ASU Triumphs at International 'GeFest VIII': A Global Celebration of Knowledge and Unity

ASU students were among the top three winners at the international "GeFest VIII" festival. This prestigious event was simultaneously hosted in 20 cities across Russia, as well as in Belarus and various countries worldwide.

This marks the third occasion that the festival has been held in Maykop. The event is organized by Adyghe State University in collaboration with the Adyghe Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society.

This year's festival in Maykop brought together 14 teams from educational institutions across the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai, with a total of 75 participants competing in the event.

The participants were welcomed by distinguished dignitaries, including the Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) in Adygea, First Vice-Rector of ASU Murat Bedanokov; Anastasia Sotnikova, Head of the RGS Youth Center; Evgeny Grabenko, Director of the Executive Directorate of the Adygea Republican Branch of the RGS; and Dmitry Voynov, a member of the Adygea Republican Branch of the RGS and Director of Grafika Printing House.

The teams competed through three challenging rounds of intellectual tests: “Ten,” “Katakana,” and “Your Own Game.”

The winners were the Kolos team from Kuban State Agrarian University (1st place), the Kolumbiki team from Maikop State Humanitarian and Technical College of ASU (2nd place), and the Meridian team from Adyghe State University (3rd place).