Pravda.Ru met with the Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov at the representative office of the agency Rossotrudnichestvo (Russian Cooperation) in Kiev, where the project "Total Dictation," an annual Russian educational campaign designed to draw attention to the issues of literacy, was implemented. A voluntary dictation test for the public takes place simultaneously in 35 countries, including Ukraine.
Approximately a hundred people took part in the exercise. Zurabov also came to test his literacy and sat next to the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vadym Kolesnichenko. In addition, Total Dictation event was held in the central district of the Ukrainian capital in the Library named after Kostomarov.
When the dictation was over, Zurabov told reporters that he hoped for a good grade, though not the highest. “I believe that I write pretty well,” the diplomat said, adding that teachers in the Leningrad school where he studied were very good, and the Russian language was taught at a high level.
