Moscow youth laid flowers at the monument today To Alexander Suvorov. Why do the exploits of the commander of the distant XVIII century not leave the modern man indifferent?
Photo: AiF/Inna Aleynikova.
Hero – that says it all
From the metro station “Dostoevskaya” to the monument go groups of young guys with red carnations. Not in formation, it’s quite obvious. We came just because we wanted to. “Yesterday, the chairman of our student Council announced that on Defender of the Fatherland Day it is possible to lay flowers at this monument,” says a third-year student of the Moscow State University of Technology and Management. Razumovsky Anastasia Buchatskaya. – We agreed to meet here, so we are waiting for the start of the action. I study computer science and computer engineering, my friends – from the «food» faculty. But we are well aware of Suvorov – we were told in detail about the feats performed in Russian history classes. His life is impressive, not a single lost battle!»
Photo: AiF/Inna Aleynikova.
“Suvorov is the one you can try to be like. So what if he lived more than two hundred years ago? Hero – that says it all, – says the project manager «City of Heroes Moscow» Dmitry Kurbanov. The project brings together people from 14 to 35 years old covering the topic of “everyday heroism”. They get to know people who unexpectedly faced a difficult situation and accomplished a feat, record an interview with them, and then post it on the Internet. “The hero can be a 16-year-old guy” he helpeda subway passenger who accidentally fell on the rails. Or a bone marrow donor who once decided to enroll in the national donor registry, – Dmitry gives examples. You communicate with them and are surprised: after all, in some cases there was no time for reflection, and the person, without hesitation, simply saved the stranger.
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Memorial plaque on each house
The Battle of Kozludzhi and Rymnik, the Kinburn Battle, the Italian campaign – in the places of the battles of Suvorov, you can enthusiastically study geography and history. And if, at the mention of the generalissimo’s name, these key battles will immediately come to mind only to experts, then the capture of Ishmael and the crossing of the Alps are known to everyone, as is the famous Suvorov “Hard in teaching” easy in battle”.
In a recent appeal to the citizens of Russia Vladimir Putin I drew attention to the significance of this historical figure. “Let me remind you, in the XVIII century soldiers fought for this city Alexandra Suvorova, – the president said about Ochakov. Thanks to their courage, it became part of Russia. At the same time, in the XVIII century, the lands of the Black Sea region, annexed to Russia as a result of the wars with the Ottoman Empire, were called Novorossiya. Now these milestones of history are being tried to be forgotten, as are the names of state military figures of the Russian Empire, without whose labors modern Ukraine would not have many large cities and even the very exit to the Black Sea. Recently, a monument to Alexander Suvorov was demolished in Poltava. What can I say?»
It is noteworthy that the places of Suvorov campaigns are treated with respect even abroad. For example, the correspondent of “AIF” happened to write about the Swiss local historian Walter Gelere, who opened a private museum in Lintal in the canton of Glarus and leads free excursions himself (now the museum has moved to the canton of Uri). Mr. Geler amazes Russians who visit there with the attitude of foreigners to the Russian military commander. There is a memorial plaque on every house where Suvorov spent at least a day. Geler spent 40 years exploring the surroundings with a mine detector and collected a rich collection of artifacts: remnants of weapons, cores, bullets, equipment. He was accused of “black digging” and demanded to hand over the finds, but he won the courts.
Near Suzdal, in the village of Kistysh, the former ancestral estate of Suvorov A.V., an initiative group of veterans of the Armed Forces and the FSB of Russia is creating an architectural and historical complex of the Great Russian Commander with public donations. Photo: suvorovkistysh.ru
Meanwhile, in Russia a few years ago, enthusiasts from different cities, including residents of Moscow, undertook to restore the Church of St. Basil the Great erected by Suvorov in the village of Kistysh, in the Suzdal district of the Vladimir region, based on archival materials. To the family estate, donated by Peter I Suvorov’s grandfather, the military commander just came to stay. His grandfather and father lived there permanently. After the death of his father, Alexander Vasilyevich erected the St. Basil the Great Cathedral in memory of him. In 1928, the church was closed, the bell tower was blown up. Even 10 years ago, the temple was threatened with complete destruction. The rescue work carried out with donations revived it.
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Loud anniversaries and quiet life
Today’s action on laying flowers at the monument to Suvorov in Moscow brought together a variety of guys. According to Ekaterina Dragunova, Chairman of the Committee for Public Relations and Youth Policy of the City of Moscow, these are volunteers, the student rescue corps, representatives of cultural projects and NGOs. “Of course, events about heroic personalities are held in the city throughout the year, we celebrate all anniversaries,” she said. – There is even a Club of children of heroes in Moscow, it is headed by the daughter of Marshal Ivan Konev. Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gather, who share facts unknown to a wide range about what their loved ones were on the battlefield and what they were like at home. When the epidemiological situation allows, the meetings will resume, about which the committee will make announcements on its website. On February 23, we also remember all those who defended our homeland – these are heroes of the Great Patriotic War, internationalist warriors and, of course, commanders of past eras, such as Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov.
AiF at Dacha No. 4. We are planning cucumber beds on 15/02/2022
In the Northern Federal District the expected average temperature in March is -4…-7 °C, which is 1-3 degrees higher than usual. The estimated amount of precipitation is 20-40 mm, which is slightly more than normal, in the Vologda and Murmansk regions, moisture deficiency is likely.
At the beginning of the month there will be light snow, -1 …-6 degrees in the afternoon, in the Komi Republic up to -8 °C, at night it will freeze to -17 °C. By the end of the first decade, there is light precipitation in places, the daytime temperature is close to zero.
In the middle of March it is cloudy with clarifications, light precipitation, in the afternoon -1…+4 °C. By the end of the second decade, there is light snow in places, -3 degrees -8 degrees during the day, at night it will freeze to -16 degrees. In the middle of the third ten days it is cloudy, on some days precipitation, in the afternoon 0…+5 degrees, in the Komi Republic there are slight frosts and snow. The month will end with cloudy weather with light snow, the daytime temperature is 0 …-5 & deg;C, and only in the Komi Republic it will get noticeably colder, the daytime temperature is -8…-13 degrees, at night in places up to -20 ° C, and light snow will pass only in places.
The contrast was the third decade of March 2016 in Arkhangelsk. 21 in the morning, the frost strengthened to -18.8 degrees, slight frosts were observed in the daytime. But in the last days of the month, spring has decisively come into its own. On the 29th, with the bright sun in the afternoon, the air warmed up to +12.3 degrees, which became a record for the whole month.Last year’s March was unusually contrasting. March 9 in the Arctic anticycloneat night, the frost got stronger to a record -35 degrees, it was cold in the daytime, about -15 degrees. In the last days of the month, it warmed up significantly, active snowmelt began. And again, it was not without records. On March 24, the maximum temperature reached +8.9 degrees. The average monthly temperature and precipitation were close to the climatic norm.
In the Central Chernozem region the estimated monthly average temperature is close to zero, which is within the normal range. The expected precipitation is 25-35 mm, which is slightly less than the long-term average values.
At the beginning of the month without precipitation, the daytime temperature is +1…-4 °C, at night it will freeze to -13 °C in places. By the middle of the first decade there will be light precipitation, the daytime temperature is -2+3 degrees.At the end of the first ten days there is light precipitation in places, during the day the maximum temperature is -3…+2 °C, at night -4…-9 °C.
By the middle of the month, no significant precipitation is expected, slight frosts will remain at night, during the day the air will warm up to 3-8 degrees Celsius. At the end of the second ten days precipitation is possible, in the afternoon 0 … +3 degrees.
By the beginning of the third decade, light snow, in the afternoon from 0 to 5 degrees below zero, there is ice on the roads in places. In the middle of the third decade, there is light precipitation in places, in the afternoon +2 …+7 degrees.March will end with dry and warm weather, during the day the air will warm up to 9-14 degrees Celsius.
March 2020 turned out to be record warm in Voronezh. The average monthly temperature was +5.7 degrees, which is 6.7 degrees higher than usual.On March 10, the air warmed up to +19.4 degrees, so the record of the month was set at an unusually early date. Last year’s average temperature was within the normal range,precipitation fell less than usual. The coldest weather was observed at the beginning of the second decade, on the 11th in the morning it froze to -18.7 degrees, moderate frost was also in the daytime. The warmest day was March 26, in the afternoon the air warmed up to +10.7 degrees.
In the Volga-Vyatka district and on the Middle Volga the expected average temperature of the month is -1…-3 °C, which is a degree higher than normal. The estimated amount of precipitation is 15-20 mm, which is less than usual.
In the first days of the month without precipitation, in the afternoon -1…-6 °S, there is ice on the roads in places. By the middle of the first decade, there is no precipitation, at night -8 degrees -13 degrees, during the day the maximum temperature is +1 degrees-4 degrees. At the end of the first ten days, there is light precipitation in places, -2… +3 degrees in the afternoon, there is ice on the roads in places.
By the middle of the month, dry and cloudy weather is expected, light frosts at night, and the maximum temperature during the day is up to 2-7 degrees Celsius. At the end of the second decade there will be snow and sleet, the maximum temperature during the day is -3…+2 degrees.
By the beginning of the third ten-day short-term snow, daytime temperature -1…-5 °C. March will end with dry and warm weather, during the day the air will warm up to 6-11 degrees Celsius.
On the Lower Volga the expected average temperature of the month is -2…+3 °C, which is close to the long-term average values. The estimated amount of precipitation is 10-20 mm, which is less than usual.
At the beginning of the month there is no precipitation, the daytime temperature is -2 …-7 °C, at night in places up to -15 degrees.By the end of the first decade, light precipitation in places, daytime temperature -1…+4 °C.
In the middle of the month, dry weather is expected, the daytime temperature is +2 degrees +7 degrees, in the Astrakhan region on some days the air will warm up to 10 degrees Celsius. By the beginning of the third ten-day precipitation will pass, in the afternoon the maximum temperature is -2 … +3 °C, in the Astrakhan region up to +5 degrees. March will end with dry and warm weather, daytime temperature +7 … +12 °C, in the Astrakhan region the air will warm up to 11-16 degrees Celsius.
March 2020 was abnormally warm and dry in Volgograd. Last year’s March turned out to be record warm in Samara. The average monthly temperature was +5.4 degrees, which is 5.3 degrees higher than usual.On March 31, the air warmed up to +20.5 degrees. Thus, the monthly record of 1995 from the 29th was repeated. Last year’s March was also very dry,the average monthly temperature was close to normal.At the beginning of the second decade, a wave of Arctic cold swept through, night frosts intensified to -17 degrees, during the day the maximum temperature was -7.5 C. And only at the very end of the month, spring finally came into its own, on March 31, the daytime temperature reached + 10.1 degrees.
In the south of the ETR the estimated average temperature in March is +3…+5 °C, which is a degree higher than normal. The expected amount of precipitation is 35-45 mm, which is close to the usual, in places there is likely a shortage of moisture.
In the first days of the month there is light precipitation in places, during the day the maximum temperature is +3 …+8 & deg;C, on the Black Sea coast +7…+12 degrees, light rains. By the middle of the first decade, in the afternoon +8…+13 °C, on the Black Sea coast up to +17 degrees, light rain in places. At the end of the first ten days, short-term precipitation, in the afternoon +4 degrees+9 degrees, on the Black Sea coast +8 degrees +13 degrees.
By mid-March, there is light precipitation in places, the weather is windy, the daytime temperature is +5…+10 °C.
At the beginning of the third decade, precipitation is not excluded, during the day +1 …+6 & deg;C on the Black Sea coast +4…+9 degrees, frosts are possible at night. March will end with warm and dry weather, the maximum temperature during the day is +13 …+18 °C, on the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory on some days the airit will warm up to +20 degrees.
March 2020 turned out to be record warm and dry in Rostov-on-Don. The average monthly temperature was +7.7 degrees, which is 5.3 degrees higher than usual. Precipitation fell only 1 mm. On March 8 and 9, the maximum temperature reached +20.8 and +22.5 degrees, respectively, which became daily records. The warmest day was recorded on March 25, 2008, when inThe warm sector of the southern cyclone received air from Saudi Arabia, during the day the maximum temperature reached +26 degrees. Last year’s month was distinguished by heavy precipitation and a low background temperature. On March 12, with the influx of Arctic air, it froze to -13 degrees in the morning, a slight frost persisted during the daytime hours.
In Crimea the estimated average temperature in March is +4…+5 °C, which is 1-2 degrees warmer than usual. The expected precipitation is 40-45 mm, which is slightly more than usual.
In the first days of March, a heat wave is likely, the daytime temperature is +12 …+17 & deg;C, on some days short-term rain. By the end of the first ten days there will be light precipitation, in the afternoon +3…+8 ° C.
In mid-March, there is light precipitation in places, the daytime temperature is +5 … +10 & deg;C. By the beginning of the third decade, short-term precipitation will take place, +1 … +6 degrees during the day, frosts up to -5 degrees at night.
Unstable weather with light precipitation will persist until the middle of the third ten-day period, the temperature will begin to rise, in the afternoon to +7 … +12 degrees. March will end with dry and warm weather: daytime temperature +15…+20 °C.
March 2020 turned out to be abnormally warm and dry. The average monthly temperature in Simferopol was +8.3 degrees, which is 4.4 degrees higher than usual. On March 4, the air warmed up to +27 degrees, a record was set for the first decade of the month. Last year’s March turned out to be somewhat colder than usual, the amount of precipitation was closeto long-term average values. Only in the middle of the month the air warmed up to +14 …+19 degrees, the third decade turned out to be the wettest, only on some days the temperature rose to +10…+15 degrees, but mostly cool and windy weather prevailed with daytime temperatures below 10 degrees.
In the Urals the expected monthly average temperature is -2…-4 °C, which is 1-3 degrees above the norm. The estimated amount of precipitation is 10-20 mm, which is less than usual.
At the beginning of the month without precipitation, -2 degrees-7 degrees in the afternoon, -13 degrees-18 degrees at night. By the middle of the first decade, there is light snow in places, 0 degrees-5 degrees in the afternoon. At the end of the first decade without precipitation, after moderate night frosts during the day, the air will warm up to 0…+5 degrees.
By the middle of the month, dry weather will remain, daytime temperature from 1 to 6 degrees Celsius.
At the end of the second decade there will be light precipitation, in the afternoon +2…+7 °S. By the middle of the third decade, precipitation is not expected, at night it will freeze to -7 degrees-12 degrees, daytime temperature 0 degrees-3 degrees, ice on the roads. March will end with dry weather with mild night frosts, during the day the maximum temperature is +3…+8 °C.
March 2020 turned out to be record warm in Orenburg. The average monthly temperature was +1.5 degrees, which is 6.7 degrees higher than usual.Only 9 mm of precipitation fell, which is significantly less than the climatic norm. On March 29, the air warmed up to +17 degrees, which became a daily record. The warmest day in March was recorded in 2008, on the 31st day the maximum temperature reached +18.9 degrees. Last month was 2 degrees colder than usual.
There was a return of winter cold, from March 11 to March 16, night frosts intensified to -20 …-25 degrees. And it was only in the last days of the month that the daytime temperature broke the zero mark.
On south of Western Siberia the estimated average temperature of the month is -3…-5 °C, which is 2-3 degrees higher than the average long-term values. The expected precipitation is 12-30 mm, which is slightly less than usual, excess moisture is likely in Altai.
In the first decade of the month, no significant precipitation is expected: daytime temperature -2 …-7 °C, at night up to -18 degrees.
By the middle of the month, light precipitation is not excluded, -2 degrees +3 degrees in the afternoon, there is ice on the roads in places.At the end of the second ten days without precipitation, in the afternoon +1 … +6 & deg;C. By the beginning of the third decade, precipitation will pass, daytime temperature +3…+8 degrees. In the middle of the third decade without precipitation, at night -9…-14 °S, during the day -2…+3 °S. The month will end with cloudy weather with clarifications, light precipitation is likely, slight frosts at night, 0…+5 °S in the afternoon.
The record cold was March 1999 in Novosibirsk. The average monthly temperature was -16.7 degrees, which is 7.8 degrees lower than usual. On March 5, in a powerful Arctic anticyclone in the morning, the frost strengthened to -36.4 degrees, which became a monthly record. Abnormally cold weather persisted until the end of the second ten-day period. And only at the very end of the month the maximum temperature was able to overcome the zero mark. Three years later, the first month of spring, on the contrary, surprised with abnormally warm weather, light frosts were only an episode in whichmost days the air warmed up to 2-7 degrees Celsius. The average monthly temperature was -1.9 degrees, which is almost 7 degrees higher than usual. However, precipitation fell more than 2 times more than normal, as Atlantic cyclones carried very warm air far to the east. Last year’s month in terms of temperature was within the range of long-term averages, but precipitation fell in excess. Throughout the month, the weather was characterized by an unstable character, waves of cold were periodically replaced by waves of heat.
On south of Eastern Siberia the expected average temperature in March is -2…-4 °C, which is 1-3 degrees above normal. The estimated amount of precipitation is 10-15 mm, which is within the average long-term values, in some places there is a shortage of moisture in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
There is light precipitation at the beginning of the month, a thaw is likely in the afternoon. By the middle of the first decade, dry weather is expected with a large daily temperature range, at night -15…-20 °C, during the day -1…-6 °C. At the end of the first ten days there is a light snow, the daytime temperature is 0…-5 degrees.By the beginning of the second decade without precipitation, at night -12 degrees-17 degrees, during the day-3…-8 °With . At the end of the second ten days, a heat wave is expected, slight frosts at night, +4 degrees in the afternoon +9 degrees. In the third decade, warm weather is expected to prevail, on some days there will be light precipitation, in the afternoon from 3 to 8 degrees Celsius, in some places the air will warm up to 10 degrees celsius.
In the south of the Far Eastern region the estimated monthly average temperature is -0…-4 °C, which is 1-2 degrees higher than usual. The expected precipitation is 15-20 mm, which is slightly less than the climatic norm.
In the first days of the month, there is light snow in places, -4 degrees-9 degrees at night, 0 degrees-5 degrees in the afternoon. By the end of the first ten days, mostly without precipitation, the temperature at night is -9 …-14 & deg;C, during the day it is about zero, in the Khabarovsk Territory it is colder by 3-5 degrees.
In the middle of the month, light precipitation with increased wind is not excluded in some places, in the afternoon 0 +5 degrees, in the Khabarovsk Territory up to -5 degrees. Warm and dry weather is expected for most of the third decade, +7 degrees +12 degrees in the afternoon, +3 degrees +8 degrees in the Khabarovsk Territory. In the last days of the month, light precipitation is not excluded and it will become 2-3 degrees cooler.
In Kaliningrad region (Kaliningrad) the expected average temperature is +3…+4 degrees, which is a degree higher than normal.The estimated precipitation is 35-40 mm, which is slightly less than usual.
At the beginning of the month without significant precipitation, in the afternoon the maximum temperature is +1 …+6 °C. By the middle of the first ten days there will be light precipitation, in the afternoon 0 … +5 & deg; C. At the end of the first decade there will be light precipitation in places, the daytime temperature is from 2 to 7 degrees Celsius.
By the middle of the month, cloudy weather is expected, light rains will pass, daytime temperature +4 … +9 & deg;C. At the end of the second decade, light precipitation, during the day the maximum temperature -2…+3 degrees, at night it will freeze to -7 degrees.By the middle of the third ten-day precipitation is not expected, during the day the air will warm up to +11…+16 °C. March will end with cloudy weather with clarifications, rains will pass, daytime temperature +7 …+12 degrees.
March 1990 was the warmest on record. The average monthly temperature was +6.2 degrees, which is 5.1 degrees higher than usual. On March 19, the air warmed up to +20.1 °C, which became a record for the second decade of the month. Last year’s March in terms of temperature and precipitation was within the range of long-term averages. The last day of the month became the warmest, the maximum temperature reached +17.3 degrees.
In St. PetersburgThe expected average temperature in March is 0+1, which is 1-2 degrees above normal. The estimated precipitation is 25-30 mm, slightly less than the average long-term values.
At the beginning of the month there is light precipitation, the daytime temperature is -2…+3 °C, there is ice on the roads in places.By the middle of the first decade without significant precipitation, in the afternoon -3…+2 °C. At the end of the first decade without precipitation, the daytime temperature is 0*hellip;+5 *deg;C, there is ice on the roads in places. By the beginning of the second decade, there will be light precipitation, the daytime temperature is -1 … +4 degrees.
In the middle of the month precipitation is not expected, in the afternoon from 2 to 7 degrees Celsius. At the end of the second ten-day period, short-term precipitation, daytime temperature is close to zero, at night up to 8 degrees below zero, there is ice on the roads in places. By the middle of the third decade, partly cloudy weather is expected, without precipitation, from 1 to 6 degrees Celsius in the afternoon, at night it will freeze to -5 °C. The month will end with moderately warm weather, light rain is possible, daytime temperature +4°C+9°C.
The warmest March was observed in 2007. The average monthly temperature was +3.6 degrees, which is 5 degrees higher than usual.On March 22, the air warmed up to +14.9 degrees, which became a record for the third decade of the month.
Last year’s March was a contrast. On the morning of March 10, it froze to -20.3 degrees, and the last ten days turned out to be the warmest. On March 24 and 28, records of the maximum daily temperature were set, which now amount to +11.2 and +14.3 degrees, respectively. Precipitation fell slightly more than usual.
In Moscow and the Moscow region the estimated average temperature of the month is 0+1 degrees, which is 1-2 degrees higher than usual. The expected precipitation is about 25 mm, which is less than normal.
In the first days of March without significant precipitation, the temperature during the day is -2…+3 degrees, at night up to -7…-12 °C. By the middle of the first decade, there will be light precipitation, about zero degrees in the afternoon, there is ice on the roads in places.At the end of the first ten days without precipitation: at night it will freeze to -6…-11 °C, during the day the maximum temperature is 0…+5 °C, there is ice on the roads in places. By the beginning of the second decade, light precipitation, 0… +3 degrees in the afternoon.
In the middle of the month, dry and warm weather will be established, daytime temperature +4 …+9 °C. By the end of the second decade, precipitation will pass, during the day the maximum temperature is -1 … +4 degrees. At the beginning of the third ten-day period, there is light snow in places, in the afternoon 0 degrees -5 degrees, at night it will freeze to -10 degrees, there is ice on the roads in places. By the middle of the third decade it is cloudy with clarifications, light precipitation, in the afternoon from 2 to 7 degrees Celsius. March will end with warm weather, light rain will pass in places, during the day the maximum temperature is from 8 to 13 degrees Celsius.
March 2007 turned out to be record warm. The average monthly temperature was +4.4 degrees, which is 5.8 degrees higher than usual.On March 30, the maximum temperature reached +17.5 degrees, which became a daily record. The monthly record belongs to 2014, on the 25th day the air warmed up to +19.7 degrees. Last year’s March turned out to be close to normal in terms of temperature and precipitation, but the month turned out to be contrasting. On the morning of the 10th, the frost strengthened to -21.3 degrees. The warmest day was recorded in the third ten-day period, on the 28th in the afternoon the air warmed up to +12 degrees.
On February 21, “United Russia” sent a humanitarian cargo for residents evacuated from Donbass to the Rostov and Voronezh regions. Trucks with food and basic necessities have already left the Samara, Saratov and Moscow regions, as well as the Chechen Republic.
Assistance for those who arrived from Lugansk and Donetsk, who are in temporary accommodation, is collected by the regional offices of “United Russia”.
Tons of products and personal protective equipment
Five tons of humanitarian cargo were sent to refugees from the Moscow region: these are confectionery and bakery products, as well as 40 tons of water, coffee, personal hygiene products, bed linen, antiseptics, electrical appliances and heat guns.
“Young Guards from the Moscow region arrived in the Rostov region yesterday, at temporary accommodation facilities for residents of Donbass. Therefore, we receive information promptly about what is needed and in what volumes,” noted Secretary of the regional branch of “United Russia”, Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Igor Bryntsalov.
Another truck with hygiene and personal protective equipment, heat guns, food left the Samara region.
“The regional branch of the party and the Young Guard have joined the formation of humanitarian aid. Today we have the first batch, these are personal protective equipment – more than five tons. Kettles, heaters, items and basic necessities that people need so much,” said the head of the party faction in the Samara Provincial Duma Alexander Zhivaykin, noting that an interdepartmental headquarters has been formed and operates in the region to prepare for the reception of internally displaced persons on the territory and three accommodation points for evacuees in different municipalities of the province are planned.
The Chechen Republic also sent food aid to refugees: the truck will join the interregional humanitarian convoy in Stavropol.
“We express our unity with the residents of Donbass, who now have to leave their homes, seek shelter to protect their families, and are ready to provide any necessary assistance. The unity of peoples determines the strength of the Russian state, today we must all unite to protect the rights of people evacuated from the LPR and DPR,” said Adlan Dinaev, head of the executive committee of the Chechen Regional Department of United Russia.
For the refugees who arrived in the Voronezh region, “United Russia” sent the first batch of humanitarian aid from Saratov. Reception points are open in all local public reception rooms of the party. In two days, residents of the region and deputies of “United Russia” completed the first car.
“People responded quickly. Already at the weekend, food, hygiene products and other necessary things were transferred to the collection points. We need to be prepared for the fact that even more people will want to help. Therefore, we will involve all resources in the work: primary, party assets, MHER, volunteers. So that the received goods and products are sorted and promptly sent to where they are most needed. The work will not stop either on weekends or on holidays,” noted State Duma Deputy Nikolai Pankov.
Today, during the day, cargo will depart from Belgorod, Bryansk, Tula, Kaluga, Orel and Ulyanovsk regions, Dagestan and Sevastopol.
Psychological and legal assistance
Previously Secretary of the General Council of “United Russia” Andrey Turchak He said that a youth asset was sent to the Rostov region to assist residents evacuated from the DPR and LPR. In coordination with the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the group members will assess the amount of necessary assistance. The consolidated group is formed from volunteers working at the headquarters of the movement “We are together”, representatives of the “Young Guard of United Russia”, “Youth ONF” and “Volunteer Company”. United Russia volunteers have already started providing psychological and legal assistance to refugees, helping children with education so that they do not lag behind the school curriculum.
In addition, “United Russia” will provide humanitarian assistance to refugees. Humanitarian cargo will be formed in the regions en route to the Rostov region in the Moscow, Tula, Voronezh and Lipetsk regions. Regional branches of the party in the Belgorod, Kursk, Ryazan, Tambov and Bryansk regions, Stavropol Territory and a number of other subjects will also assist in its formation.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have transferred tanks to the Vozdvizhenka settlement near the contact line in Donbass. This was told by a representative of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic, RIA Novosti reports.
According to available information, the Ukrainian army has deployed seven T-64 tanks near Vozdvizhenka and two armored combat vehicles near Mayorsk. In addition, there is another BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle near Novotroitsky.
Earlier, the DPR reported 66 violations of the truce over the past day by Ukrainian security forces. So, in less than an hour, the AFU fired on three districts of the republic at once – Zaichenko (at 07.20), Sakhanka (at 07.37) and Shevchenko (at 08.00).
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian side will provide military assistance to the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR). The relevant provisions are contained in the treaties on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance of Moscow with the two republics.
Ukrainian security forces violated the ceasefire regime 66 times over the past day in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The corresponding data is provided by the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC), RIA Novosti reports.
The Armed forces of Ukraine fired on three districts of the republic in less than an hour. It is specified that the fire was conducted on the settlements of Zaichenko (at 07.20), Sakhanka (at 07.37) and Shevchenko (at 08.00).
In the first two settlements, the Ukrainian military fired 12 shells of 122 and 120 millimeters, and 16 shells of 122 millimeters were fired in the last one.
Earlier in Donetsk there was an attempt on the ex-Minister of Defense of the Republic Vladimir Kononov. As a result of the emergency, a local resident was injured, it is known that the victim was heading to a meeting with Kononov.
The spouses of the highest state dignitaries and major military leaders in different countries and in different eras had a special status and could count on some privileges. But in the Soviet Union of the 1930s-1940s, no discounts were given to anyone.
In order to collapse from the heights of his position, not just to the bottom, but to be behind the bars, it was enough to take one wrong step, a careless statement or a thoughtlessly accepted gift. High-ranking husbands in some cases tried to fight for their second halves, but more often accepted what happened with humility.
Bronislava Poskrebysheva: execution for the wife of the faithful assistant of the leader
Alexander Nikolaevich Poskrebyshev For a quarter of a century, he was the head of the special sector of the Central Committee. Under this name, the personal secretariat of Joseph Stalin was hidden, and Poskrebyshev himself was the first assistant to the leader.
Poskrebyshev’s first wife was a revolutionary Jadwiga Stankiewicz, with which Stalin’s assistant parted in 1929. Soon he met endocrinologist Bronislava Metallikova, an employee of the Research Institute of Endocrinology at the People’s Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR. In 1934 they got married.
Bronislava’s older brother, Mikhail, still under Lenin he headed the medical and sanitary department of the Kremlin. The Metallikovs traveled to participate in medical conferences, and in 1933 they accidentally met across the borderLev Sedov, son and active assistant Leon Trotsky. In addition, Mikhail Metallikov’s wife was the sister of Sedov’s wife.
The competent authorities became aware of that meeting, which carefully recorded compromising evidence on the Metallikovs.
In 1937, Mikhail was arrested on charges of counter-revolutionary activities, who was subsequently shot. Then Poskrebyshev managed to avert the threat of arrest from his wife.
But, since the repressions also affected her other relatives, Bronislava appealed to the competent authorities several times, demanding a review of their cases. In 1939, during one of the visits to the NKVD, the wife of Stalin’s assistant was arrested.
This time, at the request of Poskrebyshev, the leader advised to find a new spouse. He did so, in 1941, when he married Ekaterina Zimina.
Bronislava Metallikova-Poskrebysheva was shot in October 1941. In 1957, she was posthumously rehabilitated.
Ekaterina Kalinina: the wife of the All-Union headman suffered for her opinion
The All-Union headman Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin married an Estonian Ekaterina Johannovna Lorberg back in the beginning of his revolutionary activity. His wife went through all the stages with him, starting from arrests and exile and ending with the elevation to the position of one of the top leaders of the USSR.
Kalinin’s wife was not a shadow of her husband, she had her own opinion on everything, which she was not shy to express. In the second half of the 1930s, when Stalin’s leadership in the party had already become indisputable, Ekaterina Kalinina allowed herself quite harsh criticism of the leader, about which he was informed.
On January 17, 1938, at the first session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 1st convocation, Kalinin was elected Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. And in the autumn of the same year, the wife of the nominally first person of the country was in prison on charges of anti-Soviet and counter-revolutionary activities. Kalinin did not manage to protect his Trotskyist wife.
On April 22, 1939, Ekaterina Kalinina was convicted by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR and sentenced to 15 years in labor and correctional camps with deprivation of civil rights for five years.
Only in 1945 Kalinin managed to achieve mitigation of the fate of his wife. She was pardoned, released from the camp, shortly before the death of the All-Union headman. Despite her release, she was soon sent into exile.
Ekaterina Kalinina was rehabilitated in 1953, after Stalin’s death. She died in December 1960, at the age of 78.
Olga Budennaya: the wife of the commander of the First Cavalry was let down by frivolity
The famous commander of the First Cavalry and one of the first Soviet marshals Semyon Budyonny he was married three times. The first wife of the military commander, Nadezhda, died in 1925 in an accident.
Soon after, Budyonny was sent to a resort in Kislovodsk to restore his psychological state. During this trip, he met an opera singer Olga Mikhailova, who was much younger than the legendary cavalryman.
This did not stop Budyonny, and he married a beautiful woman. Olga’s status as the wife of a legend helped in her acting career, but her behavior and frivolity caused the condemnation of Budyonny’s friends. Numerous novels were attributed to the woman, they said that she was just using her husband. During the years of marriage, the family never had children.
Budyonny himself, however, adored his wife, gave her furs and jewelry. And Olga is so used to expensive gifts that she stopped being aware of who she accepts them from.
Her visits to foreign embassies, where diplomats made her expensive offerings, ended with her arrest in 1937. Budyonnaya was accused of espionage and attempted poisoning of her husband, and at the same time they beat out testimony against the marshal himself.
But Stalin ordered the compromising material on Budyonny to be removed. As for his wife, she was sentenced to 8 years in prison, subsequently adding another three years.
Budyonny himself got married for the third time, and his chosen one was the cousin of the arrested Olga. In this marriage, he finally found true family happiness. His wife gave birth to three children.
To accuse Budyonny of betrayal is not worth — judging by everything, for many years he believed that the arrested spouse was no longer alive.
When Budyonnaya was released in 1956, the marshal moved her to the capital and provided her with financial assistance.
Lydia Ruslanova: the fatal love of a great singer
The famous singer was a favorite of the entire Soviet Union, and never complained about the lack of male attention. During the war years, she went with concerts to the front, where she met the commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, Major General By Vladimir Kryukov, who was part of the inner circle of Georgy Zhukov.
Ruslanova could not resist the courtship of the brave cavalryman, and a few months later she married him.
On May 2, 1945, Ruslanova gave a concert at the walls of the defeated Reichstag. The delighted Marshal Zhukov presented her with the Order of the Patriotic War.
The family of the general and the singer lived luxuriously, and this well-being subsequently became the cause of great problems. Kryukov became one of the defendants in the so-called “Trophy case” related to the appropriation of property by high-ranking military personnel in Germany. It is believed that Marshal Zhukov was the main target of the investigation, but it did not come to his arrest.
General Kryukov was arrested on September 18, 1948, and ten days later Lydia Ruslanova was also in prison. According to the materials of archival and investigative cases No.0046 and No. 1762, during the searches, V.Kryukov and L.Ruslanova were seized: a car “Horch 951A”, two “Mercedes”, “Audi”, two hundred and eight diamonds, and also emeralds, sapphires, pearls, one hundred and seven kilograms of silver products, one hundred and thirty-two paintings by Russian artists Shishkin, Repin, Serov, Surikov, Vasnetsov, Vereshchagin, Levitan, Vrubel, Makovsky, Aivazovsky and others, thirty-five antique carpets, antique tapestries, many antique sets, furs, sculptures made of bronze and marble, decorative vases, a large number of books, seven hundred thousand rubles in cash and more.
Kryukov was sentenced to 25 years in prison, Ruslanova was given 10. Both spouses were released and rehabilitated after Stalin’s death.
According to the memories of loved ones, the singer did not worry about the confiscated property: “they humiliated her for the fact that it is impossible to survive this in front of the whole country.”
General Kryukov died in 1959, his wife survived him by 14 years. They are buried nearby at the Novodevichy Cemetery of the capital.
Polina Zhemchuzhina: the indomitable Stalinist was not broken by prison
The future head of the Soviet government and People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov got married in 1921 to a fellow wrestler Polina Zhemchuzhina, behind whose shoulders were underground activities during the Civil War and work as a political worker in the Red Army.
Molotov’s wife was an independent person, and she promoted her career solely at the expense of her own abilities. In 1939, she headed the People’s Commissariat of the Fishing Industry of the USSR, although she did not last in this position for a long time.
Polina Zhemchuzhina (birth name Pearl Solomonovna Karpovskaya). Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org
The Pearl fell into disgrace quite unexpectedly, after the war. Stalin supported the creation of the state of Israel, but its leaders quickly shifted to the United States, which caused the anger of the leader.
Polina, a Jew by nationality, met withGolda Meir Who worked as Israel’s ambassador to the USSR, speaking highly of the socio-economic transformations in the new Jewish state.
In January 1949, Zhemchuzhina was arrested on charges of having links with Jewish nationalists.On December 29, 1949, Polina was sentenced by a special meeting of the USSR MGB to 5 years of exile in the Kostanay region. In 1953, a new charge was being prepared against her, but after Stalin’s death, the case was closed, Zhemchuzhina was released and rehabilitated.
Zhemchuzhina amazed everyone by the fact that she remained a convinced Stalinist after her arrest, and what happened did not change her views in any way. She died in 1970. Vyacheslav Molotov survived his wife by 16 years, and died in 1986 at the age of 96 years.
Defender of the Fatherland Day is celebrated in Russia on February 23. What Russian stars looked like while serving in the army — see in the photo АиФ.ги .
Weekly magazine “Arguments and Facts” No. 8. Defense of the Fatherland – in the first place 23/02/2022 Plot Aggravation of the situation in Donbas
On February 22, humanitarian aid collection centers for refugees from the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics opened in Moscow on the basis of the Mosvolonter office and eleven NGO coworking centers. Those who want to help bring food and essential items: diapers, coloring books, cereals and clothes, and someone — and books with stationery.
Boxes with already sorted things are laid out all over the headquarters of the “Mosvolonter”. There are a dozen volunteers in the office who accept help from caring citizens.
As the volunteer of the headquarters tells Polina Okuneva she came here to help people. For her, this is the first action of this format, although before that the girl had repeatedly helped the “Mosvolonter”. Assistants meet people, measure their temperature and check things and products that volunteers have brought. “We are looking at the expiration date and condition of things so that they are new, in the package,” says the girl. Second-hand items are not accepted at the center.
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Completely different people come. Muscovite Natalia I found out about the collection of help on the radio in the morning and immediately brought food: “I collected all the canned goods that were, sweets, soap.” When asked why she decided to help, she says that she represents the state of people: “Especially those who stayed there. They’re bombing there.” Natalia’s relatives live in Ukraine, but relations with them have not developed very well, she complains: “I’m worried about Donbass, my ancestors are from Ukraine, but they only behave badly: they don’t communicate with me.”
MSU student Nataliahe says that they “decided just not to remain indifferent in such a situation and help people”. We learned about the collection from the Internet, came as soon as possible.
Sergey from Moscow, he says that he has been worried about Donbass since 2014, although he has no ties and relatives there. “But these are the same people as us, and they did not deserve the bombing and destruction of their home,” the man explains. I want to believe that Russia’s recognition of the republics will bring peace back to Donbass, and everyone we came to help will return to their homes. Sergey brought two bags of groceries with him.
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Food, clothes, dishes, personal hygiene products and basic necessities can be brought to the centers as humanitarian aid. Toys, books and stationery can be left for children.
A special section for foreigners appeared on the portal of public services, at the moment there are five services, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation reported.
With the help of the portal, foreign citizens will be able to view available vacancies on the website “Work in Russia”, check restrictions on entry into the country, enroll in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to submit documents for patent registration, receive statements about salary and retirement experience, write a complaint to the labor inspectorate.
To register on the Public Services portal, a foreigner will need to create a simplified account using his full name and email address. In addition, you will need a Russian SIM card and SNILS, which can be obtained through employers or in any territorial authority of the FIU.
To complete the registration, a foreign citizen will have to confirm his identity. This can be done through an online bank if you have a Russian bank card, or at any public service user service center.
Recall that from February 21, Russian citizens can receive a covid certificate on the portal “Public Services” based on the results of a positive test for antibodies to coronavirus.
Plot The spread of a new strain of coronavirus “omicron”
The current epidemiological situation associated with the spread of the Omicron strain allows us to talk about the mitigation of a number of requirements and methodological recommendations for the prevention of COVID-19, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova.
“Today we can talk, taking into account the dynamics, taking into account the forecast made by our scientists and experts, about softening a number of requirements, about softening a number of methodological recommendations at the onset of a period of, so to speak, epidemiological remission in the Russian Federation,” she said at a meeting of the presidium of the coordinating council under the government of the Russian Federation to combat coronavirus infection.
The chief sanitary Doctor of Russia explained that the preventive measures that were relevant one and two years ago, with the dominance of a new strain, can be revised.
In particular, we are talking about softening the recommendations for the prevention of coronavirus in catering establishments, cultural institutions, fitness centers. In addition, the requirement to conduct training sessions for schoolchildren in the same class may be abolished.
“Of course, we are reviewing and preparing materials for such changes… Once again I want to make a reservation — only for the situation that is developing today, and which is related to the omicron option,— Popova added.
Recall that in recent weeks, several regions have relaxed anti-bullying restrictions, including partially or completely canceled QR codes.
