Photo: Diana Ayvazyan/PublicPost Today, throughout Russia, schoolchildren, as well as their parents, celebrate Knowledge Day. This year, 13 million 356 thousand 669 students sat down at their desks , of which 1 million 470 thousand were first graders. Currently, there are 102,153 different educational institutions in Russia, where more than 30 million schoolchildren and students study. This year, Russian schoolchildren will experience a lot of new things.