Total dictation

2017

"The total dictation-2017" became record on a scope and geography: On April 8 it passed in 19 time zones on all six continents of Earth. From dictation of the famous writers, journalists, politicians and teachers the dictation was written on 3000 platforms in 866 cities and settlements which are in 71 countries of the world. Right after writing of a dictation it was possible to know the result of its automatic check. For those who preferred an online format on the official site of the project broadcasting was organized – it was looked by about 100,000 people.

Let's note that "The total dictation" passed not only in audiences of institutes and schools. More than 500 people wrote it onboard airplanes, at polar stations "Vostok", "Mirny" and "Progress" in Antarctica, on the Krusenstern barque and the Pallada frigate. 60 more people joined a dictation in trains along routes Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod-Moscow and Moscow-Berlin. And 45 people wrote "A total dictation" during the trip … by trolleybus – it occurred in the Crimea on a route Simferopol- Alushta, the most extended trolleybus line in the world.

2004-2015

The first Total dictation passed in 2004 in Novosibirsk State University. At first for an action fragments were selected from works of classical literature, and since 2010 to drawing up texts began to invite modern writers. In 2015 "The total dictation" was written in 549 cities in 58 countries, and the total quantity of participants of the action exceeded 100 thousand. As dictating the famous Russian actors, musicians, journalists and politicians take part in the project.