TSAKHKADZOR, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The final tour of Republican Student Olympiad on Russian Language was held on December 10 in Tsakhkadzor. The olympiad was organized by the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University jointly with the Russian Federal Agency on Education within the framework of implementation of target program Russian Language (2006-2010). Its implementation is financed by the RF state budget. About 200 students from 23 Armenian Universities, including Russian Universities' branches in Armenia, took part in the event. Analogous competitions are hold in Slavonic Universities of Kyrghyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as in other CIS countries. As Noyan Tapan was informed from the Press Service of the Embassy of Russia in Armenia, nine winners of the Olympiad were given diplomas and medals of the Institute of Russian Language after A.S.Pushkin, as well as souvenirs.

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