First Results of Geographical Dictation - 2022

Геодиктант в красноярском Доме офицеров. Фото: Павел Ашлапов
Геодиктант в красноярском Доме офицеров. Фото: Павел Ашлапов

The Russian Geographical Society begins publishing the results of the Geographical Dictation–2022. You can find out the number of points scored by the participants on the website from November 30.

The results of the Dictation taken at the in-person venues will be known within a month: they will appear gradually, as the forms are being processed. If the participant who took the Dictation at an in-person venue has not yet received the result, they just need to wait a little.

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Диктант РГО в МГИМО. Фото: Игорь Окунев
Диктант РГО в МГИМО. Фото: Игорь Окунев

The results of the Geographical Dictation can be found with the 13-digit unique identification number assigned to the participant during registration. It was indicated on the printed form when taking the test at an in-person venue, and was displayed on the screen at the beginning and end of the Dictation taken in a remote format.

We would like to remind you that the Dictation consisted of two parts: 10 questions focused on general knowledge from the school geography course, and 30 more complex questions involving a breadth of knowledge and a creative approach to determining the correct answer. Each participant of the RGS’s international educational campaign will receive two results, one for each part: the maximum number of points for the first part is 10 points, for the second – 30.

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Географический диктант — это всегда праздник. Во время проведения акции на геофаке Иркутского госуниверситета. Фото: Илья Черемисин
Географический диктант — это всегда праздник. Во время проведения акции на геофаке Иркутского госуниверситета. Фото: Илья Черемисин

The participants who answered all the Dictation questions correctly can declare themselves. To do this, you need to send your full name and a screenshot of your 13-digit unique form number to the Dictation’s email dictantatrgo.ru .

Next year, those who got all the Dictation questions correctly might be invited to the central venue of the event!

Also, they might receive additional bonus from the partner of the event – the e-book store "ЛитРес". The best of the best will be getting a promo code to download two books from 35 options and a 20% discount on the entire “ЛитРес” catalog.

Those participants who have yet to feel the taste of victory in the next seasons of the event will also be rewarded. Using their promo code, they will be able to download one book from the collection, which includes more than 20 items, and purchase any electronic edition from the catalog with a 15% discount.

Gifts from “ЛитРес” will be sent to all participants who have expressed a desire to receive their results by e-mail, starting from November 30. The full terms of the event are available here.

Earlier, the RGS published the correct answers to all variants of the Geographical Dictation–2022. You can see them and re-test yourself without risking losing every valuable point.

This year, for the Russian-speaking audience, the Geographical Dictation took place in four versions, identical in degree of difficulty: the main version, the version for the visually impaired, the online version, and the demo version. The innovation of this year was the adaptation of the main version for foreign participants: the simplified version included questions from foreign partners. In addition, this version was translated into all UN languages for the first time, as well as Hindi. And the version for the visually impaired, online and demo version are available in English.

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Международная просветительская акция РГО в Российском культурном центре в столице Китая Пекине. Фото: Виталий Щепинин
Международная просветительская акция РГО в Российском культурном центре в столице Китая Пекине. Фото: Виталий Щепинин

In addition to the questions from the experts of the Russian Geographical Society, the Dictation included questions sent by the participants of the annual international contest "Write Your Question for the Geographical Dictation". Another innovation – for the first time, the questions sent by the participants of the eponymous series of thematic contests held in the spring and timed to coincide with the Year of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia celebrated in our country were added to the main version of the Dictation.

We would like to remind you that this year the international educational campaign of the Russian Geographical Society was held for the eighth time. The Dictation took place at noon on October 30 at the in-person and remote venues. At the central venue of the event, their knowledge tested geography lovers who took part in the contests of the event and intellectuals known throughout the country: famous players from the program "Chto? Gde? Kogda?" (eng. “What? Where? When?”) and TV quiz show "Svoya Igra" (eng. “Our Game”). In total, 8,667 venues of the event were registered in Russia and 102 countries of the world.

For those who did not have time to join the event at the venues, an additional option was traditionally created – the online Dictation. It was possible to test your knowledge on the Internet from October 30 to November 10.