VICTORY DAY

By Roman Kalashnikov

Teacher: M. Mushtaeva

Class: 9A

School: 913

Moscow, Russia

The meaning of Victory DayVictory Day is a National Holiday and a personal one.Every year before 9th May people all over Russia wear a George Ribbon. They do this to commemorate Victory Day. It is held each year on 9th May to remember the millions who died for their country or took part in the war in different ways. It officially marks the day when the war ended.

A Solemn CommemorationOn 9th May people pay tribute to all those who gave their lives in the carnage. Wreaths and flowers are laid on graves and

near the monuments. Old war veterans gather near the Bolshoi

Theatre and in Gorky Park in Moscow.

Memorial services take place all over Russia.

The President and top politicians lay flowers and stand in silence near the memorial “The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier».

In the evening there is a one-minute silence.

There is a parade and a huge fireworks display.

The Fame of Those Who Died Lives onThere is a war museum in our school and a monument to T-34 in the school yard.

War Veterans and cadets from the Military University are invited to our school to share their experience with pupils. Children greet them with flowers and presents. Veterans really enjoy special concerts organized for them.

Such events remind the people of Russia of their unity as a nation, make them feel patriotic.

“We, living people, have many rights. But we have no right to forget what our comrades did in the name of Victory, in the name of Motherland, in the name of life on Earth".Konstantin Simonov