STORY: "Total Dictation" held in Russia
SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024
DATELINE: April 21, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:07
LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the "Total Dictation" event in St. Petersburg, Russia

STORYLINE:

The International Russian Language Grammar Test "Total Dictation" was held simultaneously on Saturday in dozens of cities in Russia and worldwide.

During the annual cultural event, people got together to write down a dictation in the Russian language, which will be checked and nominated by a special grammar commission.

According to the organizer, this year's event took place in over 40 countries and regions.

Total Dictation was created to draw attention to literacy and to develop a culture of literate writing in the Russian language.

The first such event was organized by philology students from Novosibirsk, Russia on March 11, 2004.

Since 2012, the Total Dictation has become an international event that was supported by Russians abroad and people studying and practicing the Russian language in their countries.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from St. Petersburg, Russia.
(XHTV)