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Andrej Kozyrev | Photo: Körber Foundation
Andrej Kozyrev | Photo: Körber Foundation

Family History in Russia

Andrey Kozyrev is one of the prize winners of this year´s Russian EUSTORY History Competition on the topic "Man in History – Russia in the 20th century".

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Russian Award Ceremony 2015 | Photo: Vadim Schultz
Russian Award Ceremony 2015 | Photo: Vadim Schultz

Russian Award Ceremony 2015

On 29 April 2015 the Russian History Competition "Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century” celebrated its 16th award ceremony in the “Theatre of Young Spectators” in Moscow. The jury selected 53 finalists out of a number of 2,024 authors. Prior to the award ceremony the finalists gathered for a five day intensive workshop about “Memorials to Victims of political Repressions in Russia”. The Russian competition has been conducted by the eldest Russian non-governmental organisation MEMORIAL International since 1999.

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Russian Award Ceremony | Photo: Alexander Voronov
Russian Award Ceremony | Photo: Alexander Voronov

15th Anniversary of the Russian Competition

This year, the Russian EUSTORY competition celebrates its 15th anniversary. Since the MEMORIAL Society Moscow announced the first Russian competition for high-school students in March 1999, more than 36,000 young people from all over Russia have handed in research papers regarding the topic “Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century”.

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Russian Award Ceremony | Photo: Gabriele Woidelko
Russian Award Ceremony | Photo: Gabriele Woidelko

Russian Award Ceremony 2013

Youngsters from all over Russia celebrated the award ceremony of the 14th Russian history competition run by the International MEMORIAL Society in Moscow on 30 April 2013. It was great to see so much enthusiasm and commitment in these difficult times!

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