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) | 
