Annual All-Russian Science Festival NAUKA 0+ is the major educational event aimed to engage children, students and young people with science and its achievements. "NAUKA" means "science" in Russian, and 0+ means that the Festival is for wide audience of all ages.
300+ cities in Russia
where the festival events take place throughout the year
90+ venues in Moscow
4 central venues and 80+ smaller ones make Moscow the Capital of the Science Festival
2.5 million participants
visit festival events throughout the year in Russia, 900 000 in Moscow
5 million online visitors
thousands of followers in social media
Festival Events
Nobel Talks
Eminent Scientists' Lectures
Science Performances
Interactive Exhibitions
Workshops
Competitions
Past speakers
Ada Yonath
director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Nobel prize in chemistry 2009 (Israel)
Frank Wilczek
American theoretical physicist, mathematician, the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Nobel prize in physics 2004 (USA)
Dudley R. Herschbach
American chemist at Harvard University, Nobel Prize in chemistry 1986 (USA)
Tomas Lindahl
Swedish-born British scientist specialising in cancer research, Professor at Linköping University, Nobel Prize in chemistry 2015 (Sweden)
Harold Varmus
American scientist, Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, a senior associate at the New York Genome Center, Nobel Prize in physicology or medicine 1989 (USA)
Steve Wozniak
American computer scientist, one of the founders of Apple, the inventor of the Apple II computer (USA)
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«Let me say about All-Russian Science Festival, we have nothing like this in America. It is remarkable to me that you are able to reach out across the country and inspire people, educate people about science. It really became a very big and very marvelous, and very inspirational event.»
Kip Thorne
Nobel Laureate in Physics for the experimental registration of gravitational waves USA
«I was impressed by the large audience attending the lectures, visiting the booths and taking part to the workshops. Among the visitors, the proportion of teenagers and young aduts was really impressive too. We learn a lot from each other and appreciate international cooperation.»
Sophie Biecheler
Director for international relations City of Science and Industry – Universcience France
«It was breathtaking to be part of the All-Russian-Science Festival «NAUKA 0+» last year. I never expected such a huge event! Wherever I performed my science show «Science is fun!» I met interested and very smart people of all ages. So it was in fact mind-opening, especially to meet some Nobel laureates in person too.»
Joachim Hecker
Host of the program «Science for Big and Small» in West German broadcasting company Germany
«… I sincerely thank you and your wonderful team for supporting us organise the «Journeys from Alchemy to Chemistry» event during the All-Russian Science Festival 2019. We greatly appreciate your help that made it possible to engage with hundreds of children helping spark interest in science while promoting intercultural appreciation and diversity.»
Hanan Dowidar
Head of Strategic Partnerships 1001 Inventions Egypt
«Participation in this festival offered the Young University of Innsbruck team a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with Russian and international scientists and science enthusiasts. We thank the team of the NAUKA0 + Science Festival, which made our intercultural journey possible and actively promoted the scientific exchange.»
Silvia Prock
Director of the Young University of Innsbruck Austria
Kip Thorne about All-Russian Science Festival NAUKA 0+
Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics
Kip Thorne about All-Russian Science Festival NAUKA 0+