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From 1 to 3 September 2021, the 2^nd New Knowledge Federal Educational Marathon will take place. The marathon is associated with the national Knowledge Day. It is organised by the Znaniye (Knowledge) Russian Society. More than 150 prominent Russian and foreign scientists, statesmen and public figures, as well as world cultural and sports stars, historians, inventors, publicists and successful entrepreneurs will act as lecturers and mentors.

People from all over Russia will be able to watch the events of the New Knowledge Marathon at https://marathon.znanierussia.ru and in a group of the Znaniye (Knowledge) Russian Society on VKontakte at https://vk.com/znanierussia.

The organisers have already announced the confirmed participation of Sergey Shoygu, Sergey Lavrov, Denis Protsenko, Elena Shmeleva, Anna Kuznetsova, Vladimir Medinsky, Valery Falkov, Andrey Fursenko, Aleksey Likhachev, Aleksey Miller, Sergey Chemezov, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Konstantin Ernst, Vladimir Mashkov, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Konstantin Khabensky, Karen Shakhnazarov, Aleksandr Ovechkin, Svetlana Romashina, Vasily Vakulenko (Basta), Tatiana Bakalchuk, Arkady Volozh, Evgeny Kaspersky, and others.

The participation of foreign science, culture and art stars, whose names are still being kept secret for now, is also expected.

The main venues for the event will be studios in six Russian cities. The Moscow venue, EXPOCENTRE, will host the Knowledge track, the St Petersburg venue will host Sport, the Kazan venue will host Digital World and Media, the Nizhny Novgorod venue will host History and Culture, the Vladivostok venue will host Business, and the Sochi venue will host Science and Technology.

The marathon programme includes lectures, interviews and discussions from studios, and video tours from unique places in the country. It means that New Knowledge will cover the whole of Russia: performances are expected from theatres, museums, stadiums, educational centres, and offices of major Russian companies.

Viewers will also be able to follow debates between researchers, entrepreneurs, artists and public figures. Public debates will be devoted to the most relevant issues of the contemporary Russian society.

As part of this 2^nd educational marathon, thousands of lecturers, educators and mentors will travel to Russian schools and speak to children in public classes. The initiative, called Share Your Knowledge, will be supported by representatives of public associations, statesmen, governors and heads of major Russian corporations. In their turn, schoolchildren and students will visit dozens of enterprises in the format of Open Days, where they will be able not only to broaden their horizons but also to meet potential employers.

The New Knowledge marathon will also include a nation-wide series of events #ВпередКЗнаниям (GoForKnowledge). Participants in the Bolshaya Peremena (Big Break) community will create their own video guidebook to scientific discoveries of the 21st century. In the Russian regions, representatives of major youth organisations will hold a series of educational workshops, lectures and meetings with well-known speakers of the Znaniye (Knowledge) Society. Volunteers of the #МЫВМЕСТЕ (wearetogether) movement will distribute school kits to children from low-income and disadvantaged families.

EXPOCENTRE is a media partner of the 2^nd New Knowledge Marathon.

Press Service, EXPOCENTRE AO