High school students from 27 regions of Belarus and Russia will come to Polotsk for the Union Olympiad

October 21, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. More than 160 high school students from 27 regions of Belarus and Russia will come to Polotsk to participate in the Union State School Olympiad "Russia and Belarus: Historical and Spiritual Community," Petr Apanovich, Deputy Head of the Education Department of the Polotsk City Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. The opening ceremony of the Olympiad will be held on October 26. The creative competitions will begin the next day. Students will be invited to write an essay, complete a comprehensive assignment in Russian language and literature, and compete in a contest of history experts and rhetorical skills. The winners will be announced on October 31. The jury, which will include philologists and school teachers from Belarus and Russia, will determine six prize-winning teams and three best students in individual competition. Winners of individual stages of the Olympiad will also receive incentive prizes. The first Union State School Olympiad was held in Gomel in 2004, and Gomel hosted it for the second time in 2006. Smolensk hosted the next Olympiad in 2008, and since then it has been held annually. -0-