The school stage of the All-Russian Olympiad has already begun. All interested students in grades 5-11 can participate in it. We decided to tell you in more detail about each of the Olympiad levels and the conditions for climbing it, so that you know exactly what to prepare for.
I School stage
The school stage of the All-Russian Olympiad is the first stage that absolutely all interested students from grades 5 to 11 can try to climb, since there is no quota for the number of participants in this case. If desired, the participant even has the right to complete tasks for a class higher than the one in which he is studying. It is possible to participate in Olympiads in all 24 disciplines, since the dates do not overlap.
At this stage, on each of the days established for a particular subject, assignment options become available to schools. Their complexity, as a rule, allows all students who have mastered the school course to successfully cope with them. 
II Municipal stage
In the case of the municipal stage, the organizer of the Olympiad is the local government body in the field of education. And here he already sets limits on the number of participants, forms their lists and sets the number of points for each subject and class that needed to be obtained at the school stage in order to move on to this one. There is also one more restriction: only those who have completed tasks at least at the 7th grade level can take part in it - the class of actual training does not play a role.
Tasks at this level, of course, vary greatly in complexity and require knowledge that is not limited to the school curriculum. But still, in this case, they can be mastered by a student who has successfully completed a school course and studied additional literature. 
III Regional stage
The regional stage plays a very important role in the All-Russian Olympiad: it is designed to select the best among the winners of the municipal stage, who will be able to compete with each other in the final one. But more on that later. First of all, it is worth noting that at this stage only students who have completed assignments for grades 9-11 can participate. Unlike previous levels, this one requires really serious preparation from students. His assignments are not limited to the school curriculum, even if it is an in-depth one, but they go significantly beyond them. Moreover, their successful implementation requires not only a good academic background and general erudition, but also the ability to think critically and carefully analyze the material. Therefore, the sooner a student begins preparing for the All-Russian Olympiad, the more chances he will have to successfully pass this stage. 
IV Final stage
As the song says: “The last battle is the hardest.” To become the winner or prize-winner of the final stage of the All-Russian Secondary School, you will have to beat the guys from all over Russia who have proven their right to compete for victory at the regional. Students in grades 9-11 can participate in it, but students in grades 5-8 are also allowed to participate if at the previous stage they competed for grade 9 and scored the required number of points. If in a certain region not a single student has scored the number of points established by the Ministry of Education, then the student with the most points is sent. However, it must be at least 50% of the established value.
Speaking about the complexity of tasks and the required level of preparation, one cannot help but notice the obvious - they, of course, increase even more. It is also extremely important to understand what techniques are used to solve certain problems. To do this, it is useful to solve options from previous years and discuss them with experienced participants. Olympiad visiting schools and Olympiad preparation courses can help with this, where teachers will understand the formats of tasks, know all the requirements for their implementation and pay attention only to Olympiad preparation. No one promises that this path will be easy, but that is why it is the final stage, so that only those who have put maximum effort and time into becoming the best can win it. 
The All-Russian Olympiad for Schoolchildren is a massive annual event for working with gifted students in the Russian education system. This system covers 24 subject Olympiads for students of state, municipal and non-state educational organizations that implement educational programs of basic general and secondary general education.
The Olympiad is held during the academic year from September to May at set dates and includes four stages: school, municipal, regional and final. The final stage is held in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, selected on the basis of applications.
The winners and prize-winners of the final stage receive a diploma giving the right to admission, if they have a certificate without exams, to any university in the Russian Federation in the profile of the Olympiad and are awarded a special prize from the Government of the Russian Federation.
The organizer of the Olympiad is the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, which approves the composition of the Central Organizing Committee and the composition of the Central Subject Methodological Commissions.
Participation in the stages of the Olympiad is determined by the Procedure for holding the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren (hereinafter referred to as the Procedure), approved by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated November 18, 2013 No. 1252 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on January 21, 2014, registration No. 31060), as amended by orders of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated March 17, 2015 No. 249 and dated December 17, 2015 No. 1488.
The Olympiad is held throughout the Russian Federation in 24 general education subjects. There is no fee for participation in the Olympiad.
Stages of the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren
The organizer of the school stage is the local government body responsible for management in the field of education.
The school stage of the Olympiad is held for students in grades 5-11 in 24 general education subjects, as well as for students in grade 4 in Russian language and mathematics.
Every student who wants to participate in this intellectual competition and is studying in one of the educational organizations of the municipality can take part in the school stage.
The parent (legal representative) of a student who has declared his participation in the Olympiad, no less than 10 working days before the start of the school stage of the Olympiad, confirms in writing that he is familiar with the Procedure and provides the organizer of the school stage of the Olympiad with consent to publish the Olympiad work of his minor child, including on the Internet information and communication network if he becomes a winner or prize-winner of the Olympiad stage. When publishing jury protocols and works of Olympiad winners and prize-winners on the Internet information and communication network, the following information about the student is indicated: surname and initials of the Olympiad participant, class; number of points; subject of the Russian Federation.
The organizer of the school stage ensures the collection and storage of statements from parents (legal representatives) of students who have declared their participation in the Olympiad, about familiarization with the Procedure and consent to the publication of Olympiad works of their minor children on the Internet.
All those interested must be informed in advance by the organizer of the school stage about the location and procedure for participation in the school stage of the Olympiad. Responsibility for providing students with the opportunity to participate in the school stage lies with the heads of those educational organizations in which these students study.
If it is impossible to hold the school stage of the Olympiad in any educational organization, the organizer of the school stage is recommended to choose a site within the framework of the current organizational and technological model for holding the specified stage of the Olympiad in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation.
At the school stage of the Olympiad, a participant in the Olympiad has the right to complete tasks for a class that is older than the one in which he is studying.
There is no quota for participation in the school stage of the Olympiad.
Organization of the school stage
Students in grades 7-11 take part in the municipal stage of the Olympiad.
The organizer of the municipal stage of the Olympiad is the local government body responsible for management in the field of education.
The organizer sets the number of participants in the municipal stage of the Olympiad in each general education subject. He also forms lists of participants in this stage of the Olympiad, establishing the number of points for each general education subject and class required for participation in this stage of the Olympiad.
The following individuals take part in the municipal stage of the Olympiad:
Participants of the school stage of the Olympiad held in this municipality in the current academic year, who completed tasks not lower than the 7th grade level and scored the number of points established by the organizer;
Winners and prize-winners of the municipal stage of the Olympiad of the previous academic year, continuing their studies in organizations that carry out educational activities in educational programs of basic general and secondary general education.
Students from grades 9 to 11 participate in the regional stage of the Olympiad:
Participants in the municipal stage of the Olympiad of the current academic year who have scored the required number of points established by the organizer of the regional stage of the Olympiad in the subject and class;
Winners and prize-winners of the regional stage of the Olympiad of the previous academic year, continuing their studies in organizations carrying out educational activities in educational programs of basic general and secondary general education;
Citizens of the Russian Federation, students of grades 9 - 11 of organizations carrying out educational activities according to educational programs of basic general and secondary general education, located outside the territory of the Russian Federation, and foreign institutions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, which have specialized structural educational units in their structure.
To participate in the regional stage of the Olympiad, such students from the educational organization must be sent to the organizer of the regional stage of the Olympiad, i.e. to the government body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation that carries out public administration in the field of education, a letter indicating information about the students who will participate in the regional stage of the Olympiad. The subject of the Russian Federation is selected independently by the foreign establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Organizers of the regional stage
The number of participants in the final stage of the Olympiad is established by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia at the proposal of the Central Organizing Committee of the All-Russian Olympiad for Schoolchildren.
The following individuals take part in the final stage of the Olympiad:
Participants in the regional stage of the Olympiad of the current academic year who have scored the number of points required for participation in the final stage of the Olympiad, established by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia;
Winners and prize-winners of the final stage of the Olympiad of the previous academic year, continuing their studies in organizations that carry out educational activities in educational programs of basic general and secondary general education.
If in any subject of the Russian Federation not a single participant in the regional stage of the Olympiad has scored the number of points established by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia to participate in the final stage of the Olympiad, by decision of the organizer of the regional stage of the Olympiad of this subject of the Russian Federation, one participant in the regional competition may be sent to the final stage stage of the Olympiad of the current year, who scored the highest number of points (but not less than 50% of the number of points established by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia).
The All-Russian Olympiad for Schoolchildren is one of the most popular and long-awaited events in the educational sphere of Russia. It is anticipated by gifted children studying in almost all classes. Perhaps, only the annual State Certification of Students can be called a more ambitious project, because thousands of schoolchildren take part in the Olympiad, demonstrating the knowledge acquired in 24 academic disciplines.
Becoming a participant in this event is a mission filled with honor and responsibility. Well, winning the Olympics in one of the subjects is a chance to demonstrate the knowledge and skills accumulated over the years, the opportunity to stand up for your school, and also receive excellent prizes. For students in grades 9-11, victory in the highest round of the competition is accompanied by another important and even fateful opportunity - they get the chance to become applicants to the best universities, institutes and academies of the Russian Federation on preferential terms.
Of course, becoming a winner is not so easy - for this it is not enough to just be a talented student. Olympians must work through course materials and master topics that go far beyond what is required to achieve an excellent grade. Let's find out how, when and in what mode the All-Russian Olympiad will be held in the 2018/2019 academic year!
The first round of the 2019 Olympics starts in schools in September 2018!
From the history of the Olympics
Of course, we can talk about the development of the modern All-Russian Olympiad from the moment the history of Russia began as a federal state. However, the foundations of this event in the field of education were laid in the distant 19th century, when in 1886 members of the Astronomical Society of the Russian Empire initiated the holding of olympiad competitions in solving mathematical problems for “studying youth”.
When the Russian Empire was replaced on the world map by the Soviet Union, the school Olympiad movement not only did not stop, but also noticeably intensified - since the 30s of the last century, Olympiads began to be held for high school students in such disciplines as mathematics, physics and chemistry. Gradually, the Olympiads began to be called All-Union Olympiads, and in the 60s, the Minister of Education M.A. Prokofiev signed a decree approving a whole list of Olympiad competitions between schoolchildren.
Over time, the number of subjects in which one could demonstrate one's knowledge only increased. For example, computer science was included in the list back in 1989; in 1992, geography was included in the list; two years later, astronomy and ecology; three years later, literature; and in 2000, the first foreign language was added to the list—German. The latest expansion of the number of subjects occurred in 2016, when schoolchildren began to compete in three more foreign languages (Spanish, Chinese and Italian).
Interesting fact: Today, specialists from the Department of General Education, which is part of the country’s Ministry of Education, supervise Olympiads in 24 subjects.
Disciplines of the All-Russian Olympiad
In the 2018/2019 academic year, Russian students will have the chance to compete for victory in Olympiad rounds, which are held in the following school disciplines:
- exact sciences are represented by such a discipline as computer science and computer technology, as well as one of the “oldest” subjects – mathematics;
- disciplines of a natural nature are represented by an extremely wide range - you can take part in geographical, biological, astronomical, physical, chemical and environmental competitions;
- the philological direction includes olympiad competitions for knowledge of German, English, Chinese, Spanish, French and Italian, as well as Russian language and literature;
- students who are inclined towards the humanities can try their hand at a historical Olympiad, social studies, competition in the field of law or economics;
- In addition, the Olympiad subjects include art, technology and basic life safety, as well as a competition for real athletes - physical education.
Organization of the federal Olympics
Victory in the All-Russian Olympiad involves going through a long and difficult path, because students will have to demonstrate their strongest sides during 4 stages:
- School stage. This tour can easily be called the simplest, since its organizers are local governments responsible for education in the city districts. In the first stage, children representing classes from 5th to 11th compete. 4th grade students take part in this tour only in two subjects - Russian language and mathematics. The desire of students should not be limited in any way - anyone can become a participant in the school tour. However, you need to be prepared for the fact that the assignments will go beyond the normal curriculum, and even represent topics studied in high school. The winners move on to the next round.
- Municipal stage. In this round, the participants are children representing grades from 7th to 11th. This stage is organized by the city department of education, whose specialists set quotas for participants in each academic discipline, compiles lists of students (this takes into account the number of points that each class received in the previous stage of the Olympiad). Both the winners of the school rounds of the current year and the children who became winners of the Olympiad last year can participate.
- Regional stage. This level of the Olympiad is held for students who study in programs from 9th to 11th grades. Participation is determined by the number of points scored in the municipal subject round. As at the previous stage, both the winners of the municipal stage of the 2018/2019 academic year and the previous one can compete. In addition, the number of participants can be expanded to include students who study abroad in educational institutions subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Final stage carried out on a statewide scale. The composition of the final round of the Olympiad is formed directly by specialists representing the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Students who have become winners of the current and previous academic periods can also compete in this round. If a situation arises that in some region of the country none of the participants in the subject Olympiad was able to score the required number of points, then the Ministry of Education may agree to delegate one student who scored at least 50% of all points for the tasks of the regional round. An exception is also possible for students who are actually studying in grades 5-8 at school, but wish to speak in the subject for grade 9. The winners and runners-up of this prestigious tour are awarded diplomas that certify the right to enter any university in the country. Only two conditions need to be met - obtain a school certificate and enroll in a specialty in the subject in which the victory was recorded. In addition, such gifted children receive a special award on behalf of the Russian government.
Quotas for participants
It is worth distinguishing between the concepts of winners and prize-winners of tours related to the regional and federal stages. The winner is automatically the student who scores the maximum points in his subject. The winner must receive points established as passing scores by the Ministry of Education. In addition, the number of winners has a clearly defined quota:
- at the regional round their number cannot exceed 25%;
- in the final round there can be no more than 45%. At the same time, at this stage the number of winners is also limited - no more than 8% of the total number of participants in the tour.
During what periods do the stages of the Olympiad take place?
The Olympiad covers almost the entire academic year: it begins in September and ends in May. If we talk about individual stages, then in 2018/2019, as before, the following periods will be assigned:
- The school tour runs from mid-September to the end of October.
- the municipal tour is organized from the 20th of October to mid-December;
- the regional stage runs from mid-January to the end of February;
- The final stage of the school Olympiad will take place from mid-March to mid-May.
Preparation for standard tasks for the Olympiad
To prepare for the Olympics, download and work through standard tasks Olympiad tasks for each subject are most often divided into two blocks - theory and practice. Of course, each of the disciplines involves its own specifics and characteristics of tasks, especially when it comes to the final round, so it’s impossible to do without careful preparation. If we talk in detail about some Olympiad disciplines, then we can cite the following facts:
- the Arts Olympiad will reveal the student’s creative abilities, so it’s worth getting your teeth into and honing your drawing or sculpture techniques;
- mathematicians are often given tricky problems that need to be solved in non-standard ways;
- non-competitive tasks are often prepared for participants in Russian language tours - for example, in the form of a reasoned argument or even writing the Olympic anthem;
- Schoolchildren competing in the Informatics Olympiad must solve only practical tasks. Interestingly, during the final rounds they often conduct online broadcasts and teleconferences with famous Russian scientists;
- at the Chemistry Olympiad, schoolchildren will have to show not only theoretical knowledge, but also the ability to conduct experiments in all sections of this science;
- for ecology, starting with the regional tour, it is planned to present and defend an interesting and relevant environmental project;
- Geography Olympiad will require excellent ability to navigate using maps. Interestingly, as part of this non-competitive competition, a multimedia quiz with prizes is held. The best of the best may be awarded additional financial incentives - personalized scholarship payments from the Around the World company, which are awarded throughout all years of university study;
- In the history competition, you will not only need to show that you are excellent at solving tests, but also write an essay and a history project.
However, you can practice in advance using examples of Olympic complexes over the past years. For example, to help students, you can recommend the Internet resource rosolymp.ru - this is the direct official website of the All-Russian Olympiad. Here you can find tasks for federal stages over the past few years (and even answers to them).
The portal at vos.olimpiada.ru will also be useful - it contains tasks of several stages, including municipal and regional, and this resource is updated with enviable regularity. Here you can follow the tours of the next academic year and find assignments for all classes. Also, all the necessary information is provided on the official website of the Ministry responsible for education and science of the Russian Federation.
Support and criticism of the All-Russian Olympiads
Like any phenomenon, the Olympics have two sides. Of course, these events have enormous positive consequences, because they help to popularize science and identify the most talented students among students who, with proper support, will be able to achieve world recognition. Thus, the example of mathematician G.Ya. is very indicative. Perelman, who won the Olympiad back in Soviet times, and then became a laureate of the European Mathematical Society Prize, as well as the international Fields Prize (for being able to solve the Poincré conjecture).
For the same achievement, Perelman received a $1 million award from the leadership of the Clay Mathematical Institute! You can also remember S.K. Smirnov, who had previously demonstrated his mathematical talent at the Olympiad. At one time he received six prestigious awards, including the Fields Medal, and today he is a visiting professor at the University of Geneva and a member of the council of the country's Ministry of Education and Science.
Places taken at the Olympics will open your way to the best universities in the country! Such events have a positive impact on the prestige of the state, because the best of the best students then represent Russia at international competitions. It is also very pleasant for schoolchildren to receive prizes - the winners are entitled to a government payment of 60,000 rubles, and the prize-winners - 30,000 rubles. Although for this, of course, you need to study very hard.
