On May 14-15, 2021 the second stage of the Olympiad in the Russian as a foreign language for the students of the preparatory departments of higher education institutions of Russia is taking place at the preparatory department for foreign students at KFU.

Authority of the Olympiad is increasing despite the difficulties with staging (live stage in a hybrid format). For the first time the Olympiad reached the Russian level in last year, 9 higher education institutions of Russia took part in it. There are representatives of 22 higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation were among those who applied for participation of this year, including 6 universities of Kazan and 4 of Moscow. 143 international students of preparatory schools took part in the first qualifying stage (video with presentation). The second stage was attended by 116 participants of the Olympiad. There are the students of the preparatory department of Perm National Research Polytechnic University and the students of the preparatory department of Bashkir State University were among those who came for live stage participation.