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Victory Day - celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Vicroty in WWII (May'15)

Youngsters at the Russian school RUBRIC in Worcester marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War with a colourful celebration.

To mark the anniversary on Sunday, May 10 pupils released black and orange balloons tied with St George̢۪s ribbons and put in a concert of Russian songs and poems on the heroism of the Soviet soldiers and their allies during the conflict.

The school also displayed artwork made by pupils marking VE Day, which is known as Den̢۪ Pobedy, or Victory Day in Russia, as well as a collection of British and Soviet wartime posters.

Headteacher Nadezhda Loginova said it was important for young children who have never experienced the incredible hardships the Russian people faced during the war to understand what they went through.

"We should not forget the importance of that great victory and the heroism of the fallen," she said.

"If we gave one minute of silence to every person who died in the war the silence would last more than 30 years."

The youngsters also got the chance to talk about Zoya Ivanova, 91-year-old great-aunt of pupils Georges and Katya Campbell-Ferguson, who lives in Vacha in the Nizhiy Novgorod region of the country, about 260 miles east of Moscow, and taught pupils how to spot a German Messershmidt plane in the air.

Pupils, teachers and parents also laid flowers at the war memorial at Worcester Cathedral to remember those who died in the conflict.


Photos (School celebration)


Photos (bringing flowers to the War Memorial)


Article in "Worcester News" (May'15)

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