1. Victory at the cost of life. Battle of Stalingrad

In the Great Patriotic War, the Battle of Stalingrad was of particular importance. Battles took place between the Volga and Don rivers from 1942 and lasted for about 200 days. Marshal Zhukov commanded our soldiers in the battle for Stalingrad. The German troops tried to capture Stalingrad in order to use the oil of the Caucasus, to refuel their combat vehicles, tanks and planes. During the fighting, many soldiers, both ours and the Germans, were killed, a huge number of tanks and aircraft were destroyed. It was one of the bloodiest battles. Thanks to steadfastness and heroism, our soldiers managed to encircle the sixth tank army of the Germans and defeat it.

Akhmedov Vlad

2. Childhood scorched by war

It was not at all by chance that I chose the topic for the essay “Childhood Scorched by War”, because I am also a child, I am only 9 years old, and it’s wonderful that I don’t know what war is. No, I know, of course, but only from the stories of adults and from the books that I read, the films that I watched.

In my opinion, war is the most terrible word on Earth, it is bomb explosions, the roar of cannonade, the death of people, often innocent people, the death of entire nations. War brings grief to all people: both those who start it and those who defend their homeland, but children suffer the most from the war.

Vibe Christina

3. Touch the feat with your heart (based on literary works about the war)

War... It's scary... We know and heard a lot about it, but we, the children of the post-war years, do not fully understand what war is. It always brings grief and misfortune to families, disrupts the usual order of things. War is hell, a "meat grinder" that grinds human lives, distorting human destinies.

A large number of books have been written about the Great Patriotic War. I want to talk about one of them, which I recently read. This is the story of B.L.Vasiliev "The dawns here are quiet ...".

Ganieva Alina

4. For the Motherland

July 2006 I'm 7 years old. I am with my mom and dad passing through the city of Volgograd. We walk along the winding paths of the park. Suddenly I see a large stone block and do not understand: what is it? I look closely, and this is a big aunt with a sword. Dad explains to me that this is a monument and it is called Motherland. On that day, I saw many more different monuments, a destroyed house, inscriptions on the walls of houses, the meaning of which I did not understand ... Everything was beautiful, calm, and joyful. After all, there are my loved ones, my loved ones.

Gibaeva Dilyara

5. Childhood scorched by war

The war of 1941 brought a lot of grief to more than one family, it is hardly possible to find a family that this terrible war would have bypassed. Someone's father, brother, husband died in this war. In this difficult time, it was hard for women who were left without support and coped with all the difficulties themselves. We must not forget about the children of this time, these children did not have a childhood.

Abdrazakova Diana

6. "Heroes of war are with us"

Most recently, I met a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Nadezhda Georgievna Nabokikh. Now she is 86 years old. I first saw her 3 years ago, when my mother and I came to visit Nadezhda Georgievna to congratulate her on Victory Day. Mom met her when she was in the hospital. Nadezhda Georgievna had a heroic life.

Durmanova Anastasia

7. Pioneer Heroes

2010 is a significant year in our lives. The bloodiest war of the 20th century ended 65 years ago. Soviet people protected from the fascist plague not only their own country, but the whole world. From the first day of the Great Patriotic War, our people fought the enemy. There were also children among the adults, for example, Lenya Golikov, Marat Kazei, Valya Kotik and Zina Portnova. It was these four pioneer heroes who were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Portnova Zinaida Martynovna (Zina Portnova) - a young partisan, a member of the underground Komsomol youth organization "Young Avengers"; intelligence officer of the partisan detachment named after K.E. Voroshilov in the temporarily occupied territory of the Byelorussian SSR.

Karelina Ekaterina

8. What do I know about war

June 22, 1941 Nazi Germany, without declaring war, suddenly attacked the Soviet Union. Violating the Soviet-German non-aggression pact concluded on August 23, 1939. At the same time, Italy, Finland, Hungary, and Romania entered the war against the USSR.

In April 1940 In Germany, the Barbarossa plan was developed, which provided for the lightning defeat of our country. The Germans planned to defeat the Red Army in 1.5 - 2 months, capture Moscow and Leningrad, reach the line of the city of Arkhangelsk - the river. Volga. With powerful blows to the industrial Urals, end the war.

Mitsykh Alexander

9. Do not forget the feat of soldiers

My dad and mom go to the Victory Parade with me every year, it always happens on May 9th. Today I want to write about what my mother told me about the war. I learned a lot of interesting things about the war while preparing this article, I understood the most important thing - feats in the Great Patriotic War were at every turn. Even the children were heroes.

Polyakov Egor

10. The childhood that never happened!

1941-1945 years! The Great Patriotic War is a tragic year in the history of our Motherland. For us, this is a black-and-white chronicle of bygone events. There is not a single family where the war has not left its heavy, non-healing wounds, it has crippled millions of destinies. We all know that the Great Patriotic War was very terrible for all the people who lived in 1941-1945, but children were especially afraid of it.

When you read the personal memoirs of former underage prisoners of fascist concentration camps, underage forced laborers of the |||-th Reich or underage children caught in the occupation, a chill runs through the skin.

Slepukhova Victoria

11. Terrible years of war

On June 22, 1941, German troops attacked our country. And in mid-September, after 80 days of unsuccessful attempts, the Nazis abandoned their original plan to take Leningrad by storm and began blockade of the city.

The enemy came so close that they fired cannons at all Leningrad streets, and it was possible to get to the front by tram.

The workshops of the factories were empty, because all the workers had gone to the front. They became soldiers and sailors. Old men, women and teenagers stood up to the machines.

Germanyuk Vladislav

12. Battle for Moscow

The Great Patriotic War is a huge spiritual wound in human hearts. It was the greatest war in the history of mankind. A huge number of people died in this war. It is terrible to think that children also took part in this tragedy. People gave their lives for the fate of their Motherland, for their comrades. Even the cities that withstood the entire pressure of the Nazi army were awarded the title of heroes. The Russian people endured a lot in these four years.

Zhuravlev Kirill

13. Everything is for the front, everything is for victory

Patriotic War ... I pronounce these words and scenes from movies, pictures from books about the war appear before my eyes. I, a nine-year-old man, know about this great event of the last century thanks to television, books, stories of my grandparents about how their parents lived and fought at that terrible time. These are my grandparents. I have only seen them in photographs. Old black-and-white photographs of the gallant commander of the Katyusha rocket launcher division, Major Dmitry Konstantinovich Sirotkin. In all military photographs, my great-grandfather is in military uniform. Tight and serious. In his gaze, calmness and confidence. I want to be like him. Although we have almost the same hairstyles. Previously, this haircut was called "half-box", and now "tennis".

Spasennikov Ivan

14. The sky submits to the strong

In early childhood, I fell asleep very badly. Neither motion sickness nor lullabies helped. And then military songs came to the rescue. As soon as my mother sang them, I calmed down. So “Dark Night”, “In the Dugout”, “Blue Handkerchief” became my lullabies. I grew up and learned to fall asleep on my own, but still often asked my mother to sing about the war. And one day I heard lines that surprised me:

And the soldier said that he was lying without legs:

You and I, sister, we will dance again!

Stepanova Alena

15. Everything is for the front, everything is for victory

I happened to be born in peacetime in a peaceful country. But in our family, every year on Victory Day, veterans are remembered, thanked for the opportunity to live, to live without war. My great-grandfather Anatoly Vasilyevich Shestakov fought against Japan, an ally of Nazi Germany. He was seriously wounded, but returned home alive, continuing to benefit his country, working in the field, growing bread. Therefore, my parents know about the difficult war years from a participant in those terrible events - my great-grandfather.

Shestakova Anastasia

16. Battle of Kursk

May 9, 2010 the country celebrates the 65th anniversary of the Victory over fascism. For our quiet life, tens of millions of soldiers and officers of the Red Army laid down their lives, innocent civilians suffered. But the soldiers saved our Motherland, preserved it for us living in XXI century. And we, the descendants of those who made this victory, are simply obliged to know the history of the Great Patriotic War, the heroes of the war.

Shorin Artyom

17. The ballad of shorts

18. Tatyana Nikolaevna Savicheva

When we lived in St. Petersburg, we were told about a wonderful girl who kept a diary during the Great Patriotic War. In 9 leaflets, 42 lines, all the horrors of the war were shown.

Popova Anastasia, 9a

19. If I fought in the war ...

War is bad! This is death, this is blood, this is destruction. In my view, war is guns, shells, many dead and wounded soldiers, in their eyes - fear, pain, hatred of enemies. If I had gone to war in 1941, I would have been a pilot, I would have bombed the passages to the German flanks.

Sukhonogov Leonid, 9b

A thunderstorm rumbled over the earth,
Boys grew stronger in battle...
Knows the people: pioneer heroes
Forever remained in the ranks!

There are events over which time has no power. And the further the years go into the past, the clearer their greatness becomes. These events include the Great Patriotic War. It is important for us to preserve the memory of the war. She lives in books, stories of elders, documents, photographs, letters, hearts.

In those days, boys and girls grew up early: they did not play war, they lived according to its harsh laws. The greatest love for one's people and the greatest hatred for the enemy called the pioneers of the fiery forties to defend the Motherland. Little heroes of the big war. They fought next to the elders - fathers, brothers, next to the communists and Komsomol members.

Fought everywhere. At sea, like Borya Kuleshin. In the sky, like Arkasha Kamanin. In a partisan detachment, like Lenya Golikov. In the Brest Fortress, like Valya Zenkina. And their young hearts did not waver! Their childhood was filled with such trials that even a very talented writer could come up with them, it would be hard to believe. But it was. It was in the history of our great country, it was in the fate of its little guys - ordinary boys and girls.

Are children born for death
Motherland?
Did you want our death
Motherland?
The flame hit the sky - do you remember
Motherland?
Quietly said: "Get up to help ..."
Motherland.

The Azanov rural library took an active part in the campaign “The war passed through childhood”, announced by the Republican Children's Library. The exhibition "Boys in 1941", dedicated to the young participants in the war, was framed.

Three works about young heroes were read at the events. In the third grade, G. Nabatov's story "Zina Portnova" was read. After reading, the children shared their impressions about the story. Many spoke about their grandparents who fought in the war or worked in the rear.

On May 5, the library invited the 5th grade to read G. Najafov's story "Valya Kotik". A presentation about pioneer heroes was shown. Then the children were offered to take books from the exhibition "Boys in 41st" and write a review about them.

On May 8, the 6th grade came to visit the library. They were also presented with a presentation about the pioneer heroes and read the story of Y. Korolkov "Lenya Golikov". The guys took books about young partisans to read and plunge into those difficult years for our country, to feel and survive all the hardships that befell the young defenders of the Motherland. They were also asked to write reviews of the books they read.

Here is a review of the book by A. Grebinin "Vera Ivanova" by a 5th grade student of the Azanov secondary school Tsintserova Anastasia.

“I read a book about a girl who participated in the war. The book is called Vera Ivanova. It was written by A. Grebenina in 1970. I really liked the story, because such a little girl was not afraid of the war, she helped the wounded soldiers.

There was a girl named Vera. When the war began, she was 3 years old. Her father went to the front. Soon the news came that Verin's father had died. Then Vera's mother went to war, and Vera with her. Vera was loved at the headquarters and she was given a doll. Soon my mother died. The girl became an orphan. And then one day Vera was carrying a letter to the soldiers and met her uncle on the way. He asked her where she came from and where she was going. Vera was frightened and ran away to headquarters. She said that she was questioned by a stranger. The soldiers ran with Vera to the place where she met her uncle. It was the local officer. He praised the girl for not revealing the secret.

The author in his work wants to show readers that even children fought. No one was spared by the war. Most of the characters I liked Vera, because she is brave, she is not afraid of anything. Helped two wounded. Vera is a fearless girl.

I liked the episode when the main character crawled for water. Not even afraid of an enemy tank. She reached the forest and brought water to the soldier. This is a real feat.

The book teaches that it is necessary to help people in difficult times. Be strong, fearless. I would recommend reading this book to girls and boys who do not know anything about the war. After all, everyone should know about it. This is our story."

Decide if I'm right or not.
My parents and grandmother live 30 km from us. There is a car. Every weekend they come to our city. Either to the theater, then to visit relatives, then to some kind of exhibition, then just take a walk, cafe, shopping center there .... that is, as it were, distance is not a problem at all. They used to visit us from time to time. Well, once every 2-3 weeks somewhere. They cuddle their granddaughter for 2 minutes, drink coffee and continue to hang out. Leaving me dirty cups. Okay, I'm not offended. They help all the same - sometimes they bring diapers, baby onesies. OK.
Those. Basically, my husband and I are alone with the child. More precisely, the husband is at work all day, he is with the child in the evening. And me during the day. The child hardly sleeps during the day. Well, you can't put it down. Sleep regression, teeth are still being planned ... That is, sometimes I can’t calmly eat, wash, tidy up the house, and, excuse me, go to the toilet, because as soon as I disappear from sight, I immediately or ...
OK. The last time my parents and grandmother came was March 8. As it turned out, the mother had a temperature, but the grandmother (old people are like children) was capricious "why are we not going" and they arrived. And the child got sick and got sick. Then me from her. Then the husband.
I calmly, but nevertheless expressed to my mother that, they say, if you are sick, you should not come. The baby was 4 months old at the time. Nothing can be cured. Snot river, temperature. Well, what the heck is this??? Why it was impossible to move the visit for a week. What are the tears from the grandmother from scratch?! What are the whims? How baby...
OK. They haven't come since. Apparently offended, although I asked, they say no.

So. As I said, the child does not sleep. She already weighs 8 kg. It's hard to carry. Plus after pregnancy I have a hernia. I'm getting tired. I just want to sit in silence and drink hot tea. I think many will understand me. Grandma calls sometimes. I am physically unable to always answer. Then I feed and the child is just starting to close his eyes ... Of course, I hope that he will fall asleep and do not pick up the phone. Then we swim. That's something else. Yes, even just I can, excuse me, sit on the toilet. Or washing a baby's butt. Yes, you never know... no. She starts calling non-stop until I pick up the phone. And when she takes it, she starts to scold me like a schoolgirl with me, "WHY DO YOU NOT PICK UP! I CALLED!"
The desire to talk disappears, of course. Parents stopped visiting right now. Although in the photo in social networks I see that they regularly visit our city. I can only walk to the nearest store, that's all my entertainment))). The mood spoils, of course. But I do not complain to anyone, I do not express dissatisfaction. I go about my duties and do not impose my child on anyone. It's just me and my husband doing it.
So my mom calls, I start with claims, "what's going on??? What's going on with you??? you don't call! don't write! I'm calling you!" And when should I call? Sleep regression, teeth have been outlined .. the child does not sleep at all. I'm not being rude, I'm speaking dryly and only to the point... Lack of sleep and fatigue take their toll.
I asked "Do I have the right to be tired? Do I have the right to be in a bad mood?" The answer is yes. The mother ended the conversation and hung up. Now she is offended, and I feel guilty.
I repeat that I have never complained to them. This is my child, I gave birth to him for myself, and I take care of him myself together with my husband. But parents can help, they can find one hour a month to come, take a stroller and walk for an hour with the child in the park. While I calmly sing at home, or wash the floor, and wash myself, but maybe just take a nap. And if not, if you don’t come, don’t want to or can’t, then why don’t I call and why don’t I write ...? When?? And no interrogations why did not pick up the phone!. Couldn't, I mean.
I have things to do. I think so.
By the way, I grew up with my grandparents. My parents took me for the weekend only. Like, they had to work, but there was no time to follow me and study. In short, it turns out their parents were engaged in their child.
In general, judge ... Maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe someone else did. I have to rush to the phone and report, like a first-grader, why didn’t I pick up the phone or why don’t I call ?? Do you have to make excuses for your bad mood and fatigue??

Sorry for the whole sheet .. It just boiled

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The world is beautiful

Yesterday I walk along a narrow sidewalk, a girl walks towards me, with a dog, and the dog jumps on all passers-by. I'm honestly afraid of dogs, I'm walking with a huge belly, and then a big dog jumps on me. Girl in headphones. Didn't even hear my request to keep the dog away. Of course, I have nothing against animals, yes they are cute (I can only watch from afar), but it just seems to me that it is wrong to keep animals on a long leash while walking, and not paying attention to the fact that they jump on passers-by? Does that annoy you too?

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Ekaterina

The situation is this, my daughter recently turned 15 years old, she studies perfectly, usually she shares everything with me, and I just recently found out that she already has some kind of relationship.
In general, since she is in the 8th grade, a parent meeting was held regarding further certification, etc., that’s not the point. Of course, in addition to this, the conversation was about children. The class teacher gave out information that in her daughter's class there are already those who meet with boys - with girls. Among them, she named my daughter, but she is dating a boy not from her class, and not even from a parallel, but from 9. I became interested, and after the meeting I decided to go to the leader and ask about this boy.
It turned out that he also studied with her, he did not study very much for the time being - until a time, later, when my daughter and her boyfriend already started dating, he began to catch up in 2 classroom subjects (Russian and literature), maybe in some other, even this the teacher did not know, but she found out that she used to smoke, also quit when they started dating.
What is the question, how to talk with your daughter about a guy about this, especially who had bad habits? I'm worried that maybe, God forbid, get into the wrong company. And is it worth starting such a conversation at all?

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In schools, the topic of the Great Patriotic War is constantly raised: class hours, competitions, concerts are held, films are shown. Some of the children react sharply, some are not affected. Should the teacher aim to reach the heart of every child with this topic? Is it even possible for all children to take these conversations to heart?

From the many comments left on the post, we have chosen the most interesting and revealing.

“You know, I recently caught myself thinking: I myself listen with tears in my eyes about the Second World War, etc., but I listen absolutely calmly about the war of 1812, the Battle on the Ice ... maybe it’s all about time periods?”

“My second graders in the mass are still listening and some people shed a tear. But they can also put a postcard for a veteran on their heads and laugh ... But you need to teach, you need to educate. Although the verses are unlikely to affect them. I tell them about children in the war, it’s closer to them, they can put themselves in their place.”

“First class is just kids!
My first tears of sympathy appeared only after the birth of children.

“The author wrote that she herself cried in the 1st grade. It's not about age, now children really don't perceive these tragic events that way. I had to send two volunteers to a small commemorative event dedicated to the Blockade. Everyone refused. Then two boys agreed to go, I even shed a tear because of this.

“They don’t feel anything in the 5th or 7th grade, or they’re not interested in anything at all, except for gadgets. It's very sad."

“It seems to me that they are still small in the first grade. I was preparing for the fifth this year and the eleventh. The material was different. For the five-graders, the film "Unlearned Lesson" served as the basis, the eleventh drew a parallel between the lives of children during the Second World War and their lives. I found a very good social video. The sensitivity of the older guys was greater. They already understand more, respect more deeply, know the value of life.”

“Didn’t interrupt? Didn't interfere? You can already rejoice in this. If you wanted feedback from such little ones, you had to allocate 5 minutes for reflection and put an end to it with some beautiful phrase yourself.

“Their generations do not know living veterans, did not go through their orders, did not listen to stories from the battlefields, unlike us. There is nothing to be surprised. Although my elder in kindergarten cried at the Victory Day matinee .. But he grew up with his great-grandfather, a living veteran, he saw his scars .. "

"The same story. Getting ready for the Day of lifting the blockade. The children said that they were already tired of it ..... both in the classroom and in the after-school .... there are no words.

“Maybe just poems and a selection did not touch the soul?
Some poems touch me, some don't.
“Today at the concert, I didn’t just shed a tear at all, but really, I cried from the bottom of my heart.
Although some of the poems that were read, I had seen before and they left me indifferent.

“Today, with the 6th grade, we watched the film of the Parachute studio, which was sent to all of us for the class hour. "Children of War" is called. The class is very difficult, impenetrable, as they say. But they watched with bated breath. True, they did not have time to discuss later. A film about the children of the Second World War and a little about the war in Lugansk. It can be found on YouTube if anyone is interested."

“And today I was talking in 5 classes about the pioneer heroes, I showed the film ... There was deathly silence. Then they read "Tankman's Tale", there was no end to those who wanted to. I asked to learn any poem about the war at home, for some reason many were happy)))) Then we read "Son of the Regiment".

“Here I read the comments and think ... “they don’t understand this anymore. Not that generation.” And isn't it we who brought up this generation, isn't it our "puncture" and praise to the generation that brought us up. "Their generation does not know living veterans ..." Isn't it our task to maintain memory. There are few living veterans, but there are chronicles, interviews. If you give up and sign your impotence, nothing good will come of it. In the first grade, I wouldn’t call them for sympathy at all, not that age. It is better to present the soldiers as superheroes, to tell about the exploits, about the sons of the regiment, to cause pride. We need to continue to tell, show, choose the right material.”

“That's right, you need to educate ... My son has been asking for films about the war (the Great Patriotic War) for 5 years, and he already distinguishes ninja turtles - fictional "heroes" from our great-grandfathers - real ones, and a man in uniform is an example for him to follow. Especially in a vest and a blue beret. And at school, great attention is paid to the subject of the Second World War, well, the truth is that the school is in a military microdistrict and most of the parents serve. So military subjects are close to our children. It all depends on upbringing."

“And I expected just such a reaction from my people: well, can we go already? And they froze, as if there was no one in the class. 6th grade. We watched the video with the song "Salaspils".

“Today, in the 8th grade, they read poems about the war, listened to the songs of the war. The students listened, read expressively, some did not hide their tears.

“Now my 11, 10 and 6 are enthusiastically watched by 4 tankmen and a dog. And in the Immortal Regiment, the elders will go. Everything comes from families."

“Sadly, but every generation has its own war. And it would be nice if there were no wars in our memory, neither past nor present.

“If we speak too often about patriotism, victory and war, then the true meaning of these words is erased. Hence the indifference. The fifth graders told me so: "We are tired of talking about the war," and I understand them. They hear a lot about it now, they hold events every quarter, but they don’t understand the true meaning - I don’t think that this is their fault. The logical consequence of the situation when Victory Day is a ribbon on mayonnaise and tanks in the square, and not a story about the horrors of war.

“I beg you, the girls in your class will cry over this after they give birth!
And the boys, like going to the army, will get into the "hot spots" and survive.

“Even in the first grade, I could cry from everything related to the subject of the Second World War, because until April last year my grandfather, a front-line soldier, was alive, thanks to whom I could not perceive such a topic indifferently. And now there is no one else in the family to ask about that time, what and how it really happened. And I agree with the author of one of the comments: now we are solely responsible for how our children will relate to the topic of the Second World War. And from the realization of this fact, it becomes, in fact, very scary for me ((((((((((((( (((
But we will hold on, colleagues! In the name of the memory of those who found the terrible time from 1941 to 1945. and who is no longer with us! And, of course, for the sake of those who are still alive and see how their great-grandchildren grow up!) ”

“I am very grateful to the literature teacher, my children in the 8th grade studied Fadeev’s Young Guard, I don’t know what happened in the lessons, but they were imbued with this work. They themselves found the song "Krasnodontsy" at the Soldier's Song Festival, found the video, put their whole soul into the performance. Maybe they have grown up already, before the topic of the war did not affect children so much, did not force them to pass information through all this through themselves.

“A few days ago I attached a St. George ribbon to my clothes. So some of the younger students almost sarcastically asked, "What, these things can already be put on? Are you already celebrating the victory?" Others asked in bewilderment: "Daria Vladimirovna, what is it with you?" Representatives of the middle management grinned sarcastically: "Oh, Daria Vladimirovna ... a patriot!"

“I just can’t understand one thing: do you track the degree of success of such events by the number of sobs? Your task is to tell, not to bring to tears. Your manipulation failed, and wonderful."

“Sobbing is not an end in itself, of course. Sometimes laughter is a defense. But more and more indifference ...

I disagree about age. A child in the first grade can understand a lot, just the perception of war is not right. At the age of 7, I stood at the eternal flame and the monument to the fallen along with my classmates. I remember that I was very worried, I tried my best, because such a responsibility, I tried for the dead fighters.

“I don’t understand anything anymore. Are you aware that for many high school students, 1945 and 1812 are almost the same dates? And why is the effectiveness of the lesson assessed by the number of children who shed tears? Sentimentality will remain sentimentality, and children's ignorance of the history of their state is fraught. Porridge in their head. And not only them.”

“Do not demand from children emotions that, due to their age, they cannot show you! Do your job: talk about the war, order films, turn on songs of the war years... They will grow up! I remember myself at school, the topic of the war was distant and incomprehensible, I perceived the meeting with veterans, congratulations to them as a social work, a load. The realization came later, when I became an adult.”

On June 22, the sun shone hot like in summer, poplar fluff slowly flew, couples dressed in the fashion of the late 30s strolled slowly in the square, and songs from the pre-war years were sung on the main stage. The feeling was as if the time machine moved back 75 years, to the beginning of the still peaceful summer of 1941.

On the stage in the park, the artists performed famous romances, the audience - both adults and children - sang along, some even danced a waltz along with members of the historical dance society.

Away from the concert, the boys looked with interest at the weapons of the Great Patriotic War, tried on the helmets of soldiers and looked through military binoculars.

The children looked at the exhibition with interest. Photo: AiF / Elena Ivanova

“We brought models of wartime weapons to the exhibition: a Mosin carbine, a sniper rifle, a Diagtyarev light machine gun,” says Alexander IVANOV, a member of the Naslediye military history club. “All the weapons took part in the battles, and the Nazis were probably killed from it, but later it was decommissioned, it was converted into models that do not shoot.”

While those who became interested in weapons were told about rifles and pistols, other guys listened to the fate of partisans, their peers, who courageously fought against the enemy.

“I didn’t even know that Leonid Golikov, who was only 16 years old, fought on an equal footing with adults,” twelve-year-old Alena PETROVA wonders. “Today we were told that he became a Hero of the Soviet Union, but did not have time to receive an award, he died.”

The children were able to test their knowledge of the Great Patriotic War in a historical game. The guys were divided into teams that competed with each other. To one of the questions, what kind of partisan pioneers do you know, from the crowd of children they timidly shouted out: “Marat Kazei, Valya Kotik and Sasha Chekalin.”

You can't forget

But among the audience of the concert there were those who did not know on what occasion the event was being held. A young mother with a baby in her arms was sincerely surprised that June 22 is the day the Great Patriotic War began. True, she promised to remember this date.

“Together with a team of assistants, we decided on the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, on the day the Second World War began, not just to hold a concert, but to remind children and adults about the important events of the bloody war,” said Evgeny LEBEDEV, deputy of the Council of Deputies of Novosibirsk. - The younger generation, unfortunately, knows little about it, because little attention is now paid to patriotic education. That is why we decided on our own to organize a concert, an exhibition, a historical game and show the short film "Front Lines-2". After the premiere of the film, all actors and spectators will receive a book “Front Story” as a gift, which we will later transfer to the district libraries.”

The children were already finishing the story game and arguing about who won, when all of a sudden the announcement of the start of the war sounded from the speakers. Levitan's voice, like 75 years ago, announced that, without declaring war, fascist Germany attacked the Soviet Union. "Frost on the skin!" - the teenage girl confessed to her friend. After that, all the participants of the event released about a hundred white balloons into the air in memory of those who were the first to die at the hands of the Nazis, who defended the country's borders.

The children were told about the beginning of the war. Photo: AiF / Elena Ivanova

When the songs of the war years sounded from the stage, tears appeared in the eyes of the audience. “I was born in 1937 in the NSO, but I remember the war,” says Irina FILIPPOVA, a pensioner. “We, the children, did not eat up, our older brothers and sisters worked on collective farms and factories throughout the war.”