''#Discover Russia'' (russian: #Узнай Россию) is a series of contests in the
Russian Wikipedia organized by the ''Association of Honorary Citizens'' and the foundation ''
Wikimedia RU'' since 2013. The project is supported by the
Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (russian: Общественная палата Российской Федерации), sometimes shortened to Civic Chamber (russian: Общественная палата), is a consultative civil s ...
. As of March 2019, 276 people took part in the competitions: they created and extended more than 18,700
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and using a wiki-based editing system. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read refer ...
articles. In December 2018, "Discover Russia" became the winner of the all-Russian contest ''Russian Volunteer'' as an educational project.
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* {{cite web , url= https://crimeapress.info/itogi-konkursa-uznaj-mir-svedenija-o-gorodah-pobratimah-simferopolja-i-evpatorii-teper-v-vikipedii/ , trans-title= The results of the “Discover the World” contest: Data on twin cities of Simferopol and Yevpatoriya are now available in Wikipedia. "#Discover Russia" , title= Итоги конкурса "Узнай мир": сведения о городах-побратимах Симферополя и Евпатории теперь в Википедии. Справка: "#Узнай Россию" , author=Sergey Krutskikh , date=2019-03-12 , website= crimeapress.info , publisher= CrymPRESS, access-date= 2019-10-27 , quote= , language=Russian
Competitions in Russia
Intellectual competitions