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The Olympiada is a national competition for high school students of Russian. Here you will find contest rules, general information, and preparatory materials developed by a team of experts at the 1996 NEH Summer Workshop. Pictures from the 2003 Olympiada!! About the Olympiada Letter to Olympiada Chairs Regional chairs and contact information Olympiada Procedures Reporting forms (.pdf) Preparatory Materials Note: some of the below materials have cyrillic content. The encoding used to display the cyrillic is called "Code Page 1251." In order to properly view the cyrillic, you must have CP 1251 cyrillic fonts installed on your computer. For more information on "Russifying" your computer and where to get the CP 1251 fonts, check out SovInformBuro's excellent "Russify Everything" page. Olympiada Cover Letter Appendix Level I Civilization Oral Poetry Text Level II Civilization Oral Poetry Text Level III Civilization Oral Poetry Text Level IV/V Civilization Oral Poetry Text