  {"id":11152,"date":"2020-04-10T16:25:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T20:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?p=11152"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:47:00","slug":"2020-russian-writing-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/2020\/2020-russian-writing-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Russian Writing Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        2020 Russian Writing Contest Winners\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"carleton-university-in-cooperation-and-support-from-the-russia-canada-business-council-and-the-embassy-of-the-russian-federation-in-canadais-pleased-to-announce-the-winners-ofthe-third-canada-wide\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>杏吧原创 University, in cooperation and support from the Russia-Canada Business Council and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada,<br>\nis pleased to announce the winners of<br>\nthe Third Canada-Wide Russian Writing Contest<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> <figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11159 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/pushkin-240x309.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/pushkin-240x309.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/pushkin-160x206.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/pushkin-360x463.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/pushkin.png 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This year marks&nbsp;the 75th Commemoration of the End of the WWII OR 75-\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0435 \u041f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u044b \u0432 \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u041e\u0442\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0435, and, accordingly, our contest topics addressed this big event. We received 48 impressive and touching personal essays from across Canada. We had also a wide age range of contestants, from 10 years old to 75 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>The first place in the category \u201cThe Russian Language as a Window Into Russian Culture\u201d:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mercedes Bullock<\/strong> (University of Ottawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>The second place in the category \u201cThe Russian Language as a Window Into Russian Culture\u201d: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grant McIlhargey<\/strong> (University of Ottawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>The third place in the category \u201cThe Russian Language as a Window Into Russian Culture\u201d: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sladjana Grmas<\/strong> (杏吧原创 University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>A special award in the category \u201cThe Russian Language as a Window Into Russian Culture\u201d: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alexander Currey<\/strong> (杏吧原创 University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>The first place in the category \u201cThe Russian Language as a Native Language\u201d: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leonid Chizhikov<\/strong> (RCC Pushkin Russian Language School, Vancouver)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Liudmila Ivanova<\/strong> (Children&#8217;s Centre \u201cMechta\u201d, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>The second place in the category \u201cThe Russian Language as a Native Language\u201d: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elena Mitrofanova<\/strong> (Holy Trinity Russian Parish School, Toronto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sergey Tyunin<\/strong> (Russian School Gramota, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>The third place in the category \u201cThe Russian Language as a Native Language\u201d: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nicole Anosov<\/strong> (Russian School Gramota, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yaroslav Davletshin<\/strong> (Russian School Gramota, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>A special award from the panel of judges \u2013 \u201cA Prize From the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada\u201d:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ivan Travkin<\/strong> (University of Ottawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>A special award from the panel of judges \u2013 \u201cMy Language &#8211; My Soul\u201d:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Artem Kerbalaev<\/strong> (Children&#8217;s Centre \u201cMechta\u201d, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>A special award from the panel of judges \u2013 \u201cA Young Talent\u201d:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olessia Larina<\/strong> (Russian School Gramota, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pavel Pyak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>A special award from the panel of judges \u2013 \u201cFor the Faithfulness in Classical Traditions\u201d:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Allison Tsypin<\/strong> (Russian School Gramota, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natalie Freidlin<\/strong> (Roots Education Inc., Toronto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Valentina Morley<\/strong> (RCC Pushkin Russian Language School, Vancouver)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>A special award from the panel of judges \u2013 \u201cThe Heart\u2019s Memory\u201d:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adele Usmanov<\/strong> (Russian School Gramota, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emilia Korjavykh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maria Mirau<\/strong> (Russian School Gramota, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mariia Gegiya<\/strong> (Russian School Gramota, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank once again everyone who has participated in the 2020 Russian Writing Contest, and we wish you success in all your future endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about the contest, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:cu.russianwritingcontest@gmail.com\">cu.russianwritingcontest@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>杏吧原创 Russian Writing Contest Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>杏吧原创 University, in cooperation and support from the Russia-Canada Business Council and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada, is pleased to announce the winners of the Third Canada-Wide Russian Writing Contest This year marks&nbsp;the 75th Commemoration of the End of the WWII OR 75-\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0435 \u041f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u044b \u0432 \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u041e\u0442\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0435, and, accordingly, our contest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11164,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152\/revisions\/11164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}