Discover Russia

For the first Russian television program on the Pacific coast of North America, see Discover Russian.
Discover Russia
Russian: Узнай Россию
Logo of the contest #Discover the World. Start with sister cities (2018–2019)
CountryRussia
Presented byWikimedia RU; Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
First awardedJune 3, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-06-03)
Websitewww.glory-gallery.ru/all-competitions

#Discover Russia (Russian: #Узнай Россию) is a series of contests in the Russian Wikipedia organized by the Association of Honorary Citizens and the foundation Wikimedia RU since 2013.[1] The project is supported by the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. As of March 2019, 276 people took part in the competitions: they created and extended more than 18,700 Wikipedia articles. In December 2018, "Discover Russia" became the winner of the all-Russian contest Russian Volunteer as an educational project.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Dmitriy Buyanin (2013-06-03). "Русскоязычная Википедия впервые объявила конкурс с денежным призом" [Russian Wikipedia announced the very first contest with a money prize]. ria.ru (in Russian). RIA Novosti. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  2. ^ Olga Borskaya (2018-12-05). "Лучшие волонтеры страны: Кто стал победителем конкурса «Доброволец России-2018». Номинация: Говорит волонтер" [The best volunteers of the country: Who won the Russian Volunteer 2018 contest]. kp.ru (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  3. ^ "Жители Дона могут принять участие в международном конкурсе "Галерея славы"" [Residents of the Don region can take part in the international competition "Gallery of Glory"]. rostov.aif.ru (in Russian). Argumenty i Fakty. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2019-06-26.