Senior students of Russian schools in Dubai and Sharjah, as well as their peers in all cities of Russia, as well as near and far abroad, took part in the St. George Ribbon international campaign on the eve of the 63th anniversary of the victory in World War II. We offer you excerpts from their works in memory of the victims of World War II. Many adults will not be interested in learning about what their children think about the heroic deeds of the heroes of that distant war, what the current generation of children breathes, many of whom were born in the USSR - a country that is no longer on world maps ....
"... A warm southern night enveloped the earth. At the conventional time, Russian guns and mortars hit together. Attack aircraft appeared in the air. The terrible Sapun-mountain was enveloped in smoke and dust. ... Mikhail Orlov's machine-gun crew went into the advancing chain, supporting the rifle divisions. All higher and the fighters rose higher. The first trench was already close. For a moment, the chain trembled, froze. And then the commander of the machine gun crew of the 848th rifle regiment of the 267th rifle division of the Fourth Ukrainian Front Mikhail Y. Orlov. "For the motherland! Come on! "Behind him, with a cry of" Hurray! "The whole company rose. ... And then a blunt blow to the chest. Orlov, as if tripping, fell to the ground ... And somewhere far in Siberia a lilac rustled outside the window of the hut, where his wife and him were waiting two little sons.
On March 24, 1945, my grandfather was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. In the village of Ust-Abakan, the name of my grandfather is a street and a school. His name is carved on the obelisk of Heroes, erected after the war on Sapun Mountain ... ... In our family the name of Mikhail Egorovich Orlov is sacred and memorable for all generations.
The whole globe under the feet.I live. I’m breathing. I sing.
But always in my memory
Dead in battle.
Let’s not name all the names,
No bloodier relatives.
Is it because I live
What did they die? "
Elena Orlova, Grade 11, Russian Private School of Sharjah
*** "My great-grandfather - Snezhevsky Alexander Ivanovich also served at the front, and great-grandmother - Snezhevskaya Margarita Nikolaevna worked in the rear as a nurse. They went through the whole war together. From its very first days, until the very end. Great-grandfather received 2 bullet wounds in the war but they saved him, many days and nights fought for his life, there were many deaths then, everyone saw them: the military at the front, the nurses in the rear, and the common people in cities and villages.
... Our generation will never be able to feel all that pain and the horror that was then in the air. And we will never understand how you feel when it all finally ends. Hopefully this will never happen again. "
Alena Grigoryeva, Grade 9, Russian Private School of Sharjah
“My great-grandfather fought in my family, he went to war from the very beginning and participated in the liberation of many cities, such as Riga, Bucharest, and even Berlin. My grandfather was a paratrooper and survived the whole war and even returned home. My great-grandfather was Hero of the Soviet Union. "
Victor Laichuk, Grade 9, Sharjah Russian Private School
"If you see veterans on the street, please be kind and tell them a simple word - Thank you! After all, if not for them, what would happen to us, where would we live, what language would we speak? My great-grandfather was an intelligence officer in the Taman division. to Berlin, met victory there. We still have his orders. "
Anna Davtyan, Grade 11, Sharjah Russian Private School
"... on a great dayAnd on a national holiday
We remember everyone who did not come home
And who returned to us, with victory, alive!
Thank them for the blue sky
We will always remember all the heroes! "
Alexandra Rusetskaya, Grade 11, Sharjah Russian Private School
“The one who says that it’s not scary in the war probably just doesn’t know what war is. ... Of course, I cannot judge with accuracy the Great Patriotic War, since I was not there, but my grandfather, Hero of the Soviet Union, He told me a lot that these were the worst years for him, the worst thing was to return to nowhere at sixteen, because his parents died in the war, and my grandmother was born 1 month before the war, and all four years she lived with her older brother. But they waited for both parents from the war. I believe that we should honor and respect people rezhivshih this past war, because nobody knows what would happen to us if the Soviet army would not have defeated the Nazis. "
Dmitry Bragin, Grade 11, Sharjah Russian Private School
"The war has existed since the time mankind exists. ... Wars happen on the idea of the insane. Hitler was obsessed with the idea of capturing the whole world, for which he paid. The Russians won because of their steadfastness and desire for freedom. ... Many hero soldiers remained nameless. Let us not know their names, but we must remember them for their valor, courage and heroism. As the inscription on one of the houses of Belarus reads: "The feat of the Soviet people is immortal."
Ivan Zemchenko, Grade 10, Sharjah Russian Private School
“Hunger, cold, fear and horror - all our ancestors experienced all these feelings. But love, faith in victory, their courage ultimately won. All people at that time were one, helped each other as they could. And it worked! Power of all peoples, all nations defeated fascism. "
Lilit Davtyan, Grade 9, Sharjah Russian Private School
*** “Kiev and Minsk, almost completely destroyed. Bullet-cut red bricks of the Brest Fortress and an oath:“ We’ll die, but we won’t leave the fortress! ”. Khatyn and hundreds of other burning villages (along with the inhabitants). Odessa, Novorossiysk, Sevastopol Kerch, where the sea was raging and boiling from shell explosions. Stalingrad, where soldiers gnawed into the frozen ground and poured enemy chains under the piercing wind. Kursk land plowed by caterpillars of tanks. Corpses in the beautiful squares of besieged Leningrad. Cold, hunger, powerless, but desperate desired live! The sky of Moscow is always gray with airships. Blackout, cross-glazed windows and an unexpressed question: “Can the capital not be separated?” The country was on long and hard roads to victory ... 63 years of peaceful life. The ranks of veterans were thinned, their heads turned white. But on Victory Day - shoulders straighten, orders and medals ring, fellow soldiers gather. Front-line 100 grams, a minute of silence about the departed. Nobody is forgotten! Nothing is forgotten. "
Elena Alferovich, Grade 11, Russian Private School of Sharjah
“And here comes the holiday again, different from all the other holidays in Russia. No matter what happens in the country, no matter which party is at the helm, no matter how other countries relate to Russia, no one can belittle the significance of the decisive contribution that the USSR made in the common cause of victory over fascism.
... To understand the veterans, you need to go through the war yourself. And how bitter it is sometimes to look at young people, who are always subject to all kinds of ideas, who forget about the deed of their ancestors and embark on the path of fascism. And no matter how noble this circle is surrounded, no matter how it is called, it will always be crazy fascism, dividing humanity on a medieval racist basis. If it were possible, all the fascinating youth of this kind should be sent to the past so that they could see what they were playing. "
Veronika Tsarikova, Grade 10, Russian Private School in Dubai
“War is always anger, murder and inhumanity, and staying in this situation as a real person and citizen is true heroism. ... Our great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers coped with this task: they passed through fire and water, they saw the death of our loved ones, but they saved our Motherland for us, gave us, their descendants, the joy of a peaceful life "
Alexandra Goncharova, Grade 10, Russian Private School in Dubai
"Our generation will carry this pride and gratitude for the victory through the years. And our children will also know, love and appreciate this day."
Kristina Nabieva, Grade 10, Russian Private School in Dubai
“Personally, this victory causes me only a feeling of delight, joy for my country, love. Both my great-grandfathers died in the war and I bow to them for the fact that they died defending their family, homeland. And I think everyone should experience that remembering all those who gave their lives for us, for life and peace on Earth. "
Liliya Khasanshina, Grade 10, Russian Private School in Dubai
"There are flowers everywhere, people rejoice, This day is the resurrection of love and goodness. Let's say thanks to those who set a goal to Kill and destroy the enemy."
Kristina Gerasimova, 7 "A" class, Russian private school in Dubai
"Thanks to those who gave their lives for their homelandAnd glory to them for the price they protected us
To the glory of those who survived
To the glory of those who died
We will always remember you!
Thank you, thank you! "
Timur Mohammed, 7 "A" class, Russian private school in Dubai
"What is Victory Day? This is the happiest day for our grandfathers and great-grandfathers. May 9, 1945 was the most joyful day for the whole Russian people, Russian soldiers. ... Unfortunately, for the current generation this holiday has lost its former holiness. Boys play warriors "and they don’t understand how terrible the war is. I want to say many thanks to those soldiers who fought for our country, for our lives."
Anastasia Alekseeva, 7 "A" class, Russian private school in Dubai
“Victory Day, this is the most beautiful holiday in Russia. Grandfathers and grandmothers wear their favorite uniforms with awards, how interesting it is to come up and ask what each medal means. I had to catch the moment when I once came to the monument with my friends (came) and saw that grandfather with tears in his eyes, he recalled his youth. It seemed to me that he was a tanker on the T34 tank, we approached him and asked, “What's wrong with you?” He told his past and this tank saved him ... "
Anton Isaev, 7 "A" class, Russian private school in Dubai
"The war went on for more than 4 years. Many millions of people died. They died for freedom, for us, a growing generation, so that we live in peace. After tens of years, every year, on May 9, we celebrate this day. The day when ours grandfathers broke into Berlin and ended the war. The day on which Germany surrendered. The day when all the misfortunes ended. The day of tears for veterans. "
Ilya Balin, 7 "A" class, Russian private school in Dubai
*** "It is sad to see how few veterans of that war are left. You see, human life is short and vulnerable, but how without a shadow of doubt these people gave their lives in the name of the happiness of others. We have no right to forget them, who defended the freedom and independence of peoples. But just remember this is not enough. You have to be worthy of their feat. ... My great-grandfather went to the front at the forty-first. He went through the whole war, was awarded orders and medals. Our family carefully keeps all his military decorations. ... And great-grandmother worked with three young children for factory. The contribution of our women to huge dinner. Such heroes stood, stands and will stand Russian land. "
Karina Primbetova, Grade 8, Russian Private School in Dubai
“My family sacredly honors the memory of my great-grandfather, who fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, pilot Viktor Leonidovich Vazleev. He went through the whole war and did not see the victorious spring. He died in the war, but in family albums I saw his photographs. I was proud, proud and I’m proud of my great-grandfather. "
Rufat Huseynov, Grade 8, Russian Private School in Dubai
*** "My great-grandfather fought for our family, he died, shed blood for us. For a long time we did not know where he was buried, but thanks to the good people who decided to help my grandfather find the place of his burial - this is Arkhangelsk. I really want to to go there and express my gratitude to him, and I hope that when I tell my children about their great-great-grandfather-hero, they will also visit his burial place.I thank you for being alive and thinking about my future, not only my great-grandfather, but and to all (absolutely all) veterans of the Great Patriotic War, "
Anahit Petrosyan, Grade 8, Russian Private School in Dubai
"All the people at that time did not think about themselves, did everything in the name of Victory. In addition, our soldiers liberated their homeland and Europe from fascism. We must bow to the ground to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War from a simple soldier to a marshal, remember their exploits."
Ivan Leh, Grade 8. Russian private school in Dubai
Instead of an epilogue
... Or maybe there was no war, and people all dreamed about it? This is how the lines of one of the songs of Alexander Rosenbaum sound. The answer is excerpts from children's essays. And while our children remember that this cruel and terrible war was on Earth, the memory of the fallen will live.
Excerpts from essays retain author spelling and punctuation. The editors awarded special prizes to the authors of essays marked with ***. Please call us.
The editors thank the directors of private Russian schools in Dubai and Sharjah - M. Halikova and E. M. Kurlykova for the materials provided. Compatriots in the UAE thank Dmitry Zlotnikov for disinterested assistance in delivering St. George ribbons to the Emirates.
