Russian Bear Cub. School Contest of Russian Language

The Russian Bear Cub Contest is considered the “younger brother” of Kangaroo International Math Contest, a much loved contest enjoying popularity among children around the globe. The Ayb Educational Foundation is the exclusive organizer of the "Russian Bear Cub — Linguistics for All" International Russian Language Contest in Armenia (since 2010) and in Artsakh (since 2011). The main goal of the contest is to spur general interest towards the Russian language, unveil its beauty and richness to students, and encourage them to participate in engaging international competitions.

The 2017 Russian Bear Cub Contest was held on November 15 and a total of 9075 students (studying in the 2nd-12th grades) from 327 schools in Armenia and 12 schools in Stepanakert took part in it.

We congratulate all participants, both students and schools, and express our gratitude for properly organizing and successfully holding the contest. We hope the number of participants will increase from year to year.

The contest results have already been summed up to reveal 447 prizewinners, 150 of which have registered best results. Detailed reports on students’ results have been sent to all participating schools.

The full list of the 2017 Russian Bear Cub prizewinners as well as all participaing schools is available here.

The 2017 Russian Bear Cub problems and answers are available here.

This year, the award ceremonies will be held in the May-June period, along with the award ceremonies of Kangaroo 2018 and Meghu 2017 contests.

All participating schools and students will receive participation certificates, and students with the best results will be awarded diplomas and consolation prizes.

Please be informed that starting from the year 2016 participants from Armenia are able to make a payment via TelCell terminals as well. In case of paying through TelCell, make sure you know the code of your school. Click here to download the list of school codes and the payment guide.

The list of prizewinners of the Russian Bear Cub 2016 is available here. The tasks and answers of the Russian Bear Cub contest from 2014 to 2016 are available here.

Russian Bear Cub plays an important role in integrating the children of Russian speaking families living and working in Armenia in the educational system of the country. On the one hand, it helps further the popularization of the Russian language in Armenia, and on the other hand, it develops and improves students’ linguistic thinking and gives extra motivation to study new foreign languages while at the same time extending their knowledge of the mother tongue.

Partners

We thank all the organizations listed below for their valuable support in the realization of this project:

"Slovo" Ltd.

RA Ministry of Education and Science
Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of Artsakh
ABBYY Company
VTB Bank (Armenia)
Krtutyun Weekly
Mediamax News Agency
Vem Radio

More

over 9.000

students from 339 schools in Armenia and Artsakh

participated in Russian Bear Cub 2017 contest

396 awardees

in Russian Bear Cub 2016

Award ceremonies held in 32 cities

across Armenia and in Artsakh

Principles and advantages of Russian Bear Cub:

1

2 to 12 graders are eligible to participate.

All those who want to participate may sign up at school and take part in the competition.

2

The contest is held directly at school.

in a familiar environment for the students.

3

Tasks are logical and engaging.

The tasks are geared towards developing students’ linguistic thinking and abilities.

4

Knowledge of specific rules is not necessary.

The tasks of the contest do not depend on specific learning programs or curricula.

5

There are no prerequisites to participation.

The competition is held in one round and on the same day, without any qualifying rounds.

6

School results are not compared with each other.

This is not the goal of the competition. Each student competes with himself, revealing his own potential and testing his knowledge in Russian language and literature.

7

All participants receive certificates and souvenirs.

It is a key principle in all countries that students receive small souvenirs on the day of the competition, and all participating schools and students are awarded certificates of participation.