The International Institute of Economics and Linguistics of ISU hosted the annual Interuniversity Olympiad in Russian as a Foreign language. The theme of the Olympiad was family and traditional family values, as the year 2024 has been declared the Year of the Family in Russia.

Students of preparatory faculties and departments, undergraduate and graduate students from China, Mongolia, Togo, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan competed in the mastery of the Russian language. They represented Irkutsk State University (ISU), Irkutsk State Agrarian University (IrSAU) named after A.A. Ezhevsky, Irkutsk State Transport University (IrGUPS), Irkutsk State Medical University (ISMU) and Baikal State University (BSU).

The Olympiad participants were divided in four levels of language proficiency: level A1 (elementary level), level A2 (basic level); level B1 (certification level I); level B2 (certification level II).

Winners of the Olympiad by levels:

Elementary level (A1):

• 1^st place: Li Chang (ISU IIEL);
• 2^nd place: Kouassi N’Guessan Affoue Hermine (ISMU);
• 3^rd place: Xie Yulong (ISU IIEL) and Assogba Semevo Magloire (BSU).

Basic level (A2):

• 1^st place: Qurbonov Isfandiyor (ISMU);
• 2^nd place: Ulziybayar Oyu-Erdene (ISU IIEL);
• 3^rd place: Wang Qixiang (ISU IPFLMC) and Li Xiaobo (BSU).

Certification level I (B1):

• 1^st place: Shao Minghao (ISU IPFLMC) and Enkhtur Emuuzhin (IrGUPS);
• 2^nd place: Tan Yali (BSU);
• 3^rd place: Liangliang (BSU) and Azimkhan Janyerkye (ISU IPFLMC).

Certification level II (B2):

• 1^st place: Liu Chao (ISU IPFLMC);
• 2^nd Place: Wei Zhizhong (ISU IIEL);
• 3^rd place: Xu Mengmeng (ISU IPFLMC).

Svetlana Valiulina, Head of ISU IIEL Department of Russian as a Foreign Language:

Such an event is held in Irkutsk only at ISU International Institute of Economics and Linguistics and it unites international students from all universities of the city.

Russian as a Foreign Language Olympiad provides an opportunity for the international students to show themselves and their knowledge of the Russian language and culture. This is a great way of motivating the students to learn the language and reveal their potential.