The competition, held in the past 2013, was called "Russia 10". His main task was to tell the beauties and unique places of a large country and to warm up the interest of tourists in different regions of Russia. It was the competition that was planned to tell the whole world about unique natural places, historical sites and cultural monuments. Therefore, it was decided to choose ten places that would become symbols of Russia and could popularize a little-known cultural heritage.
They tried to make the choice of 10 symbols of Russia as objective as possible, and therefore proposed in the form of a popular vote. So anyone could vote for previously selected over 700 objects from each region. Even a special site was created where you could learn about the rules and get acquainted with all the places of the contestants.
Cold War Between Regions
At the same time, due to errors in the promotion campaign, most Russians simply did not hear about this competition, and as a result, could not vote, and this suggests that in this competition, those places that occupy not the first, but the second or third in importance. So, there are journalists who claimed that at a time when most of the country's population did not know about the competition, local regional authorities promoted their attractions in the lead. Therefore, it is not surprising that the mosque was in the leading positions. Akhmad Kadyrov's “Heart of Chechnya, ” which snatched victory from the Kolomna Kremlin. Although the organizers themselves were surprised, because these two objects already fell into the top 10 symbols of Russia.
And in many ways, this competition brought the undesirable: hatred and inter-regional hostility, since users who spread calls for voting on social networks often literally muddy architectural monuments and the population of the rival region.
Unfortunately, the shortcomings in the organization caused the very opposite effect than the one expected from the competition.
