Star Academy at the 2025 Russian Olympiada at Harvard University

CAMBRIDGE, MA – For the second year in a row, Star Academy students have proudly participated in the New England Olympiada of Spoken Russian — and this year, every single one of our participants brought home a gold medal!

The Olympiada is an annual event hosted at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, bringing together students from across New England to compete in spoken Russian through poetry, cultural knowledge, and personal expression. It’s one of the region’s most prestigious Russian language competitions for high school and college students.

We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of:
– Diana Kuznetsova
– Emil Islamov
– Tomer Brook
– Kerim Hojagulyyev
– Alexandra Medvinsky
– Lily Potagal
– Veronika Taradai
– Nick Tchernov
– Daniel Vaynberg

We thank our Russian language teachers, Dr. Kozlovskaya and Ms. Stepanova, for preparing and mentoring our students.