The key facts
- The Ministry of Education recommended the film
Film about Peter I recommended for schoolchildren
Russia's Ministry of Education has recommended that students watch Andrei Kravchuk's historical drama Birth of an Empire , released in cinemas on October 29, and plans to organize special screenings in schools and cinemas. This was reported by Life.ru, citing the ministry. The film covers the period from the siege of Narva in 1700 to the victory at the Battle of Poltava: at the center of the plot are Peter I's reforms, the struggle for access to the sea, and the events preceding the proclamation of Russia as an empire.
How the screenings will be organized
According to the publication, for students aged 12 to 14, screenings will be organized directly in educational institutions, while schoolchildren over 14 and college students will be able to attend cinema sessions centrally under the federal Pushkin Card program. Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov stated:
Methodological materials and recommendation for eighth-graders
The ministry will prepare methodological materials and a script for a thematic lesson about the events shown in the film; such a lesson is planned to be held in schools across the country so that students can discuss what they saw with their teachers. Separately, the film was recommended as a visual teaching aid for eighth-graders. The official announcement of the recommendation is posted on the Ministry of Education's website.
Context: new rules for assessing behavior
In the same article, Life.ru recalls another recent initiative of the ministry: The Ministry of Education has approved rules for assessing schoolchildren's behavior, which will be tested as part of an experiment in the 2026/27 academic year. Students in grades 2 through 8 will be given one of three assessments —
