# All-Russian Olympiad of schoolchildren

The All-Russian Olympiad of schoolchildren (Russian: Всероссийская Олимпиада Школьников (ВСОШ)) is the Russian national system of annual academic subject competitions for schoolchildren in federal, municipal and private schools, organised by the Ministry of Education.

## History

Although the first All-Russian Olympiad was organized in 1989, the roots of the olympiad date back to academic competitions of Soviet Union olympiads, which had been organized since the 1930s. Winners and awardees of the final stage of the Olympiad are granted entry into any Russian university, without requisite tests or exams. Winners and awardees of other stages also receive benefits when applying to Russian universities. Some of the competitions originate from the Soviet All-Union olympiads: mathematics (1960s), chemistry (1967), physics (1967), biology (1979).

## Structure

The olympiad consists of 24 subjects, and five stages for each subject: preliminary, school, municipal, regional, and federal (final) stage.
The preliminary stage usually takes place in summer. It is done online via the Unified system of registration. This stage is not obligatory, and it is usually used for testing the system.
The school stage is the first obligatory, and second overall phase. Since 2020, in some regions it has been organised online or with the help of school computers. It is overseen by regional departments of the Ministry of Education and Science, and is regionally variable.
Winners and awardees of the school stage are allowed to participate in the third, municipal phase. It is usually done in school, but in some regions, an online form is available.
Following the municipal stage, the fourth regional stage is always held in one location of the respective region. It is organised by the education ministry of this region.
The fifth and final stage is the federal stage, organised by the Ministry of Education, to which only a handful of students progress.

## Statistics

According to a Ministry of Education and Science, 20.3 million tests were completed in the school stage (a student can participate in multiple subjects).
All - Russian olympiad 2023 statistics :
| | Participated in school stage | Participated in municipal stage | Participated in regional stage | Number of winners / awardees of the Regional stage | Participated in final stage | Number of winners / awardees of the Final stage |
| English | 1 415 365 | 202 020 | 10 572 | 731 / 3 380 | 286 | 23 / 108 |
| Astronomy | 390 153 | 67 925 | 3 636 | 210 / 665 | 245 | 20 / 87 |
| Biology | 1 361 619 | 223 399 | 10 583 | 595 / 2 863 | 298 | 24 / 113 |
| Geography | 1 184 814 | 164 246 | 7 760 | 273 / 1 591 | 251 | 24 / 105 |
| IT | 639 489 | 66 167 | 6 884 | 369 / 1 630 | 349 | 27 / 132 |
| Art | 356 161 | 67 055 | 6 863 | 443 / 1 869 | 246 | 20 / 97 |
| History | 1 221 409 | 178 350 | 10 607 | 398 / 2 413 | 314 | 26 / 127 |
| Spanish | 110 556 | 12 620 | 796 | 81 / 257 | 107 | 8 / 41 |
| Italian | 8 856 | 3 590 | 484 | 54 / 134 | 61 | 5 / 23 |
| Chinese | 15 638 | 6 271 | 1 006 | 106 / 268 | 103 | 7 / 41 |
| Literature | 1 374 242 | 208 696 | 15 494 | 825 / 4 171 | 317 | 26 / 121 |
| Mathematics | 2 481 991 | 250 769 | 9 723 | 420 / 2 200 | 480 | 34 / 182 |
| German | 124 853 | 25 808 | 3 168 | 222 / 948 | 223 | 18 / 86 |
| Social studies | 1 291 734 | 236 982 | 13 726 | 676 / 3 485 | 290 | 37 / 116 |
| Basics of life safety | 872 069 | 147 734 | 8 870 | 600 / 2 599 | 228 | 19 / 89 |
| Law | 417 501 | 105 543 | 9 713 | 470 / 2 470 | 266 | 22 / 107 |
| Russian | 2 480 760 | 264 188 | 14 685 | 423 / 2 657 | 311 | 27 / 125 |
| Technology | 884 627 | 101 164 | 6 473 | 704 / 1 817 | 341 | 30 / 141 |
| Physics | 858 732 | 152 672 | 7 266 | 299 / 1 515 | 372 | 30 / 141 |
| Physical education | 1 207 645 | 173 658 | 9 114 | 572 / 2 942 | 256 | 21 / 99 |
| French | 49 261 | 16 272 | 2 340 | 166 / 722 | 216 | 16 / 87 |
| Chemistry | 597 340 | 124 091 | 5 973 | 316 / 1 429 | 298 | 25 / 115 |
| Ecology | 543 568 | 116 811 | 6 216 | 512 / 1 864 | 290 | 23 / 117 |
| Economics | 373 278 | 74 977 | 7 144 | 304 / 1 454 | 364 | 30 / 137 |