Competition Topics

Organised by Zukunft Memorial e.V. for students outside Russia, who speak Russian, have Russian family roots, or are learning Russian as a foreign language

Year Topics Participation Report
2023 Pilot Project “A Person in History: (Post-) Soviet Experience” 8 contributions
40 applications
40 participants
 
2024 “A Person in History: (Post-) Soviet Experience” 105 contributions
298 applications
278 participants
 
2025 “Images of the Future” 160 contributions
859 applications
770 participants
 

Organised by Memorial Society Moscow for high school students in Russia

Year Topics Participation Report
1999/2000 "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century" 1,650 contributions  
2000/2001 "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century" 1,870 contributions  
2001/2002 "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century" 2,643 contributions  
2002/2003 "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century" 2,960 contributions
2003/2004 "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century" 2,417 participants  
2004/2005 "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century" (with special focus on the Second World War) 3,520 contributions
2005/2006 "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century" 3,229 contibutions
3,842 participants
2006/2007 “Man in History: Russia in the 20th Century". The special focus of the 8th Russian competition is: "Everyday life in Russia 1945-1965”. 3,143 contributions  
2007/2008 "Man in History: Russia in the 20th Century" 2,394 contributions
2008/2009 "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century" (with special emphasis on the subtopic “Family history on the background of 20th Century Russian history”)    
2009/2010 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 2,300 contributions  
2010/2011 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,934 contributions  
2011/2012 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” >1,500 contributions  
2012/2013 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,665 contributions
1,919 participants
 
2013/2014 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,552 contributions
1,722 participants
 
2014/2015 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,804 contributions
2,024 participants
 
2015/2016 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,632 contributions
1,788 participants
 
2016/2017 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,993 contributions
2,264 participants
 
2017/2018 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,632 contributions
1,788 participants
 
2018/2019 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,647 contributions
1,767 participants
 
2019/2020 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,332 contributions
1,501 participants
 
2020/2021 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century” 1,069 contributions
1,210 participants
 
2021/2022 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century”    
2022/2023 “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century”