What Shouldn't You bring to Tula?

30.09.2023

What Shouldn't You bring to Tula?

On September 29, the Department of General Theoretical Subjects and the Russian as a Foreign Language of Institute of International Education at Tula State University held the IV Quiz for International Students in Russian “Tula. History and Modernity. " This traditional quiz was dedicated to the day of Tula Region and the Hero City of Tula celebrated in September.

International students from Tula State University were the participants, and the quiz itself was held for the second time in a hybrid format, that means that some participants had the opportunity to go through all its stages online in the electronic information and educational environment of the university. To complete all tasks of varying degrees of complexity, one hour was given.

Teachers of the Department of General Theoretical Subjects and the Russian as a Foreign Language developed 28 questions related to significant events in the history of Tula Region, to the sights and interesting locations of the city and the region, to the famous Tula brands. Among them there were questions of both a closed type, suggesting the choice of one correct option from several proposed (multiple choice test), and an open one, where an international student was proposed to give a detailed and most importantly competent answer to the question in Russian. For example, why is the Tula gingerbread called printed? What shouldn't you, according to the Russian proverb, bring to Tula? In the form of which headgear was the new Tula Museum of Weapons built?

When developing questions, the most important goals of the concept of the humanitarian policy of the Russian Federation abroad approved by V.V. Putin in 2022 were taken into account. In this regard, the quiz was called upon not only to develop and strengthen the skills of the Russian language proficiency among the international students, but also to introduce them to the culture of Great Russia, to popularize domestic achievements in different fields of expertise, as well as to form an interest in Tula as a city with ancient history, a heroic past and really comfortable urban environment, high-tech industrial enterprises and modern cultural and educational space.

Before the start of the quiz, the director of Institute of International Education of Tula State University, Olga Dmitrievna Gladkova, who was on a business trip to Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in the Republic in the Republic of India, greeted everyone in the format of the video conference. From the Russian House in New Delhi, she noted that her heart is always in her beloved Tula, and also wished students to successfully cope with all the questions and tasks of the quiz.

The quiz was attended by 50 international students from neighboring and far abroad countries. The organizers will summarize the results by October 10, winners and prize -winners will receive diplomas and valuable gifts from Institute of International Education of Tula State University.