Medals are awarded as follows: The number of Russian programs in American high schools has been steadily decreasing since the end of the Cold War.
The states and regions currently offering Olympiadas are as follows As part of the registration fee, ACTR provides "medals" for each participant, based on score.
Each year, the top finalists from each region are invited to the Olympiada Study Abroad Program, which includes a homestay in Vladimir, Russia.
Every three years (2001, 2004, 2007...) the top finalists are invited to be part of the US delegation to the International Olympiada of Spoken Russian held in Moscow.
Olympiada of Spoken Russian for Heritage Speakers Starting from 2009, Malenkaya Kompaniya (ru:Маленькая компания (журнал)), literary magazine for Russian-speaking children in US, together with the ACTR and the Slavic Department of the Columbia University, organizes annual Olympiadas of Spoken Russian for Heritage Speakers.