S7 Airlines, a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance®, became a partner of the Russian educational event «Totalniy dictant» (Total dictation), which will be held on 16 April 2016. Passengers of flight S7 182 Novosibirsk – Moscow will be able to write the dictation during the flight.

«Totalniy dictant» is an annual educational event held in order to give every person an opportunity to check his/her Russian knowledge.

For the first time «Totalniy dictant» will be held onboard of an aircraft at the 10 000 m altitude. For the event organizers chose a flight from Novosibirsk, the home city of «Totalniy dictant» and S7 Airlines.

Onboard the aircraft of S7 Airlines, which will on 16 April 2016 operate flight S7-182 Novosibirsk – Moscow, cabin crew members will offer passengers to participate in the event and check their knowledge. The text will be dictated by Elena Kuznetsova, a member of the «Totalniy dictant» Expert Council and a professional philologist. Passengers, who will participate in the event, will receive blank forms and special radio guides with headphones, which will enable them to hear the text and not to disturb resting passengers.

After the dictation papers will be transferred to experts for checking. Passengers will be able to learn their results and marks after 20 April on the website of the event «Totalniy dictant».

This year the event will be held in 732 cities of Russia and around the world. Over 150 thousand people are expected to take part in the event. The text for «Totalniy dictant» 2016 was written by Andrey Usachev, a children's story writer.