Participants of the Total Dictation in Primorye will receive prizes from Humboldt penguins

The best participants of the Total Dictation campaign in Primorsky Krai will receive canvases painted with Humboldt penguins and Pacific bottlenose dolphins from the Primorsky Aquarium. This was announced on April 5 by the press service of the institution.

The aquarium acts as one of the sites of "Total Dictation" in the region.

"This time, the participants of the educational campaign <...> will be joined not only by Pacific bottlenose dolphins, who will paint canvases specially prepared for this occasion, but also by feathered Humboldt penguin artists, who have become a symbol of the year 2025 at the Primorsky Aquarium," the organization's website says.

Upon completion of the dictation, participants will also be able to view the aquarium's exposition.

Total Dictation 2025: date, registration, author and popular mistakes

The educational campaign "Total Dictation" will be held in early April.

The "Total Dictation" campaign is taking place across the country on April 5. At a press conference in the Izvestia News Center on March 27, the topic of the test was announced — travel. Participants will be invited to test their literacy using the text of Marina Moskvina, a finalist of the Yasnaya Polyana Prize, winner of the Andersen International Honorary Diploma.