250 people become winners of the competition “My Country – My Russia” in 2021 – Society
MOSCOW, December 13. / TASS /. The winners of the 18th season of the All-Russian competition “My – My Russia”, one of the projects of the presidential platform “Russia – the Land of Opportunities”, have become 250 people, which is twice as many as in 2020. This was announced on Monday at a press conference in TASS by the head of the competition, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences Larisa Pastukhova.
“This is a record year both in terms of the number of participants and the number of finalists. This year the number of finalists has doubled. If that year there were 100 with a small number of people, then this year – 250″ [победителей]”, – emphasized Pastukhova.
“On the third growth in the number of participants in the competition, the number of experts conducting expertise has also increased. The strongest community of initiative citizens of the country – authors of projects, expert educators and innovators who are ready to develop with a project outside the framework of competitive tests,” added the chairman of the Federation Council for Science and Education and culture Lilia Gumerova, the second year of safety expert council of the competition.
As the deputy general director of the ANO “Russia – a country of opportunities” Alexei Agafonov noted, in 2021, 91 147 participants from all regions of Russia and 24 foreign countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, the USA, and Great Britain, presented their ideas and projects. “The opportunities that open up are also scaled up,” Agafonov said.
In 2021, the All-Russian competition “My Country – My Russia” was held for the 18th time. The main thematic lines of the XVIII season of the competition were science, technology and space, they were timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the first flight of Yu. A. Gagarin into space. The competition was included in the plan of the main events of the Year of Science and Technology in the Russian Federation. In total, in the completed season of the project, there were 18 thematic nominations.