Novosibirsk State University
Novosibirsk State University is a public research university located in Novosibirsk, Russia. The university was founded in 1958, on the principles of integration of education and science, early involvement of students with research activities an ...
in 2004.
History
The first Total Dictation was held at the student ''Glum Club'' of the Humanities Faculty of Novosibirsk State University. In 2011,
Dmitry Bykov
Dmitry Lvovich Bykov ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Львович Быков, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈlʲvovʲɪdʑ ˈbɨkəf, a=Dmitriy L'vovich Bykov.ru.vorb.oga; born 20 December 1967) is a Russian writer, poet, literary critic and journalist.< ...
became the author of the text for the Total Dictation, and the event became popular not only in Novosibirsk, but also in other parts of Russia and even in the
United States
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.
In 2014, Total Dictation was held on six continents, in 47 countries. The northernmost point of the dictation was Dixon on Taimyr, and the southernmost was the
Vostok Station
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California
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, USA), and the most eastern place was
Auckland
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(
New Zealand
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). The event was attended by cosmonaut
Oleg Artemyev
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from the
International Space Station
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.
Bishkek
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,
Tallinn
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,
Pavlodar
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and
Riga
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became the leaders in terms of the number of participants among foreign cities.
