First-graders at a Minsk school looking at the portrait of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

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Minsk first-graders assembled to celebrate their first day at school.

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Moscow first-graders celebrating the first day at school.

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Celebrating Knowledge Day at elementary school No.7 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

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Celebrating Knowledge Day at elementary school No.7 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

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Tomsk cadet school students and teachers seen at a celebratory assembly on Knowledge Day.

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Priest and boarding school students at the Tomsk cadet corps' celebratory assembly on Knowledge Day.

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Teacher officer and boarding school students at the Tomsk cadet corps' celebratory assembly on Knowledge Day.

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Boarding school students at the Tomsk cadet corps' celebratory assembly on Knowledge Day.

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Balashikha school No.3 pupil at celebratory assembly on September 1.

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Balashikha school No.3 pupils' celebratory assembly on September 1.

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First-graders presenting their teacher with flowers on Knowledge Day

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Schoolchildren seen in classroom on Knowledge Day.

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First-grader running with a bouquet of flowers to her classroom on Knowledge Day.

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First-graders walking with bouquets of flowers to their classroom.

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Junior schoolchildren holding balloons at their celebratory assembly on September 1.

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Schoolgirls seen in their classroom, sharing impressions of their vacations.

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Junior schoolchildren at their celebratory assembly on September 1.

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First-graders at a Moscow school

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Tatarstan Head Rustam Minnikhanov participating in the opening ceremony of Tatar-language school No.12 for female students in the Moscow district, Kazan.

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First-grader seen at females school No.12 celebratory assembly in Kazan.

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First-grader seen at females school No.12 celebratory assembly in Kazan.

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Lesson at Tatar-language school No.12 for female students.

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Day of Knowledge in a St. Petersburg school.

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A schoolboy with a bell in the official lineup at Vladivostok Gymnasium No. 2.

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Knowledge Day at a St.Petersburg school

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First-grader in the holiday line-up at Moscow school №492.

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First-grader in the holiday line-up at Moscow school №492.

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First-grader during a lesson in Moscow school №492.

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Sergei Mironov, head of the Just Russia Party group in the State Duma, attending the celebratory assembly at one of the Moscow secondary schools.

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St.Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko greeting a pupil on the first day of the new academic year at Pierre de Coubertin school No.211 with advanced French language studies.

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St.Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko speaking at Pierre de Coubertin school No.211 with advanced French language studies.

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First-graders during a lesson at one of the Moscow schools.

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A first-grader during a lesson at one of the Moscow schools.

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A first-grader during a lesson at one of the Moscow schools.

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First-graders during a lesson at one of the Moscow schools.

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First-graders during a ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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A pupil before a ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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A pupil before a ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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First-graders during a ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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First-graders during a ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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A ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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First-graders during a ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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Pupils before a ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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A ceremonial lineup at one of the Moscow schools.

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