Month of the Great Victory starts in Russian schools

The all-Russian united lesson of the Victory is a large-scale campaign of the Ministry of Education, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which will be held today in all schools of the country. "The event will not just be a one-time event, it will be the beginning of active patriotic work and preparation for the celebration of May 9," the press service of the department said.

The center of the action will be Moscow, where veterans and war veterans, representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Culture, students and cadets will attend a solemn ceremony.

After the all-Russian lesson of the Victory the head of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Livanov, will launch the Month of the Victory in all Russian schools of the country, children will visit museums and memorial sites, and will participate in patriotic actions.

The Deputy Chairman of the Social Policy Committee of the Federation Council, Lyudmila Kozlova, told Vestnik Kavkaza that today it is necessary to work actively to transfer the historical memory of the Great Victory to the younger generation. "Monuments, memorials, books, plays and movies about the war should be inherited, these things have to be taught not only to school children but also to preschool age children, because they are already beginning to understand these things. We cannot afford to interrupt the connection between the generations," she said.

The head of the Russia Today Center of International Journalism and Studies, Veronica Krasheninnikova, in her turn, drew attention to the need to establish a well-functioning mechanism for transferring national memory. "Today's generation still has the ability to communicate with the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, to get first-hand information about the heroism of the people. And how will we transfer this memory to tomorrow's generations? We have to think about it now, to create a legacy that can be passed down from generation to generation. Our duty is to pass it to our children and grandchildren," Krasheninnikova said.