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  • The Russian Historical Society
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Year of project creation: 2017

On November 25 The Government of Chelyabinsk Region held the meeting of the Chelyabinsk Regional Department of the Russian Historical Society, where National History Fund, S.G. Stroganov Moscow State Art and Industrial Academy and Sobranie Cultural Initiative Supporting & Preservation Fund signed an agreement.

The agreement is aimed at cooperation for promotion of the history of Chelyabinsk Region and preservation of the historical and cultural heritage of the Russian industrial families. In particular, the parties intend to participate in restoration of historical buildings of Satka and building the monument to the Count S.G. Stroganov, the founder of the town.

Executive Director of National History Fund Konstantin Mogilevsky, President of Magnezit Group, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Sobranie Fund Sergey Korostelev and Counsellor of Chancellor on International Affairs and Public Relations of S.G. Stroganov Moscow State Art and Industrial Academy Kirill Gavrilin took part in the meeting.

The parties agreed to assist in implementation of cultural, educational and scientific programs in Chelyabinsk Region, including arrangement of exhibitions, publication of scientific papers, erection of monuments, holding of forums, conferences, round tables and other events. After the meeting, the guests visited Satka, where they reviewed the plans on restoration of its historical part and discussed the idea of creation of a network of small museums and reconstruction of Karl Marx Street, including decoration of private houses following the traditions of the Russian wooden architecture.

The target of the Russian Historical Society is to unite the efforts of state and public figures, scientists, fine art experts and history enthusiasts to develop the Russian historical culture based on the objective study, cross-light and popularization of the national and world history and preservation of the national memory.

National History Fund is a non-commercial organization established based on Order of RF President No. 163 on 6 April 2013. The principal aim of the Fund activity is the popularization of the Russian history in the Russian Federation and abroad, preservation of the historical heritage and traditions of the peoples of Russian, as well as support of the historical awareness programs.

In the context of cooperation, on 20 January, National History Fund, SOBRANIE Fund and S.G. Stroganov Moscow State Art and Industrial Academy announced the commencement of I National Russian Contest of Schoolchildren Research Works ‘The Home Area History is the National History’ http://en.fundsobranie.ru/afisha/5a86e0014b2be333218b4568.

 

2021

Submission of applications for participation in the annual all-Russian students research contest “Family History – National History” begins from February 15, 2021. The contest is aimed at rise of interest of students in family history, historical person culture development, appreciation of the civic identity among young people, development of skills related to research problems statements and individual work with historical records.

The all-Russian students research contest “Family History – National History” is supported by National History Fund, Sobranie Fund, Moscow Pedagogical State University and Russian State University for the Humanities. 

The main goal of the contest is support of students’ research and development in a sphere of national history. 

Education institution students are welcome to participate in the contest. At the time of application submitting, students shall be either the 8th, 9th, 10th or 11th grade students or the 1-2 year students at a technical school or college, providing they enter such an educational institution after the 9th grade. 

The contest preferred subject-matter:

- The commencement of the Great Patriotic War in my family history (on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War);

- My family contribution to my country development;

- Family traditions as a reflection of the national history;

- Act of labor bravery in my family;

- Family dynasty on service of the homeland;

- Unique pages of my family chronicles. 

Participants themselves specify topics of the works submitted to the research contest on the basis of the preferred subject-matter and family story. 

Participation in the contest is for free. Materials submitted to the contest may be publicly available on the Internet. 

Winners of the contest are awarded certificates and study trip to Moscow with a visit to the House of Russian Historical Society. 

Submission of applications is available from February 15, 2021 up to and including June 25, 2021. Please send your works at info@smallhomeland.ru. 

For the detailed information about the contest, the Contest process regulations, please visit the official website https://smallhomeland.ru/.

2021

An awarding ceremony of the winners of the 2021 contest “Family History – National History” was held in the House of the Russian Historical Society in Moscow.

The all-Russian student research contest “Family History – National History” of 2021 was organized by the National History Fund, the Sobranie Fund, Moscow Pedagogical State University and the Russian State University for the Humanities. The Organizing Committee of the contest included the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Sobranie Cultural Initiative Supporting and Preservation Fund Sergey Pavlovich Korostelev and the Director of the Center for Socialization, Family and Asocial Behavior Prevention at Moscow Pedagogical State University, Head of the Faculty of Educational Psychology and Prevention of Deviant Behavior at Moscow Pedagogical State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, Doctor of Psychology, Professor Artur Aleksandrovich Rean.

This contest is aimed at increasing the interest of students in family history, the formation of personal historical culture, the strengthening of the civic identity of young people; the development of skills in setting research tasks and independent work with historical sources.

High schoolers of 8–11 grades of general educational institutions of Russia and students of 1–2 courses of technical schools or colleges were allowed to participate if admitted to such an educational institution after the 9th grade.

The contest was held in two stages:

• during the first stage, the participants of the contest sent their research works to the expert council of the contest. The expert council evaluated the works according to the established criteria;

• during the second stage, participants who successfully passed the first stage of the competitive selection presented videos on their works for evaluation by the expert council. Based on the results of the second stage of the contest, the organizing committee summed up the final results of the contest.

The participants were guided by the following thematic areas when writing their works:

- The commencement of the Great Patriotic War in my family history (on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War);

- My family contribution to my country development;

- Family traditions as a reflection of the national history;

- Act of labor bravery in my family;

- Family dynasty on service of the homeland;

- Unique pages of my family chronicles.

In 2021, the Organizing Committee admitted and registered 210 applications satisfying the requirements of the Contest Regulations for participation in the contest. The applications were received from 59 regions of Russia. Most of the contest works were received from the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories, the Penza Region, the Republic of Crimea and the Chuvash Republic. 3 winners and 19 laureates were selected by experts out of 210 applications.

The winners were awarded a study trip to Moscow with a visit to the House of the Russian Historical Society, excursions to the Central Children’s Library, the State Historical Museum, the Museum of Contemporary History of Russia.

The Chairman of the Russian Historical Society Sergey Naryshkin made a speech for the winners. The First Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Alexander Bugaev congratulated the winners.

Konstantin Mogilevsky, the Executive Director and the Chairman of the Board of the History of the Fatherland Foundation, Chairman of the Board of the National History Fund, Candidate of Historical Sciences also made a congratulatory speech.

During the event, the winners of the contest “Family History – National History” presented their research works.

Igor Kuritsin, the contest winner and a student of the 10th grade of the Nizhny Novgorod Cadets School of the Volga Federal District named after Army General V.F. Margelov, the Samara Region and his supervisor Anton Alekseev presented the work “Peaceful Wings for My Family” under the topic “Family Dynasty in the Service of the Fatherland”; find the video presentation at https://youtu.be/4AhrdKvT0lY.

Ekaterina Vakhrusheva, a student of the 8th grade of Mukshinskaya Secondary School in the Udmurt Republic, took second place with her supervisor Galina Vakhrusheva and the work “Defenders of the Fatherland of the Ivanov-Vakhrushev Family of the Village of Mukshi” under the topic “Unique Pages of the Family Chronicle”.

Anastasia Radaykina, a student of the 9th grade of School No. 220 in Zarechny, the Penza Region, took third place with her supervisor Tatyana Ryabchikhina and the work “Comparative Analysis of Civil Status Certificates (Birth Certificates) on the Example of my Family” under the topic “Unique Pages of the Family Chronicle”.

Sergey Naryshkin presented awards and memorable gifts to the winners.

More photos from the award ceremony may be found on the website of the Russian Historical Society.

Award documents for the laureates of the contest were sent by the organizers by post to the addresses specified in the cover letters of the participants.

Announcements of other contests are always available on the website of the History of the Fatherland Foundation, and we invite everyone to participate.