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The number of participants in the Victory Dictation has exceeded one million people, the Moscow City News Agency reported. According to the coordinator of the action, State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein, almost half a million of them came to the action sites. In comparison, last year about 150,000 participants joined the action.
The current action covered all Russian regions with more than 11,000 sites. They opened in settlements with the populationover 5,000 people. The action was held in educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the National Guard. The dictation was written in Suvorov and cadet schools.
In reserves and ethnoparks, the action was organized by the Russian Geographical Society. It also took place in Dikson, Naryan-Mar, at Antarctic stations and training sailing ships.
The Russian centers of the Russkiy Mir Foundation have joined the Victory Dictation.
The Victory Museum became the central platform for the dictation. Another site in Moscow was organized by the Russkiy Mir Foundation.
The dictation was started by the head of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin. The assignment contained 25 questions about the history of the Great Patriotic War, they had to be answered in 45 minutes.
The dictation sites worked in European, Asian, African countries, on the American continent. For the first time the Victory Dictation took place in Australia. In Germany, the dictation was written in Kiel, Bonn, Hamburg and Berlin. In Egypt - in Cairo, Alexandria and Hurghada. In Turkey, the action took place in 16 cities.
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