geographical objects on the map and the ability to apply knowledge in practice; identification of geographical objects from a fragment of a literary work.
One of the main principles of dictation is anonymity. You do not need to indicate your name on the assignment and answer forms, reports the Neelov website. Participants are asked to write only their age, occupation, relationship to geography (for example, a student or teacher at a specialized university) and some other information.
The highest score you can get for a dictation is 100 points.
Participants of the Dictation who completed it in person will be able to find out their personal results after December 25 on the website dictant.rgo.ru using the unique identification number received at the sites.
Geographical dictation take place online
For those who were unable to come to the venues, an online dictation was organized on the website dictant.rgo.ru. It started on November 26 at 14:00 Moscow time and will last until 14:00 November 30, 2017 Moscow time.
Those who took the Dictation online will see the results immediately after answering the questions.
On November 26 at 12:00 local time, the geographical dictation. 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 entries in traveler’s 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. IN 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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On November 26, 2017, the All-Russian Geographical Dictation will be held in Yakutsk, which will be held at the site of the historical park “Russia - My History”.
The All-Russian Geographical Dictation has been held since 2015 by the Russian Geographical Society on the initiative of Vladimir Putin, President of Russia and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society. In 2015, the dictation was held at 210 venues in our country, with a total of 44,365 people taking part. The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) was in the lead in terms of the number of participants - 7026 people. In 2016, 1,464 sites were organized in 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which is 7.1 times more than in 2015. In 2016, 187,187 people already joined the action. Of these, 92,240 people wrote the dictation in person, and 94,947 tested their knowledge through the website. Among the regions, the absolute leader in the number of people who wrote a dictation for the second year in a row was the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), where more than 15 thousand people tested their geographic literacy at more than 500 sites.
In 2017, Dictation will be released on international level. Residents of Russia and foreign countries who speak Russian can take part in the Dictation, regardless of age, education, social class, religion and citizenship.
You can become a participant in the Dictation by contacting any site where it is held, regardless of your place of residence. The address of the nearest site can be found on the website http://dictant.rgo.ru.
Participation in the Dictation is voluntary and free.
The dictation consists of 30 tasks of varying degrees of difficulty and includes testing knowledge of geographical concepts and terms, basic patterns, location of geographical objects on the map and the ability to apply knowledge in practice.
Before the start of the Dictation, each participant receives a printed form for writing the Dictation, a form with the Dictation tasks and verbal instructions for filling it out. The time required for Dictation participants to complete tasks is no more than 45 minutes. Total time conducting a dictation, including instructing participants - 60 minutes.
Each participant is assigned an individual identification number, which is entered into the form for writing the Dictation upon receipt. This number is also duplicated in the form of a tear-off sheet, which remains with the Dictation participant. Using it, the participant will be able to check his result on the website http://dictant.rgo.ru
The total score for the Dictation is 100.
Conducting the Dictation at regional venues: November 26, 2017 V 12:00 local time.
Conducting Dictation online:s 14:00 November 26, 2017 to 14:00
November 30, 2017 Moscow time.
Today, November 26, at 12:00 local time, the third Geographical Dictation started in all regions of our country and abroad.
This year geographical knowledge checks not only all of Russia, but also many foreign countries. The promotion takes place in 26 countries. In addition, if last year Dictation was written on 1,464 platforms, then in 2017 there were more than 2,300.
The leader in the number of educational campaign locations among foreign countries was China, where the Dictation was held in 10 cities at once. The largest venue abroad in terms of the number of seats was the branch of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in the city of Baku, where 800 participants were able to write the Dictation.
In Russia, the leader in the number of sites was the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), where the Dictation was held in 308 organizations. The Republic of Bashkortostan takes second place - 209 sites, the third place goes to the Krasnodar Territory - 122. The largest site in our country was Voronezh State University, where 2,000 participants were able to write a Dictation.
One of the most unusual sites of the action was the research vessel “Akademik Fedorov” of the Russian Antarctic Expedition, currently located in the Cape Town roadstead. The Dictation was also written on the nuclear icebreaker "Lenin", which is currently a museum in Murmansk. Also, more than ten nature reserves and national parks, museums of Soviet slot machines in Moscow and St. Petersburg, All-Russian children's center"Smena" in the Krasnodar Territory, the Big Planetarium in Novosibirsk. In addition, the Dictation took place on the Strizh trains Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow and Moscow - Berlin.
For those who were unable to come to the venues, an online dictation was organized at dictant.rgo.ru. It started on November 26 at 14:00 Moscow time and will last until 14:00 November 30, 2017 Moscow time.
Anyone who speaks Russian can test their knowledge of geography.
The test consists of 30 questions, with 45 minutes to answer. The results will be available in a month - they will appear on the website of the Russian Geographical Society.
The questions were divided into three blocks: definition of geographical concepts and terms by their description; identification of geographical objects on the map and the ability to apply knowledge in practice; identification of geographical objects from a fragment of a literary work.
The highest score you can get for a dictation is 100 points.
Participants of the Dictation who completed it in person will be able to find out their personal results after December 25 on the website dictant.rgo.ru using the unique identification number received at the sites.
Those who took the Dictation online will see the results immediately after answering the questions.
Based on the results of the event, an analytical report will be prepared assessing the level of geographic literacy of the Russian population as a whole and its individual age groups, the results of the Dictation in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and abroad.
Participants in the educational event had different opinions about the difficulty of this year's Dictation. Some site guests found the questions more difficult than in the past.