Speech contest devoted to significant dates of Russia took place at the Kuban State Agrarian University on December 11. Annually it is organizes by the Department of Russian Language and Speech Communication teachers at the faculty of management. The participants of the competition were not only students of our University, but of Yekaterinodar theological Seminary and the Kuban State Technological University as well. It was attended by over 20 students.

With a salutatory word to the participants addressed the head of the Department of Russian Language and Speech Communication Professor O.E. Pavlovskaya. The jury noted high level of preparation of the speakers: a clear statement of abstracts, convincing arguments and subtle use of oratorical tricks. The contest winners were:

• 1st place was shared by Beslan Tokhadze and Andrey Kretov;
• 2nd place - Ekaterina Mikhailova and Georgi Nenov;
• 3rd place - Tatiana Safronova and Evgeny Radyshevsky.

All participants received diplomas and valuable gifts, and the audience prize went to the student of 1 course KubSTU M.L. Baptista (Republic of Angola).

We congratulate the students and wish them further success!