The new school year began in schools across Russia on September 2. These pictures show what this first day at school is like for children in two Russian villages.
The new school year began in schools across Russia on September 2. These pictures show what this first day at school is like for children in two Russian villages.
Pictured: Children going to school in the village of Ustiyantsevo, Chelyabinsk Region.
Pictured: Children going to school in the village of Ustiyantsevo, Chelyabinsk Region.
This year, schools across the country welcomed about 90,000 first-graders.
Photo: School students at a special assembly in a schoolyard in the village of Krasny Klyuch, Krasnoyarsk Territory.
Photo: School students at a special assembly in a schoolyard in the village of Krasny Klyuch, Krasnoyarsk Territory.
From this year children across the country will have to wear school uniform.
Photo: A first-grader before class in the village of Ustiyantsevo, Chelyabinsk Region.
Photo: A first-grader before class in the village of Ustiyantsevo, Chelyabinsk Region.
A first-grader, and some geese, before class in the village of Ustiyantsevo, Chelyabinsk Region.
A first-grader before a special assembly marking the new school year in the village of Krasny Klyuch, Krasnoyarsk Territory.
First-graders play during recess in the village of Ustiyantsevo, Chelyabinsk Region.
First-graders on their way to the special assembly marking the new school year in the village of Krasny Klyuch, Krasnoyarsk Territory.
A first-grader on her way to the special assembly marking the new school year in the village of Krasny Klyuch, Krasnoyarsk Territory.
A first-grader before class in the village of Ustiyantsevo, Chelyabinsk Region.
