
Ahmad Garba Yakubu, a diligent student of aircraft and helicopter engineering from Nigeria at INRTU with Kareem Jbira a student of Artificial intelligence from Syria in INRTU, found themselves embarking on an extraordinary journey to the Interuniversity Phonetic Competition in Russian as a Foreign Language.

Large but Unseen: Why Is It Like That?
Most of the world knows that Russia is the largest country on the planet, but few people think about the true implications of such vast space. Some imagine cold Siberia and rainy Saint Petersburg. Others picture frozen Yakutsk or Putin in a "warm enough" Moscow. Yet, not everyone can grasp the incredible diversity of Russia’s flora and fauna. Can you?


On April 12, 2024, I went to the Baikal State University to participate in the Russian Language Competition and was honoured to win the second prize at the В1 level. 2024 is the Year of China in Russia, that is Chinese students were invited to the Competition, and they were offered additional questions about Russian-Chinese cultural and historical ties.
