Russian private school in Dubai
Excerpts from school essays on the themes of the “Great Patriotic War” (for high school students) and “The Great Patriotic War in our family” (for high school students).
Alena Minina, student of grade 5
“The war began in 1941. In the early morning of 1941, the Germans began to attack Moscow. They were still asleep. Russia was not ready for such a sudden war. Those who were not devoted to their homeland began to panic and flee from Moscow. The army gathered companies and they went to war. ...
... After many, many years, the Russians took the defense of the country, and we won !!! But still, for many years we will remember this bloody war. ... On the ninth day of jubilant May, when silence fell on the earth, news rushed from edge to edge - the world of victory, the war is over! "
Victoria Konovalenko, student of grade 5
“It has been 65 years since World War II. It was a nightmare for everyone, a long nightmare, it lasted 4 years, it’s very difficult and moneyless. All the men were taken to the defense of the Motherland. The women all went to work. There was almost no food in the war, there was plan to whom and how by profession to give what he earned. These years were the most terrible and painful. Hundreds of children went to help the motherland! Boys to the war, girls to work for my mother to help her. Of course, now we can not imagine how it was scary, and our grandparents did everything so that life wasn’t night! They gave their lives! For us!
But we won! I really want to say thanks to those who gave their lives for us! If They hadn’t done so, we wouldn’t be here now! I am grateful to these people! "
Ekaterina Zinchenko, student of grade 5
"The Great Patriotic War (or World War II) ended in 1945. May 9. It was a fabulous day. Everyone went out into the street, not afraid that a bomb would fall nearby or they would shoot you from around the corner. Joy was shining on people's faces, and Victory Day has been glorified for centuries.
When I was 9 years old, I lived with my great-grandmother in Novorossiysk. And she told me how hard it was in these terrible times. She was then 12 years old. It was snowing, grandmother and her friends reached the burnt village. In the forest they met partisans, and they defended them.
How I would like to thank all the dead and still living grandfathers and grandmothers for saving Russia and providing me with a happy childhood. "
Daria Pogorelova, a student of grade 9
"The war ... How many lives did it take? How many ruined fates? No one will give an answer. There is not a single family that this war would not touch. I would like to tell you about the family of my great-grandmother Tatyana Fedotovna. They lived in the Buranovo peninsula of the Altai Territory, there were seven children in the family: six brothers and she. She was the youngest of the children when the war broke out, she was about fifteen years old. All the brothers went to the front. Four returned, one died and one went missing.
Great-grandmother worked on the labor front. There was almost no food, and at night she went to a wheat field to collect spikelets. At that time they planted for theft, and therefore had to walk at night. She survived the war, she knows the value of life. She was awarded the medal "For Labor Merit". Her older brother, Ivan Fedotovich, was a scout. During the war, lost his hand. In 1942 he was surrounded and was captured. A year later he escaped from captivity. At the end of the war he was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Her second brother, Semyon Fedorovich, was an artilleryman. Once, during a battle, a German shell exploded next to him, and a fragment of this shell ripped his stomach. There were at least two kilometers to the nearest hospital, and, overcoming pain, he walked two kilometers. He would also be awarded the Order of the Red Star. Unfortunately, none of them have survived to this day. And I know that none of us will forget the feat that they accomplished. "
Maria Rylova, a student of grade 9
“This morning I woke up in ignorance. What happened to me at night could not be a dream. Yesterday, congratulating my grandfather on May 9, I decided to go to sleep. My thoughts about the Great Patriotic War and all the people who gave life is for us. Asleep, I was transported into the past, it was not difficult to guess by the appearance of buildings and streets. It was summer on the street and there was no danger. It was early morning, I walked the streets, trying to understand where I am, when shots began to be heard in the sky, planes flew over my head, bombing everything on the put Seeing hundreds of people dying, my heart was filled with horror. I ran to the side to find a place to hide. There was an entrance to the basement behind the old five-story building. I realized that this was unlikely to save me, but something told me I have to go there. ”Going down the stairs, I went out into a green glade, the sky was covered with black thunderclouds, and there was a forest around the glade.I did not have time to budge, as a bullet flew near my hand; that I have the strength I ran into the forest. Having run a few meters, I lay down on the ground and watched the military operations for several hours. Tanks and people all came, and more and more people died .... Asleep, after a while I woke up in my bed ... In conclusion, I can say that you yourself will never understand and you will not be able to feel to the end what millions of people went through. And I am very grateful to all those who were not afraid to give their lives, defending their homeland and for the bright future of their children. "
Kristina Gerasimova, a student of grade 9
“Thousands of people went through the war, experienced terrible torment, but they survived and won, they did everything so that we had a bright future. They won, won the hardest of all wars. And still alive are the people who defended in the hardest battles Homeland. One of them is my great-grandmother. The war in her memory floats with the most terrible and woeful memories. But she, as the great-grandmother said, reminds her of the stamina, courage, friendship and loyalty of people. She was five years old when the war started. Her childhood was hungry.German soldiers took home animals, they took away flour, grain. I imagine how hard it was for all the inhabitants of the village. In order to feed the family, grandmother’s mother baked bread, adding bran and wormwood to the flour. The bread was bitter and hard, she still remembers its taste. I’m even now scared to imagine that it was possible to feed on this ... But the Soviet army was advancing, the fascist troops soon left the village. Ahead were difficult post-war years, but everyone was happy about the end of this military nightmare.
My grandmother and I once walked around those places where during the war trenches were dug and fights were fought. These trenches are already overgrown with grass and are hardly visible, but they still remind of the war.
I do not want the horrors of war to repeat. Let the children grow up peacefully, not being afraid of the bombings, let Chechnya not repeat itself, so that the mothers do not have to cry for their dead sons. May the human memory keep in itself the experience of past generations, may this memory teach us goodness and humanity. "
German Gussakovsky, a student in grade 10
“The Great Patriotic War is one of those rare and very terrible events, the memory of which does not fade over time. Many people ask:“ What is war? ”War is that line beyond which humanity should not cross. An infinite number of carried away lives, suffering, hunger, torment - all this is war.
Some fight for glory, others for power, still others to expand the territory of their state, and finally, fourth, their very noble goal, fighting for the homeland and freedom of their people. Our generation cannot feel, much less transmit the whole horror of the “holy war,” but we must remember and pass from generation to generation the undisputed heroism of the Russian people and the memory of the Great Victory.
The terrible June of the forty-first and the jubilant May of the forty-fifth are leaving us farther and farther away, the number of veterans who won the war is becoming less and less. However, the memory of events of more than sixty years ago has not gone anywhere; she stays with us, causing fierce debate, influencing public sentiment and even international politics.
“The profound impact that the Second World War had on people's life experiences becomes all the more noticeable the further it goes into history,” says German historian Harald Weltzer, “the obsession with this past, which cannot be avoided, does not decrease, but on the contrary, it’s growing ... The past hasn’t left yet, it continues to live on the level of feelings, on the level of national consciousness ... "
... May 9 is the only big holiday left over from the Soviet past.
... In modern Russia, the memory of the Great Patriotic War became the basis of national identity. For the inhabitants of our country, the word "Victory" is full of profound meaning. It mixed the memory of the survivors and the dead, the tears of joy and sorrow, the roar of fireworks and the sound of bells, smiles and a painful feeling of a common holiday. May 9th is a rare day when we feel ourselves not as a population, but as a single people. "
Karina Primbetova, student of grade 10
"The Great Patriotic War claimed millions of lives, the blood of innocent people was shed. But for what was this anti-human war? Unleashed by the Nazis, it pursued aggressive goals, the goals of world domination of fascists over all mankind. To achieve them, it was necessary to pay the highest price - human life. For the Soviet Union, it was a heroic war of liberation.
... People went to war in order to protect and defend the honor of their state. The boys overestimated their age, just to get to the front, and maybe never return. Women and children went to the orderlies, tried to alleviate the suffering of the military. Millions of people day and night, without days off and sleep, worked in the rear, in factories and factories under the motto: "Everything for the front! Everything for the victory!".
... Many did not return. "People died fighting for their homeland in order to provide us with a bright future, and we have no right to forget that."
Tatyana Murashova, student of grade 10
"War. How many lives it claimed, how many fates crippled! ... Today I will not remember the proudly departed heroes who fought for our bright future. I’ll tell you about my great-grandfather. Unfortunately, I couldn’t talk to him since he died, when I was five, but from the words of my parents I can understand for sure that my grandfather is a Hero!
He became a hero in wartime, like any hero, he made a huge contribution to our victory. Ivan Emelyanovich, he proudly carried the rank of soldier through the entire long and painful service that took place during the Great Patriotic War .... Vanya was at the forefront in the city of Kaliningrad, where he met his love of life - the beautiful girl Valentina at that time. Great-grandmother was a prisoner of war from Belarus. In Kaliningrad, Valya worked for a woman who provided people with shelter and food. ... During the Germans attack on Kaliningrad, our brave soldiers and my great-grandfather freed the city and all the prisoners, among whom was my great-grandmother Valentina, who in the future became all life for Ivan ... . After the war, lovers got married. In marriage they had three sons and one daughter. "
Russian private school number 1 of the city of Sharjah.
Excerpts from the literary Almanac "For Debt of Remembrance", dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory.
Walid Ayash, student of grade 5
“Studentskaya Elizaveta Epifanovna is my great-grandmother. She took part in the hostilities during the Great Patriotic War, was a member of the Podolsk partisan organization in Western Ukraine. When the war started, my great-grandmother was only 17 years old. At this age she went to the front as a nurse My great-grandmother saved many wounded from death, under heavy enemy fire she carried the soldiers out of the battlefield.
My grandmother remembered one incident for her whole life: once after the battle she crawled on the ground, as more shots were heard. Moved from one soldier to another, providing assistance. When she leaned over the next soldier, she realized that a fatal mistake had occurred - the wounded man turned out to be a soldier of fascist Germany. Horrified, the young nurse could not move, as if hypnotized, she sat and looked at the enemy. The fascist, however, aimed the barrel of the machine gun directly at great-grandmother and ... pulled the trigger. Great-grandmother froze, saying goodbye to life, but providence intervened - the Nazi had no bullets for her happiness. So my great-grandmother survived the "rebirth". Over the long four war years, my great-grandmother was slightly injured ....
My great-grandmother received many awards for her glorious military past. When I was little, I loved to look at these "shiny metal toys." I did not realize how much suffering, pain, broken human fate lies behind these awards. ... Today, our family carefully preserves the awards of my great-grandmother as a family heirloom. I am very grateful to her and all those who sacrificed themselves, protecting our Motherland from the Nazis, for the sake of a peaceful sky and a happy life on earth. I remember. IM proud of".
Edyge Karim, a student of grade 8
“In our family, almost all men fought to defend our country from Nazi invaders. Sarsenbin Ali was a personal guard of V.I. Lenin in his youth, and completely lost his eyesight and hearing at the Great Patriotic War front as a result of wounds ... Berdygul Tkenbaev was a participant in the Great During World War II, he reached Berlin by long front-line roads, the last letter he sent to my great-grandmother was dated May 1, 1945. He did not live 8 days before the Victory ... Mukhambet Karim was wounded many times during the war years and returned home with state awards I'm proud s kind of our heroes. "
Dmitry Vishnevsky, student of grade 8; Valeria Timofeeva, student of grade 10
“Everyone in our family remembers their heroes. Tellp Grigory Kuzmich, a lieutenant who went through the war paths. He was treated for injuries for a very long time after the Second World War. Nikolay Konstantinovich Vishnevsky is 96 years old today. The Lord God awarded him a long life for courage and courage in defense The homeland from fascism. In the war, after an injury, his arm was amputated. The Lord God granted our great-grandmother, Musa Grigoryevna, for many years, she was a nurse. Today our great-grandmother is 93 years old. She worked all her post-war life for the good of the Motherland, not Motrya on broken arm during the war ... Vera Ivanova was a nurse too. She has a lot of awards and medals for bravery and courage, for their valor and honor. She defended the motherland. "
Antonina Sorokonenko, student of grade 6
"My great-grandfather Asmanov Alimer Hajiyevich was born in 1915. He graduated from a military school in Ossetia, and after studying served in Mongolia and Transbaikalia. At the beginning of World War II, my great-grandfather fought in Mongolia, participated in the battles for Khalkhin Gol. He was wounded. After the hospital he was sent to Germany for reconnaissance. He was a political instructor. He was wounded again, but fought until the victory. "
Anna Danilova, a student of grade 6
"In our family, everyone remembers and is proud of the heroes of the family who traveled along front-line roads, defending their homeland from the Nazis.My great-grandfather, Danilov Stepan Ivanovich, was born on December 8, 1924 in the city of Ryazan. In June 1941, he received a certificate of graduation and went to the front as a volunteer. He served in the first unit of the reconstructive communications repair battalion. My great-grandfather was a radio telegraph installer. His homeland awarded him orders and medals "For the Defense of Moscow", "For the Defense of the Caucasus", "For the Victory over Fascist Germany." My great-grandfather worked after the war. He died on November 7, 1988.
My great-grandmother Danilova Faina Pavlovna was only 17 years old when the Great Patriotic War began. The war broke into the small Belarusian village of Dobrenniki, in the Vitebsk region, with terrible news: the Nazis were in the village ... All the old and small were picked up from bed early in the morning, driven into barns and burned.
My great-grandmother and her younger sister managed to hide. In the barn, their parents died, the older sister, along with young children. Great-grandmother and her sister Varia were in the German concentration camp "Salaspels", 18 km from Riga. There the sisters spent a long three years and were released in 1944. In Belarus there is a memorial "Khatyn". There, on cold granite, the names of my relatives are carved. If you put your palm on these names, then the granite becomes hot. Even the stones keep their memory and mourn ... My grandmother Danilova Faina Pavlovna is alive. She is 88 years old. She lives in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. "
Alexander Kuznetsov, student of grade 6
“My family has many heroes. We remember their feat and cherish our memory of them. Vladimir Kuznetsov, my grandfather. He was a tanker and returned home with victory ... Fedor Sergeyevich Kuznetsov, my grandfather’s brother. He was a scout and died in Ukraine in 1943 ... Kuznetsov Sergei Mikhailovich, my great-grandfather. He went through the whole war and returned home ... Kuznetsov Mikhail Vladimirovich, my great-grandfather. Missing at the front .... Pustovoitov Leonid Mikhailovich, great-grandfather. Killed at the front ... Lutsenko Ivan Pavlovich, great-grandfather. front ... Lutsenko Marfa Makarovna, great-great She was shot by the Nazis on the threshold of her house, in front of her children. It was near Kharkov ... Redko Stepan Lavrentievich, my great-grandfather. He went through the whole war, was wounded twice. He repeatedly drove his car along the "Road of Life", saving the inhabitants of the besieged Leningrad .... Sergey Simeonov, my great-grandfather. He went through three wars: Finnish, World War II and Japanese. He returned home three times as a hero ....
I have no right to do bad things in the name of the blessed memory of my great-grandfathers. I am proud of the honor and valor of a kind. "
Kamila Espaeva, a student of grade 6
"Bajzhigitov Kumarbek participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, which became a radical turning point during the Second World War. My great-grandfather was awarded the Order of the Red Star. He has many medals. He returned home with a damaged leg."
Arafat Boldybekov, student of grade 7
“My grandfather’s brother Tulegen Boldobekov went through the war from the first day until the Victory. He was one of the soldiers of the 28 Panfilov’s Guard.
I often go to the Alma-Ata park to the monument to the Panfilov heroes and always remember my grandfather .... "
The editors thank the directors of the Russian Private School in Dubai Marina Borisovna Halikova and the Russian Private School No. 1 in Sharjah, Kurlykova Elena Mikhailovna for the provided essays and drawings. Excerpts from essays retain author spelling and punctuation.
Our children remember. Our children are proud of their ancestors.
