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A story by Anton Chekhov brought the young resident of Melbourne Milan Gavrilenko victory in the regional stage of the international Living Classics contest. The project was attended by eleven contestants of different ages and levels of training. The works of Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Sholokhov, Alexander Green, Arkady Gaidar and other classics of Russian and Soviet literature were used in the competition, the Edinenie newspaper reports.
Most of the contestants chose works that are suitable for their age and can be understood by them. In particular, the jury noted the performance by Daria Dubrovina of an excerpt from Scarlet Sails, telling about the experiences of Assol.
Children and adolescents chose to read works of Soviet writers about the Great Patriotic War. Excerpts from Boris Vasiliev’s short story Dawns Are Quiet Here and Mikhail Sholokhov’s short story The Fate of a Man were performed by the readers.
Lyudmila Zubkova, member of the regional jury of the Living Classics competition, noted the excellent Russian language in which the contestants speak and read. According to Lyudmila Zubkova, children speak so well thanks to parents and teachers, as well as grandparents who help grandchildren master the Russian language and maintain knowledge when parents speak English in everyday life.
Russkiy Mir
