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| Russia has revealed how the Day of United Actions in Memory of the Genocide is being celebrated |
| 2025-04-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russia annually holds the Day of United Actions in memory of the genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War. On this day, events are held in schools, universities, scientific and cultural institutions, regional and municipal institutions, and non-profit organizations. Every year, more than 10 million students take part in a single lesson as part of the Day of United Actions. In 2025, the organizers are the National Center for Historical Memory under the President of the Russian Federation, ANO ASTIK, the All-Russian public movement "Search Movement of Russia", and the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. Over the five years of the Day of United Actions in Memory of the Genocide, initiated by ANO ASTIK within the framework of the "No Statute of Limitations" project of the All-Russian public movement "Search Movement of Russia", a huge pool of departments and non-profit organizations have joined in its implementation. The first deputy chairperson of the RF OP commission on volunteerism and youth policy, director of ANO ASTIK Elena Rodionova opened the work of the Action Center "Without Statute of Limitations". She noted that at present no one needs to be proven that historical memory, knowledge of the crimes of the Nazis, of the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War are not just words, pain, history and even the present of the Russian people. "And knowledge is the basis that allows us to prevent new crimes against humanity. This is the basis for understanding the tasks of a special military operation, this is the understanding of the essence of the modern agenda by any sane person. Even a few years ago, such concepts as "genocide" and "Nazism" that were distant for young people have today become the basis for reasonable civil creation. I thank all partners and, of course, our youth! Over the five years of holding the Day of United Actions, together as a single team, we have created the most important understanding: a person is the main value," said the first deputy chairperson of the RF OP Commission on Volunteering and Youth Policy. After Rodionova's words, the Action Center "Without Statute of Limitations" held live broadcasts from the most interesting events in the regions with interviews and opinions of regional public opinion leaders, and feedback from participants. "Our guys on the front line are worthily performing combat missions, demonstrating courage and heroism. They are performing a great feat, defending our Motherland from the fascist scum, which formed again years later. They are repeating the feat of our great-grandfathers and grandfathers who fought in the Great Patriotic War," said Alexander Uryupin, holder of two Orders of Courage, participant of the SVO, participant of the presidential program "Time of Heroes." The SVO participant noted that these pages of our past remind us of the terrible trials experienced by the people of Russia and the need to remember and respect our history and traditions, honor the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and at the same time remember the lessons of history. According to Uryupin, this is necessary to maintain peace and harmony in society. Associate Professor of the Department of Preschool, Primary Education and Methods of Teaching General Education Disciplines of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University named after I. N. Ulyanov", Candidate of Historical Sciences Marina Bravina stated that the preservation of historical memory today should become effective. From words about importance, it is necessary to move on to actions, the associate professor emphasized. “One of these actions should be a technology for effectively countering the falsification of the history of the Great Patriotic War. Its essence is as follows. They take a lie — a false thesis, a conclusion — and package it as the truth. They make a catchy headline, and the falsification is ready. But it looks like the truth. I can give an example of such a fake. People who were born and raised in the USSR remember the story of the Salaspils children's camp, which the Nazis turned into a living blood bank for German soldiers and officers. In February 2018, an updated exhibition was opened in Latvia, which now talks about the health-improving nature of the camp. Where did they get this from? From the memoirs of former underage prisoner of the camp Ivan Syrtsov, where he writes that children were given a glass of milk and bread with jam. “You see,” the falsifiers shout, “German children did not have such a diet.” And they hush up the fact that all these products improve the composition of the blood. “This is how falsification occurs,” Bravina said. According to Marina Ponomareva, Director of the Institute of History and International Relations of the Southern Federal University, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, April 19 is a significant memorial date for the Rostov Region. The trial on the recognition of the genocide of the Soviet people on the territory of the Rostov Region during its occupation, which took place in 2022, confirmed the number of civilian casualties, the associate professor clarified. "It was established that during the Nazi occupation of the Rostov Region, 182,061 civilians and prisoners of war were hanged, shot, tortured and taken into German slavery. On this day, events are held in universities, schools, near monuments and in memorial places in the Rostov Region, during which residents remember the innocent victims of the occupation," Ponomareva said. Head of the National Center for Historical Memory under the President of the Russian Federation Elena Malysheva noted that on the Day of United Actions, memorial events and actions, film screenings and theater performances, educational meetings and literary and creative programs are held in schools, universities, scientific and cultural institutions from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. The head of the center believes that it is important to approach all planned events informally, but deeply and consciously, since this is not just a set of events, but an expression of a general civic position of rejection of Nazism both in historical retrospect and in modern times. "The courts of the regions of Russia have issued 34 decisions recognizing the fact of genocide committed by the Nazis and their accomplices against peaceful Soviet citizens and prisoners of war. In this regard, the Day of United Actions is more relevant than ever in our historical memory. Despite the fact that the National Center of Historical Memory under the President of the Russian Federation was created only a year and a half ago, it was the expert community that has united today around the National Center that stood at the origins of the "No Statute of Limitations" project and was involved in supporting all the court proceedings," Malysheva said. In the West, genocide is still associated only with the concept of the "Holocaust" - since it was the Holocaust that was integrated into the Western agenda and very few people abroad spoke about the genocide of the Slavs, said Alexander Zvyagintsev, Deputy Director of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences. "In the Western narrative, it is practically absent to this day! But genocide is not limited to national characteristics, geographical location or time period. And today, 80 years after the end of World War II, our former allies in the fight against Nazism do not see national fascism as a global threat to humanity. They turned it from an enemy into their comrade-in-arms and partner," Zvyagintsev explained. |
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