'The Last Bell': Russia's High School Seniors Celebrate Leaving
At the end of May each year high school seniors across Russia end the last day of classes with the ringing of the "Last Bell."
The soon-to-be graduates dance in traditional school uniforms, exchange flowers and presents and hug their classmates goodbye.
Here's a look at this year's celebrations:
The soon-to-be graduates dance in traditional school uniforms, exchange flowers and presents and hug their classmates goodbye.
Here's a look at this year's celebrations:
It's all a bit too much for one student in the Russian far eastern city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
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Students were allowed to gather in person this year after 2020's celebrations were moved online because of the pandemic.
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Adding the final touches to uniform in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
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Students traditionally dance to mark their last day ...
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... as well as engaging in less formal celebrations.
Vitaly Nevar / TASS
The years go by so fast.
Yegor Aleyev / TASS
School friends are friends for life.
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Young women in traditional Russian school uniforms.
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The last day of school is bittersweet.
Yegor Aleyev / TASS
