Abstract
The purpose of this article is to describe the discovery and development of mathematically gifted students at the Kolmogorov School—Special Educational and Scientific Centre of Moscow State University. This residential school, which was founded by Academician Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, a member of both the Academy of Science and the Academy of Education in the U.S.S.R., in December, 1963, currently fosters the mathematical development of approximately 200 pupils in grades 10 and 11 who are selected through written and oral examinations after participation in regional olympiades. The article illustrates the curricular principles used at the Kolmogorov School.
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