A family of migrants from Germany won a prize at an international competition in Russia

On June 7, an awards ceremony for the winners of the 6th International “Tell the World About Your Homeland” competition was held at the Znanie lecture hall at the Russia exhibition’s Youth House.

Those attending the awards ceremony included Sergey Kolbin, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security; Irina Kirkora, Deputy Chair of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights; Ekaterina Averykieva, president of the “Innovation Center for the Development and Education of Children and Youth” autonomous nonprofit organization; Larisa Sanatovskaya, executive director of the National Parents’ Association; Dmitry Shulgin, head of the section supporting the development of mentoring in the “RosPatriot” program of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs; and others.

Nikita Jakob, from a family of migrants from Germany, won the special “For love of Russia carried through generations” category. Nikita’s family has now settled in Khimki, a city in the Moscow region. The Moscow-region resident said that his ancestors came from Germany during the reign of Catherine the Great and decided to stay in Russia. In the 1990s, Nikita’s parents returned to their historic homeland. But after Nikita was born, they decided to move back to Russia.

Alla Shelyapina, editor-in-chief of the Vezde Nashi website, presented the winner with filming equipment and a gift edition of the complete anthology of recipients of the title Hero of Russia, on behalf of the editorial team and the Path Home partner project.

More than 16 thousand people from 70 countries around the world took part in the competition. 51 children received awards in various categories and age groups, including representatives of Jordan, Malaysia, China, Spain, Laos, Tajikistan, Qatar, and other countries.

The original article and the winner’s video can be viewed here on the Vezde Nashi website.