On 20 April, RANEPA St. Petersburg international students from China and Iran among other international students joined the annual educational event which has been held in Russia and other countries since 2004 to popularize Russian language and culture.

The students who are already enrolled in full-time programs or just learn Russian in the Foundation course completed 10 tasks and wrote the text at dictation. They shared, it was really challenging but at the same it was a great experience to be among participants of such a large-scaled event in Russia.

RANEPA St. Petersburg was one of local numerous event venues welcoming over 400 participants who love Russian language and wanted to test their literacy.

“It’s great that this initiative is becoming more and more popular, finding additional formats, attracting new participants and reciters, and increasing the number of partner venues. I am confident that for our guests this 20th Anniversary dictation has become not just an educational but an interesting, meaningful and indeed a memorable event on the cultural agenda of St. Petersburg.”

Andrey Khlutkov, RANEPA St. Petersburg director