The head of the Chechen Republic also took part in this large-scale event of the Russian Knowledge society. Ramzan Kadyrov answered a number of topical questions.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Prime Ministers of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Tatiana Golikova, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Vitaly Savelievov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Vitaly Savelievov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov, First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Olga Skorobogatova. There are five discussion platforms within the marathon, on which the Ombudsman for Children under the President of the Russian Federation Maria Lwowa-Belova, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev, founder and director general of Wildberries Tatiana Bakalchuk, director of the Sirius Educational Center Elena Shmeleva, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, MP State Duma Dmitry Pevtsov and many others.
The topics covered were patriotism, volunteering, the country’s financial sovereignty, the achievements of the transport industry and the military-industrial complex, the development of internet trade, import substitution, challenges and trends in the global economy.
A great event in the program of the New Horizons marathon in Moscow at VDNKh was the final of the first All-Russian Educational Games for high school students. These are new intellectual and sports professions for students in grades 9-11 and 1-2 of secondary courses of specialized educational institutions, aimed at the comprehensive development of the individual. The games are organized by the Russian Society of Knowledge with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
The federal «New Horizons» marathon is over 220 hours of educational content and over 200 lecturers and mentors — eminent statesmen and public figures, leaders in business, science, culture and sport. The marathon program can be found on the event website marathon.znanierussia.ru. Online broadcasts from the marathon venues can be watched by everyone on the official website of the Russian Society of Knowledge, in the VKontakte community and in the resources of partners.
About the educational marathons of the Russian Knowledge Society: the first federal Educational Marathon was held a year ago — in May 2021. It was the starting point for the «restart» of the Russian Society for Knowledge. The second marathon coincided with the beginning of the school year and the Knowledge Day — September 1. The two marathons brought together over 400 distinguished speakers, switching points from 44 cities were organized, marathon broadcasts gained over 200 million views on the Internet. Educational marathons have become an open platform for live communication and transfer of knowledge in dialogue between generations, gained trust and recognition among young people.
The Russian society «Wiedza» draws its history from the Soviet social organization, founded in 1947 on the initiative of representatives of the Soviet intelligentsia as the «All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge» (from 1963 — the All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge). Union Society «Knowledge», since 1991 — Society «Knowledge about Russia». The members of the Society were involved in the popularization of science and lectured on the achievements of the Soviet economy and industry. In 2016, «Knowledge about Russia» was transformed into the All-Russian public and state educational organization «Russian Society» Knowledge «. On April 21, 2021, in the Address of the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin announced the need to restart the Russian Knowledge Society on a modern digital platform.
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