The magazine “National Geographic Russia” with the assistance of the Government of Moscow announced a competition “Our Moscow Oblast”. The works for the competition are admitted from March 3, 2015 to March 22, 2015 at the website of “National Geographic Russia”.

      The results of the competition will be published on April 25, 2015, on the opening day of the photo exhibition “Our Moscow Oblast” at the website. The main condition of participation in this competition is that photos should be made in Moscow Oblast no later than 5 years ago.

      The winners will be awarded in three categories: “Our traditions and history”, “The look of towns" and “Our people”. The first category involves photographs telling about amazing history and traditions of Moscow Oblast, holidays, mass and folk events. In addition, any user of Instagram can share his or her favorite pictures adding the hashtag #oblikgorodov. The most interesting photos will decorate a special stand at the photo exhibition in Klin, and the author of the best picture will be awarded a special prize.