The Light That Unites Generations

May 12, 2025

Patriotic youth action “We remember the feat at the front! We remember the feat on the homeland!”, dedicated to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, was held in Stupino on the Eve of May 9. It was attended by about a thousand people: representatives of the district administration, deputy corps, members of the local branch of the Association of Veterans of the Soviet Union, volunteers, Young Guard, members of military-patriotic associations, activists of the local branch of the United Russia party, schoolchildren, students, employees of industrial enterprises, including sixty CMK representatives.

The action was held at the stele “City of Labor Valor”. Here the citizens laid out the number 80 and the word “Victory” with candles. The fire for the candles was symbolically transferred to the participants of the action from the Eternal Flame by reconstructors from historical clubs clothed in soldiers' uniforms of the Great Patriotic War. The first candle was lit by Lyudmila Bolilaya, a nurse from Stupino, a participant of the WWII Eternal Flame. In total, 947 candles were lit from the flame of the Eternal Flame.

During the event, the chairman of the District Council of Deputies, Alexander Sukhachev, and a student of School No. 2, an activist of the “Movement of the First”, Philip Zhukov, handed the “Victory Capsule” with a message to descendants over to Dmitry Shalygin, director of the Stupino Museum of Local History.

- May 9th is a great day. It is wonderful that our young people hold an action in honor of all those who gave their lives for the freedom and independence of the Motherland. You and I should honor and remember the feat of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, who fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, worked on the home front. It is important for us to pass on the memory of them, the historical truth to the next generations, - said Alexander Sukhachev.

The patriotic action ended with a performance by artists of the Stupino Philharmonic Society and students of the Children's School of Arts, as well as a festive fireworks display.