On November 19, 2023, the annual international event of the Russian Geographical Society “Geographical Dictation – 2023” took place at the Primakov Centre, and students of Samara University participated in it.
The latter ones answered some questions about the Russian geography, which included both well-known facts and tasks that required creative thinking, logic, and erudition.
The dictation has already been held for nine years, and during this time more than 3 million people have taken part in it. This large-scale international educational initiative has reached every continent on the globe, including Antarctica. Even cosmonauts who are currently in the near-earth orbit, such as Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, and Konstantin Borisov, have written the dictation. In total, 10,625 venues in 110 countries, including Russia, have been registered.
Every year, the contest for the best question for the Geographical dictation is held. This year, 461 questions were received from 67 regions of Russia, as well as 12 questions from six foreign countries: Belarus, Lebanon, Germany, Moldova, Mongolia, and India.
Extra version of the Geographical dictation: from November 19, 2023 (2:00 PM Moscow time) to December 1, 2023 (2:00 PM Moscow time) on the website dictant.rgo.ru.
Answers to the questions: from December 10 on the website dictant.rgo.ru.
Individual results: from December 12 on the website dictant.rgo.ru.
