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Olympiada of Spoken Russian (OSR)
Eligibility:
All high school students of Russian
Length:
The Olympiada is held in March or April of every year. Consult State or Regional Charipersons for details.
Price:
$6 for students. All students must be registered by members of ACTR for the current year. Some states or regions require a school registration fee. American Councils funds all other program costs.
Funded By:
American Councils of Teachers of Russian
The Olympiada competition is the oldest of all the American Councils’ secondary school activities, dating to the 1960s. Drawing on the long-established practice of oral exams and competitions within the Russian educational system, the ACTR-sponsored Olympiada contests in the United States have provided a forum for successive generations of US high school students of Russian to demonstrate excellence in Russian language, and to test their knowledge of spoken Russian in open competitions. Students may earn gold, silver or bronze medals for demonstrating proficiency at their level of study.