Russian Geographical Society to write a dictation. Geographic dictation: results. The participants of the dictation tell
About dictation
On November 1, 2015, for the first time in the Russian Federation, a large-scale educational action aimed at assessing the level of geographical literacy of the population took place - the first All-Russian geographical dictation. It was initiated by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society, Vladimir Putin, and the organizer was the Russian Geographical Society.
The dictation was held in all regions of our country, at 210 specially prepared venues.The Central, Ural and Volga Federal Districts became the leaders in the number of organized sites, and among the regions- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District (32), Tver Region (18) and Moscow (15). In terms of the number of participants in the dictation, the leaders were the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (7026 people), Moscow (3343 people), Tver (1432 people) and Voronezh (1427 people) regions. In a number of regions, the attendance exceeded a thousand people.
How many people have written?
Anyone could take part in the dictation, regardless of age, education and field of activity.To write a dictation"offline ", came to regional sites 44 365 people. Of these, 43,567 have submitted their works for verification. Another 27,564 people took the test online on the website of the Russian Geographical Society. Thus, the total number of participants in the dictation is about 72 thousand people.
Among them are people with a wide variety of education - from general primary to postgraduate with an academic degree. According to preliminary data, the largest group of participants was holders of higher education, the smallest - persons with primary general education. Thus, the average level of education of the participants in the dictation turned out to be higher than the average for Russia.
Tasks
The dictation included 25 test tasks, which were divided into three blocks. The first consisted of tasks on knowledge of geographic concepts and terms; the second was aimed at testing knowledge about the location of geographical objects on the map; the third - on the knowledge of geographical descriptions.
One of the main principles of the campaign was anonymity. On the forms of tasks and answers, it was possible not to indicate your name. Participants were asked to write only age, occupation, relation to geography (for example, a student or teacher of a specialized university) and some other information. This information is necessary in order to assess and analyze the level of geographical knowledge of the inhabitants of our country.
Excellent, good, bad?
According to the organizers, it is too early to draw final conclusions based on the results of checking numerous works - specialists are still engaged in analytics and summarize the results.
According to preliminary statistics, there are three main categories among the participants in the dictation: schoolchildren, students and working citizens - about 30% each. The rest of the population was less than 10%. It is very pleasant that the majority of the participants in the dictation are young people who seek to test their knowledge, and further improve their level.
It is interesting that pupils of 5-9 grades answered the questions in a completely different way from pupils of 10-11 grades, while the answers of senior pupils differed little from the answers of adults. With regard to gender statistics, the average score for men is two points higher than for women.
The highest mark that could be obtained for the dictation was 100 points, the lowest - 0. Unfortunately, 100-point results were recorded far from all regions, and the total number of works that deserved the highest mark does not exceed 1%.
According to preliminary data, the average mark for dictation in Russia is only 55 points, in school terms– this is a three. It is even more sad that 48% of the protesters wrote a dictation below the average level, that is, they received a three with a minus or two. And this is against the background of the fact that a significant part of the participants identified the geography as their professional field of activity or classified themselves as active tourists.
The results of the dictation will be taken into account by the Russian Geographical Society when preparing a new concept of geographic education, which the Russian Geographical Society is developing jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
How do you know your result?
Find out your personal result of the participants in the dictation who performed it "offline", can be based on a unique identification number obtained at the sites.
The participants of the dictation tell
Olga, student of a technical university, Moscow
- Many tasks seemed difficult to me. Because of the questions, as they say, "on knowledge" I was not very upset - well, I don’t know the name of the city located in the Pacific Ocean basin, in which the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane is produced! But the stupor on the question about the scale of the map unsettled me ( Ed .: we are talking about this question: "On a map with a scale of 1:10 000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?" Correct answer: 1 kilometer. Answers received: 100, 1000, 100 000 km). Really embarrassing to stumble on this! Now I sit here, refreshing the cartography.
Maxim, engineer, Vologda
- I consider myself an educated person, so it was unpleasant to learn that, for example, I do not know the northernmost mainland point of our country and the name of the highest active volcano in Russia ... (Ed .: Cape Chelyuskin and Klyuchevskaya Sopka).
Valery Viktorovich, builder, pensioner
- I would like to draw your attention to an important social aspect related to the distribution of printed questions to the participants of the dictation. It was this circumstance that allowed me, and possibly many other people with visual or hearing impairments, to become participants in the full-time dictation.
I am 76 years old. Disabled person of the 2nd group. In 2004 he suffered an ischemic stroke. Even with a hearing aid, it is sometimes very difficult to make out the words of the lecturer in the audience, which is why I do not participate in public events. Before getting acquainted with the Regulations on full-time dictation, I considered the only possible form of participation for myself to be testing via the Internet. I received the news of the printed matter with delight. THANKS! This allowed me to take part in the dictation in person.
Andrey, schoolboy (11th grade), Moscow region
- I came to the dictation just for the company with friends, but as a result I didn’t regret it. I was hooked on the question about the climber with the watch, I could not answer it. I came home, figured it out, and it was interesting ( Ed .: we are talking about this question: "What is the date and time on the clock of a tourist climbing to the top of Elbrus, when his friend, resting on the shores of Peter the Great Bay, is on the clock at 5 am on May 1?" Correct answer: April 30, 22:00).
Alla, employee, Nizhny Novgorod
- I have not answered most of the questions….
Yuri, student of a humanitarian university, Moscow
- Difficulties were caused by questions related to geographic concepts and phenomena. For example, a manifestation of a global scale, which is distributed over 60% of the territory of Russia and is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia ... (Ed .: permafrost).Among the issues that caused serious difficulties were the following:
- Name the phenomenon of a global scale, which is widespread on 60% of the territory of Russia. It is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia. The greatest depth of the spread of this phenomenon (1370 m) is noted in the upper reaches of the Vilyui River in Yakutia.
(Correct answer: permafrost. Acceptable answer: permafrost)
Responses received: snow, flooding, floods, northern lights, earthquakes, nuggets.
- Name the extreme northern mainland point of Russia.
(Correct answer: Cape Chelyuskin)
Answers received: Cape North, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Dezhnev, Cape Fligeli, Lomonosov archipelago.
- What is the largest constituent entity of the Russian Federation in terms of area, in which the easternmost of the peoples of the Turkic language group lives?
(Correct answer: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Responses received: Nanai Autonomous Region.
- Name the only river flowing from Lake Baikal.
(Correct answer: Angara river)
Answers received: Ob, Indigarka (correct: IndigIrka), Irtysh, Selenga, Lena.
- Name the mountain system within which the wettest (in terms of average annual precipitation) territory in Russia is located.
(Correct answer: Greater Caucasus)
Answers received: Altai, Ural, Sayan, Scandinavian mountains, Sikhote-Alin, Khibiny.
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The conclusions drawn from the results of writing the All-Russian Geographical Dictation will be taken into account in the preparation of the Concept of Geographic Education and Education, as well as in the development of recommendations for improving the quality of teaching geography.
Text: Tatiana Nefedova
Zd Equal, dear guests, friends, colleagues!
All-Russian geographical dictationstarted on November 1, 2015 at 12:00 local time in all regions of the country. This large-scale educational campaign is being held for the first time by the Russian Geographical Society, and anyone, regardless of age and education, could participate in it.
A little about the dictation itself ...
The initiative to hold the dictation was made by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society Vladimir Putin at the XV Congress of the Russian Geographical Society. The idea received wide public support - the Russian Geographical Society received hundreds of appeals from ordinary people wishing to write a dictation. Also, the educational action was supported by the federal media.
One of the main principles of the All-Russian action is anonymity. On the forms of tasks and answers, you can indicate your real name or nickname. Each participant will receive a unique identification number by which he can find out his personal result on December 10 at rgo.ru.
The works of the Russians will be checked only by professional teachers-geographers.
The dictation will allow assessing the level of geographical knowledge of all categories of citizens of our country and will draw attention to the problem of geographical literacy. According to the results of the all-Russian test of knowledge, changes will be made to educational programs in geography.
The theme of the dictation in 2015 is “My country is Russia”.
Right there, on the Russian Geographical Society website, there wasDictation regulation... After reading it carefully, I highlighted several of the most important points:
2. The purpose, objectives and principles of the Dictation
2.1. The dictation is carried out to assess the level of geographical literacy of the population.
2.2. The tasks of the Dictation are:
- Obtaining objective information about the level of geographical literacy of the Russian population, taking into account its age and social structure;
- providing an opportunity for the participants of the Dictation to receive an independent assessment of their knowledge in the field of geography;
- attracting the attention of the mass media and Russian society to the problem of geographical literacy of the population;
- motivation of various segments of the population to study the geography of their native country, the knowledge of which is an integral part of an educated person;
- development of recommendations for improving the quality of geographic education.
5.2. The Dictation text includes25 test tasksand consists of three parts:
- Part 1 - tasks on the knowledge of geographical concepts and terms;
- Part 2 - tasks for knowing the location of geographic objects on the map;
- Part 3 - geographical descriptions.
5.3. The Dictation text includes open and closed questions.
5.4.
The total score for the Dictation is 100.
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All-Russian geographical dictation
1. Name the phenomenon of a global scale, which is widespread on 60% of the territory of Russia. It is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia. The greatest depth of the spread of this phenomenon (1370 m) is noted in the upper reaches of the Vilyui River in Yakutia.
2. What are the names of hot springs that periodically emit fountains of hot water and steam, which are common in areas of volcanic activity, for example, on the Kamchatka Peninsula?
3. Name the indicator that characterizes the number of inhabitants per 1 km2 of territory and determines the demographic and economic potential of a country or region.
4. What is the name of the process of urban growth and the increase in the proportion of urban population?
5. On a map with a scale of 1:10 000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
6. What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world, which contains 20% of all fresh water on the planet?
7. Name the extreme northern mainland point of Russia.
8. What is the largest constituent entity of the Russian Federation in terms of area, in which the easternmost of the peoples of the Turkic language group lives?
9. Name the city located in the Pacific Ocean basin, which produces the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger aircraft.
10. Name the subject of the Russian Federation in which the construction of the easternmost cosmodrome in Russia is underway.
11. Name the peninsula located to the west of the Gulf of Ob, the bowels of which contain the richest reserves of natural gas.
12. The largest seaport in the south of Russia, located in this hero city, often suffers from a strong cold wind, which is rapidly "falling" from the mountains. Name this city.
13. Name the island - a UNESCO natural heritage site, through which the 180th meridian passes. This island is also called the "polar bear manger".
14. Name the highest point of the Altai Mountains.
15. Name the city where the Trans-Siberian railway crosses the Ob River.
16. Place the mouths of the Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from east to west: A) Pechora; B) Pelvis; C) Kolyma; D) Hangar.
17. Select from the list a city located in the catchment area of the Caspian Sea: Voronezh Krasnodar Tver Kursk Smolensk
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from east to west: A) the Chechen Republic; B) Kaliningrad region; C) Perm Territory; D) Chukotka Autonomous District.
19. Name the sea or lake washing the wettest (in terms of average annual precipitation) territory of Russia.
20. What is the date and time on the clock of a tourist climbing to the top of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, when his friend, who is resting on the Curonian Spit, shows 8 pm on June 12?
21. “For the first time I saw from the sea distance ... the whole solemn turn of its shores from Cape Fiolent to Karadag. For the first time, I realized how beautiful this land is, washed by one of the most festive seas on the globe. We are approaching the shores, colored with dry and harsh colors ... The vineyards were already blazing with rust, the snow-covered peaks of Chatyr-Dag and Ai-Petri were already visible ”. What peninsula did K.G. Paustovsky?
22. In which city did M.Yu. Lermontov? “I have a wonderful view from three sides. To the west, the five-headed Beshtau turns blue, like "the last cloud of a scattered storm"; to the north, Mashuk rises like a furry Persian hat and covers the entire part of the sky; to the east is more fun to look: below in front of me ... healing springs rustle, a multilingual crowd rustles, - and there, further, the mountains are piling up like an amphitheater, everything is darker and darker, and on the edge of the horizon stretches a silver chain of snow peaks, starting with Kazbek and ending with the two-headed Elborus ... ".
23. “... In winter, the sea winds thaw, and from the mother earth, those who blow with them bring frost, for in St. Petersburg there is a western wind from the Baltic Sea, near the city of Arkhangelsk north-west from the White and Norman, in Okhotsk an east wind from the Kamchatka Sea they breathe thaw. " What sea M.V. Lomonosov calls Norman?
24. “Anadyr depression. It is very flat, and Anadyr is wagging a huge boa constrictor along it ... "Anadyr is a yellow river" - you can later call this essay. Tundra and lakes all over the depression. It is difficult to understand which is more: either lakes or land ”(OM Kuvaev). What sea does this river flow into?
25. “Huge trees formed a green tent. And under it - dense thickets of hazel, bird cherry, honeysuckle, elderberry and other shrubs and small trees. In places a gloomy, dark fir-tree has moved in. On the outskirts of the clearing, a large pine tree spreads its branches, under the shade of which a young Christmas tree nestles ... And then again birches, poplar with its gray trunk, mountain ash, linden, the forest is getting thicker and darker. " What kind of forest in Russia does L.M. Leonov?
1. What is the name of an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, north of which, at certain times of the year, a polar night and a polar day are possible?
Answer: Arctic Circle
2. What is the name of the lowland formed by river sediments and cut by a network of branches and channels at the mouth of a river flowing into a shallow area of a sea or lake?
Answer: Delta
3. What is the name of a historically established stable group of people united by language, religion and characteristics of traditional culture?
Answer: ethnos
4. What is the name of voluntary and long-term population transfer from one region of the country to another?
Answer: migration
5. On a map with a scale of 1:50 000, the distance between points is 5 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 2,5
6. Name the largest right tributary of the Volga.
Answer: Oka river
7. What is the largest Russian-owned island in the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: Sakhalin Island
8. On the territory of which constituent entity of the Russian Federation lives the only people in Europe professing Buddhism?
Answer: Republic of Kalmykia
9. This city on the Volga produces the Niva car and most of the Russian Lada cars.
Answer: Togliatti
10. This constituent entity of the Russian Federation is the northernmost operating cosmodrome in the world.
Answer: Arkhangelsk region
11. What is the largest freshwater lake in the European part of Russia?
Answer: Ladoga lake
12. Name the hero city and seaport where the Northern Sea Route begins.
Answer: Murmansk
13. Name the mountain system - a UNESCO natural heritage site, which is also called the "Golden Mountains"; it is located on the borders of Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan.
Answer: Altai mountains
14. Name the strait separating the Krasnodar Territory from the Republic of Crimea.
Answer: Kerch Strait
15. Name the southernmost millionaire city in Russia.
Answer: Rostov-on-Don
16. Place the mouths of the Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from west to east: A) Neva; B) Don; C) Pechora; D) Volga.
Answer: A) Neva; B) Don; D) Volga C) Pechora
17. Select from the list a city located in the catchment area of Lake Baikal:
A) Bratsk; B) Kyzyl; C) Blagoveshchensk; D) Ulan-Ude; E) Yakutsk.
Answer: D) Ulan-Ude
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from west to east: A) Kamchatka Territory; B) Republic of Adygea; C) the Udmurt Republic; D) Altai Republic.
Answer: B) Republic of Adygea; C) the Udmurt Republic; D) Republic of Altai; A) Kamchatka Territory
19. Name the subject of the Russian Federation, which contains the wettest (in terms of average annual precipitation) territory in Russia.
Answer: Krasnodar region
20. What is the date and time on the clock of a tourist climbing to the top of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, when his friend, who is resting on the Curonian Spit, is on the clock at 22:00 on 31 May.
Answer: Crimean peninsula. Valid answer: Crimea
Answer: Pyatigorsk
Answer: Barents Sea
Answer: in the Bering Sea
Answer: mixed forest
Option 2
1. What are the names of humus-rich, dark-colored soils formed in a temperate continental climate under steppe vegetation? In Russia, they are distributed in the south of the European territory and Western Siberia.
Answer: Chernozem
2. What is the name of a vast area with low atmospheric pressure in the center, characterized by a system of winds blowing counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern?
Answer: Cyclone
3. What is the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths called for a certain period of time?
Answer: natural population growth
4. What is the name of the system of nearby urban settlements, linked by economic, transport, cultural and other ties?
Answer: urban agglomeration
5. On a map with a scale of 1:25 000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 2,5
6. Name the mountain - the highest point in Russia.
Answer: Mountain Elbrus
7. Name the northernmost millionaire city in Russia, where the headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society is located.
Answer: St. Petersburg
8. Name the subject of the Russian Federation, which ranks first in the country in terms of oil production. In it, the Irtysh River flows into the Ob River.
Answer: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
9. Name the city, located at the confluence of two large Russian rivers, in which "Gazelles" are produced.
Answer: Nizhny Novgorod
10. Name the city located at the easternmost point of the Volga, where the Soyuz launch vehicles are produced.
Answer: Samara
Answer: Yamal Peninsula
Answer: Novorossiysk
13. Name the island - a UNESCO natural heritage site, through which the 180th meridian passes. This island is also called the "polar bear manger".
Answer: Wrangel Island
Answer: Mount Belukha
Answer: city Novosibirsk
Answer:
Answer: C) Tver
Answer:
Answer: Black Sea
21. “Starting somewhere as far back as the Rifey ridge, ... the Chusovaya river cut through that ridge that a stale crust of bread is the only river that managed to overcome such a strong barrier, - it rolled its stormy waters between the rock-fighters, near the cliffs, through the rapids , rifts and rifts and flowed into the Kama ”. What is the name of the mentioned V.P. Astafiev mountain system?
Answer: Ural mountains
22. "Four to five kilometers wide and seventy kilometers long of sheer rocks on both sides, stretched almost strictly along the meridian, and between the rocks there is a sort of huge and transparent stone, shimmering with cold light." What lake - "the pearl of Altai" - describes S.P. Zalygin?
Answer: Teletskoe lake
23. “By his tireless hand, military ships were brought to the White, Azov, Varangian and Caspian Seas and Russian naval power was shown to all the neighboring powers ...”. What is the name of the Varangian Sea in our time, mentioned by M.V. Lomonosov in describing the merits of Peter I?
Answer: Baltic Sea
24. “Providence Bay is a typical fiord. The narrow and long bay is squeezed by the slopes of the hills. Their black cliffs hang over the water, and a little to the side with an infernal interweaving of rocky ledges, gloomy towers and just some kind of black stone fingers sticking out into the sky, the Sorcerer Mountain rises ... Earlier of all, Eskimos and coastal Chukchi - seal hunters settled here ”(O. Kuvaev). What sea is this bay in?
Answer: In the Bering Sea
25. “Nothing in nature could be better; the entire surface of the earth seemed to be a green-golden ocean, over which millions of different flowers splashed ... God knows where the ear of wheat was brought in poured in the thick ... In the sky, hawks stood motionless, spreading their wings and motionlessly fixing their eyes on the grass ... ". What natural zone did N.V. Gogol?
Answer: steppe
Option 3
Answer:
Answer: geyser
Answer: population density
Answer: urbanization
5. On a map with a scale of 1:10 000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance (in kilometers) on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 1 kilometer
Answer: lake baikal
Answer: Cape Chelyuskin
Answer: The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Answer: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Answer: Amurskaya Oblast
11. Name the city of the Russian Federation, in which, not far from the obelisk "Center of Asia" at the confluence of Biy-Khem and Ka-Khem, the Yenisei begins.
Answer: Kyzyl
12. Name the largest Siberian city located beyond the Arctic Circle, it is a center for the extraction and smelting of copper and nickel.
Answer: Norilsk
13. Name the rocks - a UNESCO natural heritage site, located along the Lena River.
Answer: Lena Pillars
14. Name the highest active volcano in Russia.
Answer: Klyuchevskaya Sopka
15. Name the only river flowing from Lake Baikal.
Answer: Angara river
16. Arrange the basins of the Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from west to east: A) Khatanga; B) Indigirka; C) Onega; D) Nadym.
Answer: C) Onega, D) Nadym, A) Khatanga, B) Indigirka
17. Select from the list a city located in the drainage basin of the Kara Sea: A) Yakutsk; B) Irkutsk; D) Naryan-Mar; E) Magadan.
Answer: B) Irkutsk
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from north to south: A) Republic of Kalmykia; B) the Republic of Ingushetia; C) Republic of Mari El; D) Republic of Karelia.
Answer: D) Republic of Karelia, C) Republic of Mari El,) Republic of Kalmykia, B) Republic of Ingushetia
19. Name the mountain system within which the wettest (in terms of average annual precipitation) territory in Russia is located.
Answer: Greater Caucasus
20. What is the date and time on the clock of a tourist climbing to the top of Elbrus, when his friend, who is resting on the shores of Peter the Great Bay, is on the clock at 5 am on May 1?
21. “In Kandalaksha, dazzling mountains covered the horizon with snow domes. Near the roadbed, the Niva River with black transparent water roared like a continuous waterfall. Then Lake Imandra passed - not a lake, but the sea - all in blue ice, surrounded by steps of blue and white mountains. The Khibiny slowly left to the south in flattened domes ”. What peninsula did K.G. Paustovsky?
Answer: Kola Peninsula
22. About this current city-millionaire D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak wrote: “In the motley environment of Russian cities ... it is really a 'living knot' ... On the pass itself, there are almost two large rivers - Iset and Chusovaya. It was at this point that Tatishchev outlined the future city ... The Iset River ... connected the mining region itself with the blessed [land] - the golden bottom, where forests, pastures and the steppe Siberian black earth were widely spread ”.
Answer: Yekaterinburg city
23. “The conversations and description of Vaigach, which the Dutch call the Nassav Strait, when they heard in Holland, many noblemen zealously ventured to send another large parcel to go to China and India ... ". What geographic object is named after the aforementioned M.V. Lomonosov, a Dutch navigator?
Answer: Barents Sea
24. “… our guys,…, were wandering at that moment on a small plane An-2 north of the New Siberian Islands, where there are points of the De Long Islands: Jeannette Island, Henrietta Island, and Zhokhov Island is also there…” (O. Kuvaev) ... In which sea are the De Long islands located?
Answer: in the East Siberian Sea
25. “... this is a virgin and primeval forest, consisting of cedar, black birch, Amur fir, elm, poplar, Siberian spruce, Manchurian linden, Daurian larch, ash, Mongolian oak ... cork tree ... And all this got mixed up with vineyards, lianas and raisins. " What kind of forest in Russia does V.K. Arsenyev?
Answer: Ussuri taiga
Online testing
For those who, for some reason, could not take part in the dictation at the RGS sites, online testing was carried out on the portal. Those who decided to try their hand at online were less fortunate than those who took part in the "live" dictation: the large educational campaign, which we had been preparing so enthusiastically and seriously for so long, took on a different scenario. We, who are well aware that in recent years, schools have given little attention to geography, to put it delicately, not the closest attention, and we could not think that it is so much in demand, and the number of those wishing to assess their geographical literacy will many times exceed our expectations!
Unfortunately, the server of the Russian Geographical Society could not withstand such a load (which, in fairness, we note, happens with much larger, technically equipped organizations). On the one hand, this is, of course, very sad. But on the other ...
Yes, all of us - both the organizers and, most importantly, the participants - are offended that the country's first geographical dictation did not go as planned. However, the fact that so many people have responded to the "geographical call" that there is a genuine interest in geography in society did not give us a chance to give up. And he clearly showed that everything we do is not in vain.
In the end, the problem was solved, and those who were not indifferent to geography were able to write a dictation. More than 27 thousand people took part in it.
Thanks to everyone who treated the situation with understanding and patience and did not give up in the face of temporary difficulties!
Questions for the online test were combined from those tasks that were distributed to visitors to offline sites. We bring to your attention questions and answers online testing on.
Online option
1. Name the phenomenon of a global scale, which is widespread on 60% of the territory of Russia. It is most widely represented in Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia. The greatest depth of the spread of this phenomenon (1370 m) is noted in the upper reaches of the Vilyui River in Yakutia.
Answer: permafrost
2. What are the names of hot springs that periodically emit fountains of hot water and steam, which are common in areas of volcanic activity, for example, on the Kamchatka Peninsula?
Answer: geyser
3. What is the indicator that characterizes the number of inhabitants per 1 km? territory and determines the demographic and economic potential of a country or region.
Answer: population density
4. What is the name of the process of urban growth and the increase in the proportion of urban population?
Answer: urbanization
5. On a map with a scale of 1:10 000, the distance between points is 10 cm. What distance on the ground does this correspond to?
Answer: 1 kilometer
6. What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world, which contains 20% of all fresh water on the planet?
Answer: lake baikal
7. Name the extreme northern mainland point of Russia.
Answer: Cape Chelyuskin
8. What is the largest constituent entity of the Russian Federation in terms of area, in which the easternmost of the peoples of the Turkic language group lives?
Answer: The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
9. Name the city located in the Pacific Ocean basin in which the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger aircraft is produced.
Answer: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
10. Name the subject of the Russian Federation in which the construction of the easternmost cosmodrome in Russia is underway.
Answer: Amurskaya Oblast
11. Name the peninsula located to the west of the Gulf of Ob, the bowels of which contain the richest reserves of natural gas.
Answer: Yamal Peninsula
12. The largest seaport in the south of Russia, located in this hero city, often suffers from a strong cold wind, which is rapidly "falling" from the mountains. Name this city.
Answer: Novorossiysk
13. Name the island - a UNESCO natural heritage site, which is divided in half by the 180th meridian. This island is also called the "polar bear manger".
Answer: Wrangel Island
14. Name the highest point of the Altai Mountains.
Answer: Mount Belukha
15. Name the city where the Trans-Siberian railway crosses the Ob River.
Answer: city Novosibirsk
16. Place the mouths of the Russian rivers in the sequence corresponding to the direction from east to west: A) Pechora; B) Pelvis; C) Kolyma; D) Hangar.
Answer: C) Kolyma, D) Angara, B) Taz, A) Pechora
17. Select from the list a city located in the catchment area of the Caspian Sea:
A) Voronezh; B) Krasnodar; C) Tver; D) Kursk; E) Smolensk.
Answer: C) Tver
18. Arrange the subjects of the Russian Federation in sequence from east to west:
A) the Chechen Republic; B) Kaliningrad region; C) Perm Territory; D) Chukotka Autonomous District.
Answer: D) Chukotka Autonomous District, C) Perm Territory, A) Chechen Republic, B) Kaliningrad Region
19. Name the sea or lake washing the wettest (in terms of average annual precipitation) territory of Russia.
Answer: Black Sea
20. What is the date and time on the clock of a tourist climbing to the top of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, when his friend, who is resting on the Curonian Spit, shows 8 pm on June 12?
21. “For the first time I saw from the sea distance ... the whole solemn turn of its shores from Cape Fiolent to Karadag. For the first time, I realized how beautiful this land is, washed by one of the most festive seas on the globe. We are approaching the shores, painted with dry and harsh colors ... The vineyards were already blazing with rust, the snow-covered peaks of Chatyr-Dag and Ai-Petri were already visible ”. What peninsula did K.G. Paustovsky?
Answer: Crimean peninsula.
22. In which city did M.Yu. Lermontov? “I have a wonderful view from three sides. To the west, the five-headed Beshtau turns blue, like "the last cloud of a scattered storm"; to the north, Mashuk rises like a furry Persian hat and covers the entire part of the sky; it's more fun to look to the east: below in front of me ... healing springs are rustling, a multilingual crowd is noisy, - and there, further, the mountains are piling up like an amphitheater, everything is blue and foggy, and on the edge of the horizon there is a silver chain of snow peaks, starting with Kazbek and ending with two-headed Elbrus ... ”.
Answer: Pyatigorsk
23. “... In winter, the sea winds thaw, and from the mother earth, those who blow with them bring frost, for in St. Petersburg there is a western wind from the Baltic Sea, near the city of Arkhangelsk north-west from the White and Norman, in Okhotsk an east wind from the Kamchatka Sea they breathe thaw. " What sea M.V. Lomonosov calls Norman?
Answer: Barents Sea
24. “Anadyr depression. It is very flat, and Anadyr is wagging a huge boa constrictor along it ... "Anadyr is a yellow river" - you can later call this essay. Tundra and lakes all over the depression. It is difficult to understand which is more: either lakes or land ”(O. Kuvaev). What sea does this river flow into?
Answer: in the Bering Sea
25. “Huge trees formed a green tent. And under it - dense thickets of hazel, bird cherry, honeysuckle, elderberry and other shrubs and small trees. In places a gloomy, dark fir-tree has moved in. On the outskirts of the clearing, a large pine tree spreads its branches, under the shade of which a young Christmas tree nestles ... And then again birches, poplar with its gray trunk, mountain ash, linden, the forest is getting thicker and darker. " What kind of forest in Russia does L.M. Leonov?
Answer: mixed forest
So, on November 20, 2016, the All-Russian Geographical Dictation-2016, organized by the Russian Geographical Society, took place throughout the country. This year, the number of participants who have been tested in absentia is about 95 thousand people. This is more than 3 times the number of participants in the 2015 online dictation.
For those who wanted to take part in the educational action in person, on November 20 at 12:00 local time in all 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, sites were organized in universities, schools, libraries, research institutes, children's centers and other institutions.
So, a total of 94,947 people from different regions of our country took part in the online dictation.
Of these, 329 people received the highest score (100) (0.35% of the number of those who wrote online dictation). Congratulations!
4,838 people (5.1% of the number of those who wrote online dictation) scored 90–99 points.
10,052 people (10.59%) wrote a dictation with 80–89 points.
13 616 people (14.34) wrote to 70-79.
The average rating of those who wrote the dictation online is 60–69 points (the majority of its participants passed the test for this rating - 15,578 people - 16.41%).
15 149 people wrote with 50-59 points (15.96%).
13,024 people wrote with 40-49 points (13.72%).
9,828 people wrote with 30-39 points (10.35%).
6,770 people wrote 20-29 points (7.13).
3,557 people wrote 10-19 points (3.75%).
The smallest number of points, from 1 to 9, was scored by 1,484 people (1.56%).
True, there were those who did not answer a single question and received, respectively, 0 points - there are 722 people (0.76%).
The Russian Geographical Society congratulates everyone who took part in the dictation for their genuine interest in geography, and everyone who helped spread information about the event!
Well, to everyone who, for some reason, could not participate in writing the dictation, but is interested in geography, and wants to test themselves - we offer questions and correct answers of the second All-Russian Geographical Dictation-2016 - options for those who wrote the dictation "in person" on the sites of their city, and for those who wrote the geographic dictation on the Internet online.
To get the result, you must use the unique identification number assigned to you when registering at the regional dictation site.
The maximum score is 100 points.
Option I
1. Determine a point on the earth's surface, relative to which the entire territory of Russia is located strictly in the south.
Answer: North Pole
2. What is the name of the steady winds that change direction twice a year and largely determine the climate of the Russian Far East?
Answer: Monsoons
3. Name one of the types of large rural settlements in the Cossack regions of the North Caucasus, South Urals and Siberia.
Answer: Stanitsa
4. What is the name of the set of processes of physical and chemical destruction of rocks under the influence of temperature fluctuations, freeze-thaw cycles and chemical action of water, atmospheric gases and organisms?
Answer: Weathering
5. Indicate the correct combination of natural zones and soils found on the territory of the Southern Federal District:
A) humid subtropics - yellow soils; B) mountain meadows - sierozem;
C) dry steppes - brown soils.
Answer: A) humid subtropics - yellow soils
6. Select from the list the object with the highest water salinity: A) Caspian Sea; B) the Kara Sea; C) Lake Elton; D) Lake Ilmen.
Answer: C) Lake Elton
Answer: Source (key, spring)
8. Arrange mountain systems in ascending order of their maximum absolute height: A) Khibiny; B) Altai; C) Western Sayan; D) Sikhote-Alin.
Answer: A-D-B-B
9. Name the indigenous mountain people of the Caucasus, whose population on the territory of Russia is about 470 thousand people, living mainly in the south of Dagestan, who became famous for the dances widespread in the Caucasus.
Answer: Lezgins
10. Name one of the traditional Russian ceramics centers, where the famous white-cobalt tableware is produced, which has become the same symbol of Russia as the balalaika and matryoshka dolls. Mikhail Lomonosov spoke highly of the quality of the clays mined here.
Answer: Gzhel
11. What are the names of the clouds of vertical development, which are associated with heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, hail, squally wind?
Answer: Cumulonimbus (counts cumulus)
12. Name the natural zone of Russia where cloudberries and dwarf birches grow, lemming and reindeer live.
Answer: Tundra, forest-tundra
13. Place the settlements in the direction from north to south: A) Syktyvkar; B) Ufa; C) Arkhangelsk; D) Perm.
Answer: C – A – D – B
14. Name the extreme mainland point of Russia, which is located in the Western Hemisphere.
Answer: Cape Dezhnev
15. Choose from the list a city where the sun can sometimes be seen at midnight: Petrozavodsk, Vorkuta, Veliky Ustyug, St. Petersburg.
Answer: Vorkuta
16. The distance in a straight line from Peter the Great's Boat near Pereslavl-Zalessky to the Museum of Gramophones and Records is 200 meters. What will it be equal to on a 1: 100,000 scale map? Give the answer in centimeters.
Answer: 0.2 cm.
17. Select the subject of the Russian Federation, within which there are territories with a subtropical climate:
A) Rostov region; B) Krasnodar Territory; C) Astrakhan region; D) Stavropol Territory.
Answer: B) Krasnodar Territory
18. Name a large river in Russia, a tributary of the Volga, on the banks of which the hero Ilya Muromets and the poet Sergei Yesenin were born.
Answer: Oka
19. Indicate in which city from the list the sunrise comes before the others in the summer: A) Bryansk; B) Lipetsk; C) Samara; D) Penza.
Answer: C) Samara
20. Name the subject of the Russian Federation in which the day ends 2 hours later than in Astrakhan and Samara.
Answer: Kaliningrad region
21. Select from the list and indicate the river, the lower reaches of which are shown on the satellite image: A) Ob; B) Don; C) Pechora; D) Volga.
Answer: B) Don
22. Name one of the oldest cities in Russia, a hero city located at the western borders of the country on the banks of the Dnieper.
Answer: Smolensk
23. Name the shallowest sea in Russia, its average depth is 8 meters, the largest is 15 meters, and the area is 11 times less than the Black Sea area.
Answer: Azov
24. Select from the list a couple of objects that are not geographically related to each other: A) Onega River - Lake Onega; B) the Okhota River - the Sea of Okhotsk; C) the Chukotka Peninsula - the Chukchi Sea; D) Lake Taimyr - Taimyr Peninsula.
Answer: A) Onega river - Lake Onega
25. Name one of the oldest cities in Russia, founded on the Volga River in the XI century, which is included in the tourist route "The Golden Ring of Russia". His coat of arms depicts a bear with an ax.
Answer: Yaroslavl
26. “The surroundings ... are characterized by miserable vegetation. Bora maims and kills everything. Only dry grass and bushes of a thorny tree can survive ... The first gusts of wind hit the decks of ships ... The wind quickly gains full strength, and in two or three hours a fierce hurricane is already gushing from the mountains to the bay and the city. It raises water in the bay and carries it to houses with showers ... Bora blows when the sky is clear. In winter, it is always accompanied by a hard frost. Ships turn into blocks of ice. Ice, breaking off the gear, cripples and kills sailors ... ".
About the outskirts of what Russian city did Konstantin Paustovsky write about?
Answer: Novorossiysk
27. Learn the city - the regional center of Russia by the lines from its anthem:
“When the sun wakes up over the Northern Dvina
And fogs will fall on the forests as dew,
... will smile at us broadly
And it will conquer with its discreet northern beauty ”.
Answer: Arkhangelsk
28. Name the river to which Mikhail Lermontov's poem is dedicated:
“His cry is like a storm,
Tears are splashing.
But, scattering across the steppe,
He assumed the form of the crafty one
And, affectionately caressing,
Murmurs to the Caspian Sea ”.
Answer: Terek
29. Name the city of Russia about which the song is sung:
“There is a native city on the Volga,
Baptized with fire and sword
The whole world flew around, the whole world went around
Answer: Volgograd
30. Name the traveler depicted on the postage stamp, whose name was given to the sea, first described in detail during the expedition on the boat "St. Gabriel".
Answer: Vitus Bering
Option II
1. What is the name of the conventional line dividing the surface of the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Answer: Equator
2. What is the name of the area of high atmospheric pressure, the formation of which in winter in many cities of Siberia is associated with dry frosty weather and temperature inversion in the surface layer?
Answer: Anticyclone
3. What is the name of a small settlement, consisting of a separate peasant farmstead with a separate farm? In the southern regions of Russia, this was the name given to settlements located outside villages and stanitsas, regardless of the number of households.
Answer: Khutor
4. What are the names of positive landforms formed under the influence of wind on the sandy shores of lakes and seas? In Russia, the highest of them are located on the territory of Dagestan and the Kaliningrad region.
Answer: Dunes
5. Choose a combination of natural zones and soils that is correct for the Siberian region: A) coniferous forests - sierozem; B) forest-steppe - chernozems; C) tundra - yellow soil.
Answer: B) forest-steppe - chernozems;
6. Select from the list the object with the highest water salinity: A) Lake Chany; B) the Kara Sea; C) Lake Baskunchak; D) Kulundinskoe lake.
Answer: C) Lake Baskunchak
7. What does this conventional sign, which is often found on topographic maps of Western Siberia, mean?
Answer: Swamp (impassable and impassable)
8. Arrange mountain systems in descending order of their maximum absolute height: A) Ural; B) the Caucasus; C) Altai; D) Eastern Sayan.
Answer: B-C-D-A
9. Name the people, the number of which on the territory of Russia is about 500 thousand people, living mainly in the republic in the south of Eastern Siberia, as well as in the Irkutsk region and the Trans-Baikal Territory. The spiritual center of the Buddhists of Russia is located in this republic.
Answer: Buryats
10. This folk craft originated in the Urals in the 19th century and represents artistic cast iron, usually covered with black paint of a special recipe - the so-called "Dutch soot". Name the city in the Chelyabinsk region where this architectural and artistic casting plant is located.
Answer: Kasli
11. What is the name of the solid atmospheric precipitation that can cause significant damage to agriculture?
Answer: Hail
12. Name the natural area in Russia where feather grass and fescue grow, marmot and saiga live.
Answer: Steppe, semi-desert, temperate desert
13. Place the settlements in the direction from the most northern to the most southern: A) Salekhard; B) Dudinka; C) Yekaterinburg; D) Omsk.
Answer: B-A-C-D
14. In which federal district is the northernmost mainland point of Russia located?
Answer: Siberian
15. Select from the list a city where the sun can sometimes be seen at midnight: Yekaterinburg, Ulan-Ude, Verkhoyansk, Volgograd.
Answer: Verkhoyansk
16. Distance in a straight line from the monument to V.I. Chapaev in the city of Samara to the Time Capsule with a message to the descendants of 2057 is 280 meters. What will it be equal to on a map with a scale of 1: 10,000? Give the answer in centimeters.
Answer: 2.8 cm
17. Select the subject of the Russian Federation, which is characterized by a temperate monsoon climate: A) Irkutsk region; B) Primorsky Territory; C) Krasnoyarsk Territory; D) Republic of Khakassia.
Answer: B) Primorsky Territory
18. Name one of the largest rivers in Russia and the world, in the upper reaches of which camels live, and in the lower reaches - polar bears. Its main right tributary is notable for its abundant water and great hydropower potential, a cascade of large hydroelectric power plants has been built on it, poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dedicated his poem "Depth" to it.
Answer: Yenisei
19. Indicate in which city from the list the sunrise comes first: A) Tomsk; B) Chelyabinsk; C) Tyumen; D) Kazan.
Answer: A) Tomsk
20. Name a large constituent entity of the Russian Federation, partially located beyond the Arctic Circle, where the time differs from Moscow by 4 hours.
Answer: Krasnoyarsk region
21. Select from the list and indicate the river, the lower reaches of which are shown on the satellite image: A) Ural; B) Cupid; C) Lena; D) Volga.
Answer: C) Lena
22. Name the hero city, on the territory of which there are the remains of an ancient Greek settlement that existed for two thousand years until the end of the 14th century, included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Answer: Sevastopol
23. The Valley of Geysers is located on the territory of this peninsula. The temperature of the water in the geysers is from plus 94 to plus 99 ° C, the duration of the eruption of water is from 1 to 20 minutes. Name the peninsula.
Answer: Kamchatka
24. Select from the list a couple of objects that are not geographically related to each other: A) Kamchatka River - Kamchatka Peninsula; B) Baltic Spit - Baltic Sea; C) Tatar Strait - Republic of Tatarstan; D) Okhota River - Sea of Okhotsk.
Answer: C) Tatar Strait - Republic of Tatarstan
25. Name a city in the Moscow region, included in the tourist route "The Golden Ring of Russia", where the Trinity-Sergius Lavra is located.
Answer: Sergiev Posad
26. “This island is mountainous, long and narrow; to the west ... it descends more gently and presents many glades among the sparse forest, while to the east ... it drops off steeply and is covered with dense forest. Buryat settlements are scattered across the glades - small uluses and separate yurts; the small population of the island is engaged in cattle breeding and fishing. On the western shore, I visited the Shaman cave in the white marble of a rocky promontory. "
What island did Vladimir Obruchev write about?
Answer: O. Olkhon
“… The edge of earthly treasures is immense.
Through the dawn mist
The volcano is smoking again
And the ocean calls the fishermen ...
... The Day of Russia starts here ... ".
Answer: Kamchatka Krai
28. “January 1920 ended. The storm splashed against the windows of the low port buildings. Heavy rain rustled through the streets of Petrovsk. The mountains were smoking. To the north from Petrovsk to Astrakhan, the sea lay under ice ”(Konstantin Paustovsky).
In 1921 Petrovsk was renamed. State the current name of this city.
Answer: Makhachkala
29. Name the city to which the poem by Vladimir Zhukov is dedicated:
"Golden bunches streams
The shine of lights at the khan's palace,
But he can't sleep at midnight.
There legends flow endlessly.
And the fountain of love and tears flows,
Enchanting hearts with beauty ...
And tears flow from bowl to bowl
For so many years on cold marble
And there are two fragrant roses,
Without losing the original color ... ".
Answer: Bakhchisarai
30. Name the traveler depicted on the envelope, one of the most famous explorers of Central Asia (China, Mongolia, Tibet), after whom a subspecies of wild horse is named.
Answer: N.M. Przhevalsky
III option
1. What is the name of the imaginary line on the Earth's surface connecting the North Pole with the South Pole, on different sides of which the local time differs by a day?
Answer: Date line
2. Name the type of tropical cyclone, which is translated from Japanese as "strong wind", is characterized by very low pressure in the central part and at times seriously complicates life in the settlements of Primorsky and Kamchatka territories.
Answer: Typhoon
3. Indicate which power plants (thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, nuclear power plants or others) account for about 70% of electricity generation in Russia.
Answer: TPP (thermal)
4. What name unites hills and mountains with rounded peaks in Transbaikalia, the Russian Far East and the Kola Peninsula?
Answer: Sopka
5. Choose a combination of natural zones and soils that is correct for the Russian Far East: A) coniferous forests - brown soils; B) dwarf cedar - red soil; C) mountain tundra - yellow soil.
Answer: A) coniferous forests - brown soils;
6. Select from the list the object with the highest water salinity: A) Lake Khanka; B) Sea of Japan; C) Lake Baikal; D) Bering Sea.
Answer: B) Sea of Japan
7. What does this symbol mean on topographic maps?
Answer: Meadow (meadow, herbaceous vegetation, forbs)
8. Arrange the mountain systems in descending order of their maximum absolute height: A) Crimean mountains; B) the Caucasus; C) Sikhote-Alin; D) the mountains of Kamchatka.
Answer: B-G-B-A
9. Name a nation of about 1.5 thousand people living in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk regions in the mountainous taiga and along large rivers, whose traditional occupations are fishing and hunting. The researcher of the Far East Vladimir Arsenyev, in his books “Across the Ussuriyskiy Kray” and “Dersu Uzala”, has remarkably described the nature of the region and the life of this people.
Answer: Udege
10. This folk craft originated in the Urals in the 18th century and is represented by the production of warm goat down scarves. The quality of these thin scarves is checked by two parameters: whether the scarf passes through the wedding ring and whether it fits in a goose egg. Name the city where this trade operates.
Answer: Orenburg
11. What are the names of water droplets deposited from moist air on the surface of plants and soil when they cool at night and early morning hours?
Answer: Dew
12. Name the natural zone of Russia, where larch and spruce grow, wolverine and crossbill live.
Answer: Taiga
13. Place the settlements in the direction from north to south: A) Yakutsk; B) Moscow; C) Anadyr; D) Tiksi.
Answer: G-B-A-B
14. In which subject of the Russian Federation is the easternmost point of Russia located?
Answer: Chukotka Autonomous District
15. Choose from the list a city where the sun can sometimes be seen at midnight: Okhotsk, Khabarovsk, Dudinka, Magadan.
Answer: Dudinka
16. The distance in a straight line from the Pagoda of Seven Days in the city of Elista to the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni is 1100 m. What will it be on a map of scale 1: 50 000? Give the answer in centimeters.
Answer: 2.2 cm
17. Select from the list the subject of the Russian Federation, where there is a subtropical Mediterranean climate: A) Republic of Kalmykia, B) Republic of Crimea; C) Republic of Mordovia; D) Primorsky Territory.
Answer: B) Republic of Crimea
18. Name the river of Russia, which is the main transport artery of the largest subject of the Russian Federation in terms of area. Permafrost is widespread in its drainage basin, and in the middle reaches there is a unique complex of rock formations, which in 2012 was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Answer: Lena
19. Indicate in which city from the list the dawn comes earlier than others: A) Yekaterinburg; B) Chita; C) Tyumen; D) Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Answer: D) Komsomolsk-on-Amur
20. Name the subjects of the Russian Federation, where the time differs from Moscow by 9 o'clock.
Answer: Kamchatka Territory, Chukotka Autonomous District
21. Select from the list and indicate the river, the lower reaches of which are shown on the satellite image: A) Ural; B) Cupid; C) Lena; D) Yenisei.
Answer: B) Cupid
22. Name the hero city of Russia, famous for its gunsmiths, samovars and gingerbread.
Answer: Tula
23. What is the largest sea in terms of area, washing the shores of Russia? Its area is 2.3 million square kilometers, and the maximum depth is 5.5 thousand meters. It received its modern name in the 19th century, and on earlier maps it was called Bobrov. The southern border of the sea runs along the chain of islands.
Answer: Beringovo
24. Select from the list a pair of objects that are not geographically related to each other: A) Baltic Spit - Baltic Sea; B) the city of Krymsk - the Republic of Crimea; C) Altai Mountains - Altai Republic; D) Bering Island - Bering Sea.
Answer: B) the city of Krymsk - the Republic of Crimea
25. Name a city in the Yaroslavl region, located on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo and included in the tourist route "The Golden Ring of Russia".
Answer: Pereslavl-Zalessky
26. Geologist Chersky believed that this lake is very ancient - a remnant of the Silurian sea. But new studies have shown that, on the contrary, it is very young and in its modern form did not arise earlier than the modern geological period, although the depression had already begun to be created in the Jurassic period. In the last chapter, I already spoke about the young movements of the earth's crust, which determined the formation of the Tunkinskaya valley and the contrast between the relief forms of its sides - the Khamar-Daban and the Tunkinskiy Alps. The depression ... was created by the same young movements, the evidence of which is distributed over a long distance from the middle of the Khangai Highlands in the Mongolian People's Republic to the Uchura River on the Aldan plateau, that is, over 2,400 miles. "
What lake does Vladimir Obruchev write about?
Answer: Baikal
27. Find out the subject of the Russian Federation by the lines from its anthem:
“You see: the lights are burning in the night,
The starry sky fell to the ground.
Can you hear: the melody is ringing,
The land to the east of the Urals sings.
Where are the cities along the banks of the river
Heat and light create reserves,
It was mined in the mine -
Working melody of Kuzbass ".
Answer: Kemerovo region
28. Which subject of the Russian Federation is the poetry of Irina Larina dedicated to?
“The endless coastal line,
meeting the sun, whispering with the wave.
Ginseng, lemongrass ... beckon to the hills of the region,
and the wind whirls - in an unearthly dance.
A tangerine hides in the lake surface
your unusual rainbow outfit,
and a path has been trodden to the lotus,
and the cringing of a crane out of place. "
Answer: Primorsky Krai
29. "... How long I listened to this noise,
When the sunset flame burned in the darkness!
I sat on a stone facing the river
And everything looked, thoughtful and gloomy,
Like past towers, idols, tombs
The Katun rushed in a wide avalanche,
And someone with the ancient cuneiform of birds
I wrote down her epic melody ... ".
What major river is the source of the Katun, described in a poem by Nikolai Rubtsov?
Answer: Ob
30. The discovery of which geographic object became famous for Admiral Mikhail Lazarev, a Russian naval commander and navigator, commander of the Black Sea Fleet and an honorary member of the Russian Geographical Society, depicted on a postage stamp?
Answer:Antarctica
Questions and answers of geographic dictation on the Internet (dictation online)
1. What is the name of the imaginary line on the surface of the globe, connecting the North and South Poles by the shortest distance?
Answer: Meridian
2. What is the name of the interface between warm and cold air masses in the lower part of the atmosphere?
Answer: Atmospheric front
3. What is the name of a city located near a larger city and gravitating towards it in economic and cultural terms?
Answer: Satellite
4. What is the name of the part of the river valley that is flooded during high water or during floods?
Answer: Floodplain
5. Indicate the combination of natural zones and soils typical for the territory of the Central Federal District:
A) forest-steppe - red soil; B) northern taiga - brown soils; C) mixed forests - sod-podzolic soils.
Answer: C) mixed forests - sod-podzolic soils
6. Select from the list the object with the lowest water salinity:
A) Sivash Bay;
B) White Sea;
C) the Gulf of Finland;
D) Black Sea.
Answer: C) Gulf of Finland
7. What does this symbol mean on topographic maps?
Answer: Shrubs
8. Arrange mountain systems in descending order of their maximum altitude (insert numbers):
2) the Caucasus;
3) Sikhote-Alin;
4) Khibiny.
Answer: 2-1-3-4
9. The name of this people of Russia is translated as "real man", and the outdated name is Samoyed. The population in Russia is about 45 thousand people, most of them live along the coast of the Arctic Ocean from the Kola Peninsula to Taimyr. The main occupations are reindeer husbandry, fishing, hunting. The name of the people is present in the names of two constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Name the people.
Answer: Nenets
10. This folk craft is called a village in the Moscow region, where it originated at the beginning of the 19th century. Traditional handicrafts are metal trays painted with oil paints, usually with a pattern of a flower bouquet. Name the trade.
Answer: Zhostovo
11. What is the name of solid atmospheric precipitation that forms on the surface of the earth and plants at negative soil temperatures, little cloudy skies and weak winds?
Answer: Frost
12. Name the natural zone of Russia where oak and hazel grow, oriole and wild boar live.
Answer: deciduous forests (mixed and deciduous forests)
13. Arrange the settlements in the direction from north to south:
A) Vologda;
B) Salekhard;
C) Khabarovsk;
Novosibirsk city.
Answer: B-A-D-C
14. Name the archipelago, which is the northernmost insular territory of Russia.
Answer: Franz Josef Land Archipelago
15. Select from the list a city where the sun can sometimes be seen at midnight:
Syktyvkar, Murmansk, Omsk, Tomsk.
Answer: Murmansk
16. The Novgorod Kremlin and the Church of Peter and Paul on Sinichya Gora are included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The distance between them in a straight line is 1.5 kilometers. What will it be equal to on a 1: 50,000 scale map? Give the answer in centimeters.
Answer: 3 cm.
17. Select from the list the subject of the Russian Federation, a significant part of which is located in the subarctic climate:
A) Republic of Karelia;
B) the Republic of Tatarstan;
C) Tyumen region;
D) Perm Territory
Answer: C) Tyumen region
18. Name the tributary of the Ob River, which crosses two state borders before entering the territory of Russia.
Answer: Irtysh river
19. Indicate in which city from the list the sunrise comes first:
1) Yakutsk;
2) Okhotsk;
3) Khanty-Mansiysk;
4) Great Ustyug.
Answer: 2) Okhotsk
20. Name the subject of the Russian Federation, in which the time differs from Kamchatka by 10 hours.
Answer: Kaliningrad region
21. Select from the list the river, the lower reaches of which are shown in the satellite image:
C) Selenga;
D) Yenisei
Answer: C) Selenga
22. Name the hero city of Russia, one of the largest ports in the Black Sea, located on the shores of the Tsemesskaya Bay.
Answer: Novorossiysk
23. Name the sea washing the shores of Russia, which is characterized by the highest tides. The sea is rich in fish, seafood and hydrocarbons. Previously, it was called Kamchatka. In its southern part there is the Odessa Gulf and the Terpeniya Gulf.
Answer: Sea of Okhotsk
24. Select from the list a pair of objects that are not geographically related to each other:
A) Lake Taimyr - Taimyr Peninsula;
B) Bering Island - Bering Sea;
C) White Island - White Sea;
D) Kamchatka River - Kamchatka Peninsula.
Answer: C) White Island - White Sea
25. Name the city, the ancient capital of North-Eastern Russia, currently a regional center on the Klyazma River, included in the tourist route "The Golden Ring of Russia".
Answer: Vladimir
26. What natural zone does Vasily Dokuchaev write about:
“… It seems so densely occupied by some plant that nothing else, apparently, can fit here: now it is covered with purple spots, - this is the blooming of anemones, then whole meadows take on a blue azure color, - these are forget-me-nots; at other times you can find large areas, completely covered with fragrant thyme ... ".
Answer: Steppe
27. Get to know the city described in a poem by Alexander Severny:
This city is five centuries old
Stands on the edge of the banks
Border of snow, eternal ice,
The capital of rivers, forests, swamps.
Stands on the age-old path
Nobody can get around.
All ships met here
What went from the White Sea to the people.
I met Norwegians and Slavs,
Met the Dutch, the British
Varangians went to the last battle
And the Swedes are batted astern.
At the age-old by this river
The Pomors built the city ...
Answer: Arkhangelsk
28. “The great strategist set off with a rifle step along the mountain road leading around Mashuk to the place of the duel between Lermontov and Martynov, past sanatoriums and rest houses. Ostap, overtaken by buses and horse-drawn carriages, went to Proval ”(Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov).
The landmark of which city is the Failure mentioned in the passage?
Answer: Pyatigorsk
29. Name the territory described in the story of Konstantin Paustovsky:
“This land lies ... between Vladimir and Ryazan, not far from Moscow, and is one of the few surviving forest islands, a remnant of the“ great belt of coniferous forests ”. In ... the region you can see forest lakes with dark water, vast swamps covered with alder and aspen. "
Answer: Meschera
30. Name the expedition that took place in 1937-1938, in which Ivan Papanin, Yevgeny Fedorov, Ernst Krenkel and Pyotr Shirshov, depicted on a postage stamp, became famous.
Answer: Drifting station North Pole - 1
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On November 26, 2017, the third Geographical Dictation was held in all regions of our country and abroad. The project participants were more than 260 thousand people. Their knowledge was tested not only by the whole of Russia, but also by many foreign countries. The action took place in 25 states. In addition, if last year Dictation was written on 1,464 sites, then in 2017 there were 2,224!
China became the leader in terms of the number of educational events among foreign countries, where the dictation was held in 10 cities at once. The largest platform abroad in terms of the number of seats turned out to be the branch of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in the city of Baku, where more than 800 participants could write the dictation.
In Russia, the leader in terms of the number of venues was the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), where the Dictation was held in 277 organizations. The second place belongs to the Republic of Bashkortostan - 209 sites, the third - to the Krasnodar Territory - 122.
One of the most unusual areas of the action was the research vessel "Akademik Fedorov" of the Russian Antarctic Expedition, which was in the Cape Town roadstead. The dictation was also written on the atomic icebreaker "Lenin", which is currently a museum in Murmansk. Also, more than ten nature reserves and national parks, museums of Soviet gaming machines in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the All-Russian Children's Center "Smena" in the Krasnodar Territory, the Big Planetarium in Novosibirsk took part in the educational action. In addition, the Dictation was held on the Strizh trains Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow and Moscow - Berlin.
The central venue for the Dictation was the Main Building of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. Here, as well as last year, the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu, along with all the participants, answered the questions of the Dictation. The action was also attended by the rector of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov Viktor Sadovnichy, Honorary President of the Russian Geographical Society Vladimir Kotlyakov, TV presenter Nikolai Drozdov, film director, actor Vladimir Menshov, famous hockey player Vyacheslav Fetisov, politician Sergei Mironov, author and host of the program "Dialogues about Animals" Ivan Zatevakhin, bobsled athlete Dmitry Trun, Olympic champion and other famous people.
Test questions included 30 items, divided into three blocks. The first consisted of questions on the knowledge of geographic concepts and terms. The second was aimed at testing the ability to work with the map. The third one is to determine geographical objects from the records of travelers' diaries and excerpts from works of art.
One of the main principles of Dictation is anonymity. You do not need to indicate your name on the task and answer forms. Participants are asked to write only age, occupation, relation to geography (for example, a student or teacher of a specialized university) and some other information.
The highest mark that can be obtained for a dictation is 100 points.
For those who could not come to the sites, an online dictation was organized on the site. It started on November 26 at 14:00 Moscow time and ended at 14:00 on November 30, 2017 Moscow time. It was attended by about 110,000 people.
The participants of the Dictation who performed it in person can find out their personal result on the website using a unique identification number obtained at the sites. Those who took the Dictation online saw the result immediately after answering the questions.
Based on the results of the action, an analytical report will be prepared with an assessment of the level of geographical literacy of the population of Russia as a whole and its individual age groups, the results of the Dictation in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and abroad.
Dictation history in numbers
In 2015, 71,929 people took part in the action, of which 44,365 people wrote the dictation in person at 210 sites and 27,564 people tested their knowledge online.
In 2016, the total number of participants in the action increased 2.6 times compared to 2015 and amounted to 187,187 people. Of these, 92,240 people wrote the dictation in person at 1,464 sites and 94,947 tested their knowledge through the site.
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