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«We must do everything for people to like living in their cities. [...] If we don’t listen to people, they will move to where the authorities do listen to them».

 

Aisen Nikolaev,

Head, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

school of living in the north

The results of the XIV Interregional Olympiad "School of Life in the North" have been summed up. The theme of the Olympiad was "Climate Change: Challenges, New Opportunities". 100 students from 11 schools took part - 7 schools from Yakutia, Tomsk, Nizhnevartovsk (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug), Orkhon School (Mongolia).

The XIV Interregional Olympiad “School of Living in the North” was held from February 10 to March 24, 2025 by the Municipal General Education Budgetary Institution “Yakutsk City National Gymnasium named after Antonina G. and Nikolay K. Chiryaevs” of the city of Yakutsk as part of the events of the network project “School of Living in the North” of the Association of schools of the International Organization of Northern Regions “Northern Forum”.

The goal of the Olympiad is to involve children in research activities and design to improve life in the North. A total of 100 students from 11 general education institutions of the city of Yakutsk (18 works), Gorny (14 works), Namsky (4 works), Tattinsky (2 works), Abiysky (2 works) districts of Yakutia, the city of Tomsk in the Tomsk region (46 works), the city of Nizhnevartovsk in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra (10 works), the Orkhon school of the Kharkhorin soum of the Uvurkhangai aimag of Mongolia (4 works) took part.

5 winners and 49 prize-winners by age groups have been determined. The nomination "Climate Challenges: Voice of Youth" was awarded to all students of the Orkhon School, Mongolia.

The following winners and prize-winners have been determined.

1-4 grades

Winners:

1. Vasily Starovatov, 4th grade student of the Namskaya Secondary School No. 1 named after. I.S. Gavriliev,   Namtsy, Namsky district, Republic of Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Vera Ilyinichna Markova);

2. Nikita Aleksandrov, 2nd grade student of the City Classical Gymnasium No. 8 in Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Venera Makedonovna Pakhomova).

Prize-winners:

1. Shadrin Dominic, 4th grade, YCNG, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Olorchekhonova Elena Yakovlevna);

2. Valentin Sorkomov, 2nd grade, Berdigestyakh Secondary School, Berdigestyakh, Gorny, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Vasilyeva Agrafena Egorovna);

3. Dolgikh Vladislav, 3rd grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Chirko Irina Viktorovna)

4. Dolinsky Nikita, 4th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Gorodnova Elvira Atlasovna);

5. Kiknavelidze Mariam, 4th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Gorodnova Elvira Atlasovna);

6. Sibiryakov Nikifor, 4th grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Piksayeva Liliya Varisovna);

7. Pimenova Sofia, 3rd grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Piksayeva Liliya Varisovna);

8. Govorushko Polina, 3rd grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Gorodnova Elvira Atlasovna);

9. Yerkina Varvara, 3rd grade student, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Gorodnova Elvira Atlasovna);

10. Bogdanova Diana, 4th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Regina Altafovna Fateeva);

11. Mikhailov Ivan, 4th grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Liliya Varisovna Piksayeva);

12. Gunashyan Kira, 4th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Zhenya Samvelovna Sargsyan);

13. Pinigin Aisen, 2nd grade, YCNG, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Vasilina Vasilievna Nazarova); 14. Milana Kruchinina, 4th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Regina Altafovna Fateeva);

15. Bubenshchikov David, 4th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Zhenya Samvelovna Sargsyan);

16. Zubtsov Denis, 4th grade, Secondary School No. 24, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Ksenofontova Nadezhda Viktorovna);

17. Rusakova Vasilisa, 3rd grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Zhenya Samvelovna Sargsyan);

18. Sergeev Daniil, 2nd grade, CCG No. 8, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Nadezhda Alekseevna Sokrut);

19. Kramor Anastasia, 4th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Regina Altafovna Fateeva);

20. Berezovsky Maxim, 4th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Regina Altafovna Fateeva);

21. Palysh Evgeny, 3rd grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School with No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Elvira Atlasovna Gorodnova);

22. Greko Ivan, 3rd grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Irina Viktorovna Chirko).

5-8 grades

Winners:

1. Terekova Arina, 7th grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Olga Alekseevna Kupriyanova);

2. Verkhovykh Alisa, 7th grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Olga Alekseevna Kupriyanova).

Prize-winners:

1. Danil Zakharov, 8th grade, CCG No. 8, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Venera Makedonovna Pakhomova);

2. Yana Gorokhova, 6th grade, CCG No. 8, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Olga Pavlovna Sleptsova); 3. Leshchuk Maya, 6th grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Olga Alekseevna Kupriyanova);

4. Valeria Starovatova, 6th grade, Namskaya Secondary School No. 1, Namtsy, Namsky Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Vera Ilyinichna Markova);

5. Mikhail Tabunshchikov, 5th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Regina Altafovna Fateeva);

6. Arianna Grigorieva, 8th grade, Tattinsky Lyceum, Ytyk-Kyuel, Tattinsky Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Tarasenko Anastasia Yuryevna);

7. Antsiferova Bella, 7th grade CCG No. 8, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Elizaveta Romanovna Nogovitsyna);

8. Li Angelina, 8th-grade, Gymnasium No. 1, Nizhnevartovsk, KhMAO – Yugra (teacher - Olga Alekseevna Kupriyanova);

9. Fateev Konstantin, 7th-grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Regina Altafovna Fateeva);

10. Pushkareva Polina, 7th-grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Regina Altafovna Fateeva);

11. Afanasyev Ayarkhan, 7th-grade, Berdigestyakh Secondary School, Berdigestyakh, Gorny Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Evdokia Egorovna Sannikova);

12. Vintonyak Tikhon, 7th grade, Berdigestyakh Secondary School, Berdigestyakh, Gorny Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Evdokia Egorovna Sannikova);

13. Yakobi Elvira, 7th grade, Secondary School No. 33, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Aida Afanasyevna Skryabina);

14. Khikhlun Vilen, 7th grade, Berdigestyakh Secondary School, Berdigestyakh, Gorny Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Sannikova Evdokia Egorovna).

9-11 grades

Winners:

1. Shakula Anastasia, 11th grade, CCG No. 8, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Pakhomova Venera Makedonovna).

Prize-winners:

1. Alina Evseeva, 10th grade, YCNG, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher – Egorova Dora Egorovna);

2. Sofia Gordeeva, 11th grade, CCG No. 8, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Venera Makedonovna Pakhomova);

3. Arina Oglezneva, 11th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Elvira Atlasovna Gorodnova);

4. Yuliana Zakharova, 11th grade, Namskaya Secondary School No. 1, Namtsy,  Namsky Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Vera Ilyinichna Markova);

5. Sofia Yudenko, 11th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Elvira Atlasovna Gorodnova);

6. Migalkina Dayaana, 10th grade, YCNG, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher – Egorova Dora Egorovna); 7. Everstova Sayana, 11th grade, Namskaya Secondary School No. 1, Namtsy, Namsky Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Vera Ilyinichna Markova);

8. Sofia Sukhodolina, 11th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Elvira Atlasovna Gorodnova);

9. Daria Popova, 11th grade, Zaozernaya Secondary School No. 16, Tomsk, Tomsk Region (teacher - Elvira Atlasovna Gorodnova);

10. Klepikova Daria, 11th grade CCG No. 8, Yakutsk, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Pakhomova Venera Makedonovna);

11. Artamonov Igor, 11th grade, Berdigestyakh Secondary School, Berdigestyakh, Gorny Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Evdokia Egorovna Sannikova);

12. Nikolaeva Raisa, 11th grade Berdigestyakh Secondary School, Berdigestyakh, Gorny Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Evdokia Egorovna Sannikova);

13. Antonov Daniel, 11th grade, Berdigestyakh Secondary School, Berdigestyakh, Gorny Region, Sakha/Yakutia (teacher - Sannikova Evdokia Egorovna).

Nomination “Climate Challenges: Voice of Youth”:

1. Bayarsaikhan Buyantogtokh, 7th grade, School No. 1 - “Orkhon” Kharkhorin somon, Uvurkhangai aimag, Mongolia (teacher - Dovdonsharav Odonchimeg);

2. Ganbaatar Buyantogtokh, 8th grade, School No. 1 – “Orkhon” Kharkhorin soum, Uvurkhangai aimag, Mongolia (teacher – Enkhtsetseg Enkhbat);

3. Tarvachamba Bilegt, 8th grade, School No. 1 – “Orkhon” Kharkhorin soum, Uvurkhangai aimag, Mongolia (teacher – Enkhtsetseg Enkhbat);

4. Solongo Temuulen, 9th grade, School No. 1 - "Orkhon", Kharkhorin soum, Uvurkhangai aimag, Mongolia (teacher - Khandsuren Dagvadorj).

Congratulations to the winners, prize-winners, nominees and teachers for their active participation in the XIV Interregional Olympiad “School of Living in the North”!

We wish you further success and achievements, constant interest in learning, happiness and well-being!

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