For the purpose of civic-patriotic education of youth, increasing the status of defender of the Fatherland, and developing a moral position, commemorative cultural events dedicated to the Day of the Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Afghanistan were held in public libraries of the municipal district of Blagoveshchensky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan. For Russians, this date became the Day of Remembrance of Internationalist Soldiers.
From February 8 to 15, 2016, presentations of thematic book and illustrative exhibitions were organized in the libraries: “Afghanistan - an unhealing wound” (Ilyino-Polyansk rural library), “Time has chosen us” (Novonadezhdinsk rural library), “A look through the years” ( Volkovskaya Rural Library), “Participants in Local Wars” (Akhlystinskaya Rural Library).
Thematic hours of courage, requiem conversations, meetings with internationalist soldiers, oral journals were held in the libraries: “Fulfilling an international duty...” (Osipovskaya s/b MBUK ICB), “Afghanistan - an unhealed wound” (Ilyino-Polyanskaya s/b) , “Let the memory speak” (about MBU GDK), “Let’s not consign to oblivion the exploits of internationalist soldiers” (Ilikovskaya rural library), “Profession is to defend the homeland” (Volkovo rural library), “Our internationalist warriors” (Bedeyevo-Polyanskaya model rural library), “Echo of the Afghan Mountains” (Staronadezhdinskaya rural library).
More than 250 people took part in the events.
Conversation “Fulfilling an international duty...” for students of MOBU secondary school in the village of Osipovka was conducted by N. N. Makoveeva, librarian of the Osipovka rural library. Natalya Nikolaevna presented information to the audience about a significant date in the Russian Federation, designed to honor the memory of soldiers who performed their international duty outside the borders of their homeland.
The celebration of the memorable date approved by Federal Law No. 320-FZ “On Amendments to Article 1.1 of the Federal Law “On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia”, signed by the President of the Russian Federation on November 29, 2010, is timed to February 15 - it was February 15, 1989 that ended withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. On this day, at 16:21, the last Soviet soldier crossed the Friendship Bridge across the Amu Darya, leaving Afghanistan.
This event glorified the military past of the sons of Russia, who fulfilled their international duty to the end. School students learned about the reasons for the entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan, about the courage and courage of Soviet soldiers, about the difficult conditions in which they had to fight and about the assistance provided by Soviet soldiers to local residents.
Oral journal “Afghanistan - an unhealing wound”, the purpose of which was to instill in schoolchildren patriotic feelings and respect for the feat of the participants in the fighting in Afghanistan, was held on February 11, 2016 for students of the Secondary School named after. I. Ya. Nelyubina village Ilyino-Polyana.
The presenter of the event, the librarian of the Ilyino-Polyansk Rural Library Ramazanova L.H., held an informational conversation with students in grades 8-10 about the events of the 9-year war in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and about the Day of Remembrance for Internationalist Soldiers who performed their official duty outside the Fatherland.
On February 15, 1989, the last column of Soviet troops left Afghanistan. This event marked the end of the Afghan War for the Soviet Union, which claimed the lives of more than 15 thousand Soviet soldiers. This day, since 2011, has been celebrated annually on February 15th. The librarian revealed the causes and tragic consequences of this war. In the harsh conditions of Afghanistan, our fellow Ilinopol residents also passed the school of courage - these are Sergey Yuryevich Dolgikh, Boris Borisovich Zamyatin, Makhmut Umurzakovich Elmuratov, Ayrat Firatovich Nurdavletov. For courage and bravery they were awarded orders and medals. And we are proud of them. Having passed through military trials with honor, they fulfilled their international duty with dignity.
A striking page of the oral journal was the slide presentation “Living Memory,” which chronicles local wars. From the screen, the faces of those who fought, fulfilling their international duty, in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Abkhazia, Chechnya and other hot spots looked at the children. The high school students unanimously noted that the memory of the fallen internationalist soldiers will live on as long as we remember this.
A logical continuation of the event was a review of the book and illustration exhibition “Afghanistan - an unhealing wound.”
The organizers of the event are convinced of the importance of such meetings for the younger generation, future defenders of the Fatherland.
An hour of courage on the topic “Profession is to defend the homeland”, dedicated to the Day of Withdrawal of Troops from Afghanistan, held on February 11, 2016 by the Volkovo Rural Library. The organizer's goal was the civic-patriotic education of teenagers and the positioning of reading patriotic literature.
The library hosted a thematic book and illustration exhibition “A Look Through the Years.” The section of the exhibition “This is how our fellow countrymen served” was dedicated to fellow villagers who had to fight in peacetime, fulfilling their military duty as Defender of the Fatherland outside the country. These are natives of the village of Volkovo: Yarullin Sergey Almasovich, Cherepanov Alexander Sergeevich, Ibatullin Radis Galievich.
The library organized a meeting of schoolchildren with village residents - Cherepanova Zinaida Baymurzinovna and Yarullina Raushaniya Kamsatovna, whose sons were participants in the fighting in Afghanistan. They spoke with pride about their sons, who fulfilled their international duty with honor.
The meeting was useful for the guys, interesting, filled with impressions and, of course, unforgettable.
As part of the celebration of the memorable date, Requiem-conversation “Let us not consign to oblivion the exploits of internationalist soldiers” with students of MOBU secondary school in the village of Staroilikovo, aimed at the patriotic education of youth.
Librarian of the rural library Gaitkulova Z.R. gave examples of the heroism and courage of our soldiers in Afghanistan, drawing the attention of those gathered to the fact that their international duty was honorably fulfilled by fellow Old Ilikovites: Bikbulatov Danis Talgatovich, Khamatshin Aglyam Aksanovich, Kharisov Radis Raisovich, Glimnurov Vakil Ramazanovich. The librarian's story was accompanied by a video chronicle about those times.
A minute of silence was observed in memory of those killed in the Afghan war.
According to Zili Rifkhatovna, such events return to the younger generation the high concepts of patriotism, courage, military and human duty.
History hour “Echoes of the Afghan Mountains” was held in the Staronadezhdinskaya rural library with the aim of honoring the memory of fallen internationalist soldiers and recalling the recent events of our history - the war in Afghanistan.
Librarian Sergeeva Irina Vasilievna invited the audience to remember the events related to the war in Afghanistan. In her narrative, she used newspaper and magazine articles, photographs from the 80s of the 20th century, and books about internationalist soldiers. The librarian gave a virtual tour of the memorials and monuments to internationalist soldiers of the Republic of Bashkortostan. She supplemented her story with a demonstration of slides and photographs of the memorial in the city of Blagoveshchensk. The guys honored the memory of the victims with a minute of silence.
After the event, schoolchildren noted that such concepts as “patriotism,” “duty,” “honor,” “service to the Motherland” seemed to be rediscovered and filled with new meaning.
Patriot hour “Participants in local wars” conducted for young readers by the librarian of the Akhlystinsky rural library, Lidiya Vasilievna Chertakova. She presented material about the internationalist soldiers of the village of Akhlystino.
The schoolchildren listened with bated breath to the story about Alexander Alexandrovich Rednikov, who in 1980 served in active service on the border with Afghanistan. He was a participant in military events in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. For his selfless service, Alexander was awarded the medals “For Courage” and “To the Internationalist Warrior from the Grateful Afghan People.”
The guys received information with pride about their fellow countryman Alexander Gennadievich Komarov, who has been performing his military duty in the Chechen Republic since June 1995. He served in a special forces detachment. He took part in hostilities in Grozny and Gudermes.
No one was left indifferent by the librarian's story about Andrei Ivanovich Ivashchenko, who was awarded the Zhukov Medal for military service for his service in Dagestan.
The event made it possible to reveal to the children the heroic deeds of fellow countrymen, combatants who were sent to serve by their Motherland and fulfilled their duty with honor.
In their work, the MBUK MCB libraries always pay close attention to the patriotic education of the younger generation, therefore they plan to hold events within the framework of the Days of Military Glory of Russia.
Leading methodologist T.A. Permina
Scenario of the ceremony
for the Day of Remembrance of Soldiers-Internationalists
1 Presenter: War... a very scary word. It is also scary because it also happens in peacetime, when young soldiers have to fulfill their international duty, following the orders of the government of their country and protecting the interests of the state. Unfortunately, thousands of young military personnel died in armed conflicts on the territories of other countries, and the war ruined the lives of many. But they honestly fulfilled their duty, proving their loyalty to the historical traditions of Russia.
2 Presenter: School be at attention!
Please consider the ceremonial line dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of Alexander Kushnarenko and the 25th anniversary of the Withdrawal of Troops from Afghanistan open.
ANTHEM SOUNDS____________
School, free!
Reader 1: I often dream about my home -
The forest is dreaming about something, about its own,
Gray cuckoo across the river,
How long do I have left to live, he thinks.
You pressed affectionately against the flower,
The stalk of wild rosemary is crushed,
And the distant “ku-ku” sounds
Measuring the lives of my date.
I dream of an edge of flowers,
The quiet edge is covered in rowan trees,
Eighty.
Ninety.
Why are you so generous, cuckoo?
I miss my native country,
According to its sunrises and sunsets. On Afghan scorched earth
Russian soldiers sleep anxiously.
They spend their energy generously
They are familiar with hunger and fatigue
They don’t hoard their days in reserve.
Who will tell them: how many of them are left?
So you, cuckoo, wait a minute
Should I give someone else's share?
The soldier has an eternity ahead of him
Don't confuse it with old age.
Presenter 1: February 15 marks 25 years since the Soviet troops left Afghanistan. And this day is a tribute to the memory of everyone involved in the heroic and tragic Afghan war, which lasted twice as long as the Great Patriotic War. She was kept silent for a long time. They dosed the truth about heroes and losses. They weren't even allowed to cry over the graves. They skimped on medals.
Presenter 2: February 15 is a memorable, but also a sad day for tens of thousands of people in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. In these countries, formerly united in the Soviet Union, they also celebrate the day of remembrance of the children who passed through Afghanistan and other hot spots. And although the official names of this memorable day are different, its essence is the same. To be remembered...
Reader 2: On this day we want no one to be able to
Forget those who fought in Afghanistan,
And these lines are a drop of all the lines,
Rather a poem to honor their memory.
Reader 3: And on this day - February 15th -
We will say, remembering the soldiers who died:
Let the Earth be cleared of wars,
So that such a fate does not befall anyone!
Presenter 1: The war in Afghanistan has not directly affected many people. It did not become a common misfortune of the people, scorching only those who participated in it, their relatives and friends. For the majority, it remained distant, alien, and, moreover, “unknown”, and through the efforts of journalists - an unjust war. More than 15 thousand of our Soviet soldiers died on foreign Afghan soil, 6 thousand subsequently died from wounds and illnesses, 311 people went missing. These were the greatest losses of the Soviet Army since the Great Patriotic War.
Reader 4: I don’t know why and who needs it,
Who sent them to death with an unshaking hand,
It’s just so useless, so evil is not necessary,
They were released to eternal rest.
They showered them with Christmas trees, kneaded them with mud,
And they went home to talk quietly,
That it's time to put an end to the disgrace,
That soon we will begin to starve.
And no one thought to just kneel down.
And tell these boys that in a mediocre country,
Even bright feats are just steps
Into the endless abysses of impenetrable war.
Presenter 2: The Afghan war has already become history. But for many people it remains a part of life. And no matter how society feels about this war, it is always easier to judge than to understand. Those who fought in Afghanistan, young soldiers and officers, many of whom were then just over twenty, sincerely fulfilled their duty to their Motherland, died under bullets and exploded on mines, received awards and buried friends.
Presenter 1: Many will temporarily, or even forever, remain unknown to posterity. But contemporaries must know: the internationalist wars adequately represented our army and people in difficult events near the southern borders of the Motherland.
Presenter 2: Graduates of our school served in military service as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan during the war:
- Guselnikov Nikolay
- Kushnarenko Alexander
- Puzanov Vladimir
- Pavel Charkovsky
-Shkurupey Sergey
Presenter 1: Each of them fulfilled their military duty with honor. And for their courage and bravery in battles with dushmans they were awarded:
Guselnikov Nikolay - awarded the medal "For Courage"
Shkurupei Sergei – awarded the medal “For Military Merit”
Presenter 2: Many will temporarily, or even forever, remain unknown to posterity, but contemporaries must know: Internationalist soldiers adequately represented our army and people in difficult events near the southern borders of the Motherland.
Presenter 1: War is a cruel, terrible phenomenon, but as long as there is anger and hatred on earth, there will also be wars that inflict battle wounds on people and take the lives of children and loved ones.
Music "Requiem" _________
Presenter 2: We owe an unpaid debt to the memory of the guys who, having stepped from our peaceful everyday life to where there are rocks and bullets, where blood flows, did not return.
Presenter 1: Kushnarenko Alexander.
Awarded the Order of the Red Star - posthumously...
Presenter 2: His life was cut short in the flames of Afghanistan, but his memory will live on.
Reader 5:
We didn’t know that you would leave forever - We didn’t know that there was a war somewhere. How little it was for you and me then, And we shared the joy between us. Without knowing grief, we were happy. We didn’t talk about anything, But we thought that we would be together forever...
Presenter 2: On October 23, 1985, Alexander Kushnarenko was drafted into the Soviet army. He served in a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
Reader 6:
The contingent is limited, the contingent is small. But the iron shard penetrated straight into the heart. And a 19-year-old teenager stumbled, as if he had pulled out a failed ticket into life...
Music "Requiem" (fades)
Presenter 2: Our guys died in Afghanistan in the name of the national idea of unity and duty, in the name of military honor and decency. They served faithfully to the Fatherland as their great-grandfathers, grandfathers and fathers did, continuing the glorious traditions of the Russian army. They lost their comrades, hoping for a quick return home to their loved ones and relatives. Fate decreed otherwise, and the boys stepped into “immortality.”
"Requiem" sounds.
Presenter 1: Let's remember those who fought
Outside the Fatherland.
I remembered those who gave
Your destinies, your lives!
Presenter 2: Let's remember those who didn't come
Let us remember them with stingy silence,
Let's remember those who didn't leave
From oaths and promises!
Presenter 1:
In memory of the internationalist soldiers who died on the soil of Afghanistan,
a minute of silence is announced___________
Presenter 2: The honorary right to lay flowers at the memorial plaque of A. Kushnarenko is given to 11th grade students and their class teacher Lyudmila Vladimirovna Klyuvitkina.
Presenter 2: At this point, the line dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is declared closed.
Fanfare sounds.
Q1: Centuries pass, years flash by... We have always defended our native country! And from the most distant times it has been like this: Forget about everything when the enemy approaches! The peasant and the worker abandoned their work, When Russia was waiting for their protection!
Q2: You will hear about the exploits of the fallen and the victories of the living from older people. The young men will tell you endlessly about how they fought in Afghanistan and Chechnya, how they survived this crazy war, how they were worthy of the title of fighter.
Q1: Defenders of our beautiful country, you are dear to us and we desperately need you!
Q2: Hello dear friends! The Federal Law “On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia” established February 15 as a day of remembrance of Russians who performed their official duties outside the Fatherland
Q1: And let this meeting be a tribute of respect and memory to all who have had the great honor of fulfilling their international duty, protecting the interests of their native country.
Q2: We want to have pride in the country,
May your day be beautiful,
To fall asleep in captivity of a good feeling,
Remembering good people...
Q1: Russian people have a special love for their native land, for the place where they grew up, for their Motherland. From time immemorial, this love has been manifested in their readiness to defend, without sparing their lives, their Fatherland.
Q2: The 20th century is often called turbulent and cruel, and this is how it became for our history. Wars, in one way or another, touched every generation - some fought with weapons in their hands, some saw off loved ones, some mourned the dead.
the song “Remember” performed by Anna Bekimbetova
Q1: What did people dream about on that memorable day of May 9, 1945? Of course about the world. To never again hear the roar of enemy planes, the roar of exploding shells, the whistle of bullets and the crying of mothers for their dead sons.
Q2: But a little more than half a century has passed, and Russia has participated in two wars. The children and grandchildren of veterans of the Great Patriotic War took up arms.
Slide 1
V1: On the gray peaks the battles died down,
But the latest songs contain echoes of war.
And now they put on gray overcoats
Children of veterans, sons of courage.
Next to them is glory, and behind them is song,
In front of them is a starry mountain pass.
And beyond the pass the land of spring is wonderful,
Herbal, fragrant, multi-colored shaft.
Abundant starfall, morning smoke,
Dewy hills of the sweet side...
Just as the dawns do not go out, the stars do not go out,
What fathers wore, and now sons.
Slide 2
Q2: On December 25 at 15.00 on a sunny winter day, a limited contingent of Soviet troops began entering the territory of Afghanistan, through Kushka to Herat and Kandahar, and then to Kabul. No one, of course, could have imagined that the stay of our troops in the neighboring country would last for 9 long years.
Q1: Due to the high mountains of the Hindu Kush, almost no information came to us for a long time. The relatives and friends of the soldiers did not know that their sons, husbands, brothers were thrown into the fire of real battles...
Q2: Faithful to the oath, convinced that they were defending the interests of the Motherland and providing friendly assistance to neighboring people, they were only fulfilling their military duty.
Q1: We are given only an hour before departure,
Just an hour of last rest.
They told us: we are flying to Afghanistan.
Yesterday's boys are flying to Kabul.
Today we are not writing any lines.
And, entrusting your fate to the domes,
Let's descend into the Afghan sands,
And we will measure the rocks with our boots...
Q2: The 40th Army had several main tasks. First of all, providing assistance in stabilizing the situation and repelling possible external aggression, protecting the local population from gangs.
Q1: As well as the distribution of food, fuel and basic necessities. Our government hoped that the deployment of troops would be short-term.
Q2: What is Afghanistan? This is road dust, unbearable heat and mountains, mountains, mountains. Where, behind every boulder, a fanatical spook can be waiting for you, where time seems to have turned back, going back several centuries.
V1: And the most precious thing is true friends in battle. People who take risks every day, go to their death, but do not lose heart. True male friendship, courage and honor - that’s what was there.
Q2: We recognize those who served in Afghanistan not only by the order stripes on civilian clothes... We recognize them by their calm, firm faces. These are people you can always rely on.
Slide 3
Q1: During the Afghan war, everything was tested, everything that a person is capable of, that he is able to withstand. Our “Afghans” know and remember this: they had to take a full cup of suffering, grief, despair, and difficulties. They fought in a foreign country, and their own people knew practically nothing about the causes of this war, or its goals, or even about the courage and exploits of our soldiers and officers... Slide 4 (Wounded)
V2 CC: No matter what they say, you managed to pass
Everything that the war has measured out to you,
And it’s not in vain that you put on today
Your military orders.
Q1: These nine years and fifty-one days of fierce battles in a foreign land brought our people a lot of grief, troubles and suffering. But even there, in distant Afghanistan, Soviet soldiers showed the best human qualities: courage, perseverance, nobility, loyalty to the military oath, military and human duty.
Slide 5 (text about quantity)
Q2: A moment thinner than a hair,
It's like a sparkling glow,
But maybe a quick moment
Remain glorious forever...
One moment and in the darkness
The dawn rises over the gray ashes,
And you become an example for millions on Earth.
B1 According to official data, during the military operations in Afghanistan, 14,453 Soviet military personnel were killed, 10,995 were awarded orders and medals posthumously.
Slide 6 (candle)
song “Glory” performed by Matyash Zarina
Q2 How many Russian boy soldiers are there?
From now on they lie in silent eternity.
And they look from photographs of little ones
With surprisingly lively eyes.
Oh, how many mothers are there in Russia?
They shed bitter tears.
Their pain cannot be overcome, it cannot be warmed up
Under mourning black scarves.
Again the wedges of burnt souls float
The sky mixed with clouds
Snow will fall over sweet home
Or they will fall with warm rains.
Tears flow down the gold of names,
According to the dates that ended life at its zenith
Sad and quiet bell ringing
As if whispering: “Boys, forgive me...”
Recorded song "Afghanistan"
Slide 7-13 (from list to documents)
Q1: On February 15, 1989, the last unit of the 40th Army of the USSR left Afghanistan. The withdrawal of troops was carried out within 9 months. For Soviet people, it is associated primarily with the famous picture of the passage of the commander of the 40th Army, General Gromov, across the Termez Friendship Bridge. Slide 14(bridge)
Q2: However, the last to cross from Afghan soil were the border troops. It was they who covered the retreat of the 40th Army through the cities of Termez and Kushka, ensured the safety of both the Druzhba bridge and Army Commander Gromov. The border guards came out quietly, without fanfare, congratulations or greetings, and immediately set up border posts along the Amu Darya.
Q1: The events of those years are assessed differently. Those who gave the orders and those who carried them out look at the Afghan war differently.
Q2: Colonel General Gromov, the last commander of the 40th Army, who led the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, in his book “Limited Contingent” expressed the following opinion regarding the victory or defeat of the Soviet Army in Afghanistan:
B1 (on behalf of Gromov): I am deeply convinced that there is no basis for the assertion that the 40th Army was defeated, nor that we won a military victory in Afghanistan. At the end of 1979, Soviet troops entered the country unhindered, completed their tasks and returned to their homeland in an organized manner.
Q2: The revelations of the famous “Lion of Panjshir” - Ahmad Shah Massoud, who fought with the Soviet troops until their withdrawal, are known. He declared that the Shuravi won the Afghan war. One such revelation is worth a dozen articles.
Q1: We left Afghanistan. They left with dignity. Slide 15 (text submitted)
Q2: The warriors returned home to their native land. And it would seem that nothing will disturb their dreams, but... At the end of the twentieth century, military conflict flared up again in the country itself...
Slide 16(Chechnya)
Q1: Our pain is Chechnya. A small, tormented piece of land, destroyed houses, broken destinies. The fragments of this misfortune scattered throughout Russia.
Q2: I’m looking for a tiny point on the map,
Doused with lead and blood salt.
To insert into a poetic line
Short name for Horsenoy.
I close the card and open it again
There is pain and heaviness in my heart.
So here it is - that fatal point,
Who knew her yesterday? She is Chechnya.
Entry about Chechnya
Slides 17-20 (from Mikharev to Kuzin)
Word to Kuzin Dmitry Vasilievich
Q1: The Chechen War became one of the largest armed conflicts in recent history, and the Battle of Grozny became the largest battle in Europe since the Second World War.
Q2: All wars remain in the memory of the peoples who fought them, in songs, legends, and epics. There were countless of them! Today we remembered only three of them, witnesses and participants who live among us today. Some of them had their fill of hard times during the Great Patriotic War. Some were burned by the wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya. Slides 21, 22 (monuments)
Q1: But among the Russian people there is a conviction that a true man and a son of the Fatherland are one and the same. Patriotism, love for the Motherland, devotion to it, the desire to protect it from enemies, to serve its interests with one’s deeds - a great and necessary feeling - a sense of duty.
Q2: When there are battles in at least one country,
You and I can fight for peace,
After all, we live in a fairy land,
Countries with the wonderful name Russia.
The song “Russia is my star” performed by Valeria Karmishina
Q1: At the end of the meeting, I would like to thank you for taking the time and responding to our invitation. We congratulate you on the upcoming holiday, Defender of the Fatherland Day, and wish you health, success, and prosperity in everything.
Q2: And to our boys, future defenders of the Motherland - success in studies, endurance, good physical performance and, of course, always putting such concepts as duty, care for the Motherland, their loved ones, honor and dignity in the first place.
Final
Evening script
dedicated to the Day of the Internationalist Warrior
I want the country to be proud
May your day be beautiful,
To fall asleep in captivity of a good feeling
Remembering good people...
Yesterday the boys had their graduation party,
The table was bursting with all sorts of sweets.
And on the night their friends told their fortunes -
And they foretold a thousand ways.
But everyone has had a long journey
To a foreign, unknown country.
And God found no other fate,
What is this - through a terrible war!
And they had to drink it to the brim,
And, having deceived father and mother in the letter,
Like, we’re not flying out for a fight - we’re flying out on business -
In a brutal battle, you get used to death.
They were carried away by "Black Tulips"
Not to heaven - to God at the age of nineteen...
Dushmans fought there for the land of their ancestors,
What are we for? Nobody will give an answer
Presenter1
Much water has passed under the bridge since that time. Slowly the wounds healed, yesterday's boys became wiser and more mature, now men who went through that war. But only the memory of the distant Afghan war is alive, and neither years nor distance can erase the events of that war.
Today we have gathered for a memorial evening dedicated to the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
Presenter 2
Our meeting today is a tribute to the memory of everyone involved in the heroic and tragic Afghan war, which lasted twice as long as the Great Patriotic War. Then, until December 1979, everything was the same as always. Our boys studied, worked, went to dances, fell in love. And suddenly... This terrible, monstrous, alien war...
Reader
Afghanistan! You are all in me:
Exploding grenades, fragments of lead,
You are shrouded in a glow, all on fire,
There is no end to suffering and pain.
Afghanistan! You are our pain and grief,
The cry of mothers comes here,
A sea of burning tears has already been cried,
Perhaps there will be enough of them for all the years.
And again I rise to the attack,
And again the bullets raise dust.
Afghan! Why ahead of schedule?
You reveal a harsh reality to everyone.
History can't be turned back
We paid in full for Russia,
But memory brings us back again
To Afghanistan - to where we served.
Presenter 2
February 15, 2014 marks the 35th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
On February 15, 1989, General Gromov, the commander of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, reported that the withdrawal of Soviet troops from this country was completed and not a single Soviet soldier remained on the long-suffering soil of Afghanistan.
Our people have been waiting for this day for nine years. And so February 15 became a symbolic day, a day of remembrance.
February 15, 1989, for many, was the day when the count of losses of our soldiers and serving people ended. A difficult, sad outcome. Many mothers and fathers did not wait for their sons, and they did not say “Mom, I’m alive...”.
Reader
The guys left Afghanistan
Through the passes and Salang...
The guys left early in the morning,
And there was prayer as salvation,
That Allah will save the guys...
Don't forget February and Sunday,
Joy and smiles on the lips.
Reader
The sister bent over the soldier in alarm,
He is silent, not even a groan for a day.
He arrived at the medical battalion from battle yesterday
All wounded, arms torn off.
Tears tremble on her eyelashes,
They'll fall off in a hot cascade.
The silent soldier suddenly moved his lips,
He whispered to her: “Sister, don’t.
I can stand everything, but I don’t need tears,
Don't cry, or your hands won't grow.
I'll give you a million red roses
For your compassion and torment.
I'll give you a million red roses,
But not like the artist to the princess.
I'll collect them in a bouquet, let them reach the stars,
Let a new song be born."
The nurse secretly wiped away her tears
And she pressed her lips to the bandages:
“Get well soon, dear, and then there will be roses
They will remain with us as an eternal song..."
(song performed)
Presenter1
We called our meeting “Living Memory”. Living memory, because those who fought, fulfilling their international duty in Afghanistan and other hot spots are alive. Alive, because the memory of the dead is sacredly preserved by their comrades in arms, their families and loved ones. And this memory will live as long as we remember it. It just so happened that the Russian soldier defended not only his homeland, but also helped fraternal peoples. And this was called “fulfilling an international duty.”
Reader
That night the order came to our barracks,
The paratroopers were alerted.
They told us: we are flying to Afghanistan,
The route has already been laid out on the maps,
We are not given time to think.
We are preparing our weapons for battle.
The war has only been seen in movies,
And here you will have to sacrifice yourself.
Presenter 2
On December 12, 1979, at a meeting of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, a decision was unanimously made to send Soviet troops into Afghanistan.
On December 25, 1979, at 15.00 Moscow time, troops were landed in Kabul and Bagram by military transport aircraft. Soviet troops entered Afghanistan. The first casualties appeared within 2 hours. The BMP could not resist and overturned on the road – 8 people died. A plane crashed in the vicinity of Kabul, killing 44 paratroopers. Thus began something that one would like to forget, but must definitely remember. Remember not to repeat it! And the war lasted 9 years and 10 months.
(Video. “Tears of Russia”)
Reader
We were only twenty.
We were not promised life.
Son, no need to cry,
We defended the truth.
Our plans did not come true.
The war burned through the hearts
Dushman's bestial howl
Burst into the fighter's dream.
Helicopters burned down
There is a steel blade in the blood.
We exploded on takeoff.
Don't cry, be patient, son!
The sun burned us.
A mirage beckoned with my hand.
And death was clutching in its hands.
Graves are the whole landscape.
I wanted to win so much!
I know the word DEBT!
But the coffins wear berets.
And the guitar's cry stopped.
My grave is in the sand.
The blade has dropped
Yes, death looks sad.
Don't cry, be patient son!
The medals are not worn.
The country looks away.
The berets are shot through.
There is a silent reproach in the eyes.
He left and didn’t look back.
Not life. One jerk.
Sorry for not coming back!
Sorry. Don't cry, son!
Presenter 2
(video clip)
Our soldiers, almost still boys, had to undergo the “science of war” on the spot, during the war. An unusual sultry climate, cold highlands or hot deserts, the most difficult conditions of guerrilla warfare, when an armed enemy could be behind any stone, bush or house - these were the conditions in which our internationalist soldiers fought.
It was at that time that it became known how dangerous the profession of a helicopter pilot was, that the word “spirit” could mean not only something sublime, but also an unwashed, bearded creature with a Kalashnikov at the ready. Military jargon has been enriched with new terms: “green stuff”, “turntable”, “cargo - three hundred”, “cargo - two hundred”...
Presenter 1
These nine years and fifty-one days of fierce battles in a foreign land brought our people a lot of grief, troubles and suffering. But even there, in distant Afghanistan, Soviet soldiers showed the best human qualities: courage, perseverance, nobility. In the incredibly difficult conditions of combat life, far from home, hourly exposed to danger, and sometimes mortal, they remained faithful to the military oath, military and human duty.
More than 15 thousand of our soldiers died on foreign soil, 6 thousand subsequently died from wounds and illnesses, more than 300 people went missing. These were the greatest losses of the Soviet Army since the Great Patriotic War. Time moves us away from those events. However, the memory of the war still resonates with pain in people’s hearts. The current generation should not forget the tragedy of the Afghan events; we must remember those who honestly fulfilled their military duty and risked their lives for the great goal of peace on earth.
(song performed)
Presenter 2
We recognize those who served in Afghanistan and other hot spots not only by the order stripes on civilian clothes... We recognize them by their calm, firm faces. These are people you can always rely on. Everyone would like to have such friends. Someone has very correctly noted that human life is measured not by its duration, but by what fills it. Today we invited to our meeting an internationalist soldier who went through the Afghan war and became a direct witness to those events, for whom the years of service in Afghanistan are behind him, years filled with anxiety and risk. After all, heroism is the conscientious fulfillment of one’s duty – human, military – to the end and in any conditions. Our guest……..
(……….I.F.O. of the guest) or (……….), as lovingly, his colleagues called him.
In Afghanistan (………….I.O…) was
Questions:
Tell me, how old were you when, by the will of fate, you ended up in Afghanistan? Could you then imagine what awaits you there?
Where did you have to fight while serving in Afghanistan? How did this country greet you?
How long did you fight? What surprised you most there?
What do you think is the most valuable thing you learned from the Afghan war?
In your opinion, what are the main lessons of that war?
In your opinion, what are the main lessons of that war?
Soldier's service consists not only of difficulties and problems. No. I think there were a lot of joys and bright moments. Do you remember similar episodes today?
Tell us how you greeted the news of the withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan.
What would you like to wish for your children, your sons, who may have to serve in the army?
Thank you so much for coming to us today and telling us…………..
I would like to say thank you to all those who fulfilled their military and patriotic duty in Afghanistan. I bow to you for your courage and heroism.
Leading
No matter what they say, no matter what they think, you managed to go through the fire of battles and the smoke of conflagrations with dignity and honor... No matter what they say, no matter what they think, you know the value of male friendship, forged in fire, you know how to mourn losses , you are honest before your conscience and holy memory.
No matter what they say, you managed to get through
Everything that the war has measured out to you,
And it’s not for nothing that you put on your military orders today.
Reader
Time has chosen you
Spun in an Afghan snowstorm,
Your friends called you at a terrible hour,
You put on a special uniform.
And in the fire of mountain difficult roads
They sprinkled their blood on their campaigns,
Didn't notice in the whirlwind of worries,
How minutes are compressed into years.
These qualities are not for show.
The Motherland has countless heroes.
Time has chosen you!
Through the pages of times
They walked to the victory marches.
Many famous Russian names
Inscribed on granite eternity.
And when it was hard at times,
Strength melted away in the roar of battle,
We were thrown into pillboxes more than once
The unyielding audacity of the heroes.
Loyalty, valor, courage and honor -
These qualities are not for show.
The Motherland has countless heroes.
Time has chosen you.
The song “Hello Mom” is playing
Presenter 2
Let the memory be stronger than granite,
And the blood won’t stop beating in my heart,
As long as Rus' exists, it keeps in my soul
Those killed in the war in Afghanistan.
Presenter 1
It’s always hard and painful to talk about losses, but when very young people pass away, it’s doubly hard and painful to talk about. You can’t buy for any money, you can’t lend, you can’t rent a person who would love you, worry about you, protect and pray, and be ready to give his life for you like your mother. The closest and dearest person to each of us is our mother. But our difficulties are incomparable to those that befell the mothers whose sons served in Afghanistan.” And indeed it is.
Mothers accompanied their sons to the army. They did not know where the service of very young, fragile boys would take place, but for some reason tears rolled down their cheeks and the words were whispered like a prayer: “Goodbye, dear ones. Come back alive." And boys with short hair bravely stood on station platforms, sang hoarsely with a guitar and went off to war... Having sent their sons to the service, the mothers were worried... Their hearts sank in melancholy, and their boys in difficult moments, in turn, each remembered about their home, about their mothers and relatives, trying in their short and infrequent letters to calm and instill hope that everything will be fine.
Background "I serve Russia"
Reader
Hello dear mother,
I send you greetings.
The most tender, heartfelt,
There are not even words in the world.
Do you miss your son?
Mom, wipe away your tears,
I'll come home after all
And I will hug you...
Reader
But the memory will ring the alarm bell in February.
The funeral bell will slash with a knife.
And we'll go to the cemetery to see the guys
Let's lay flowers and light a candle.
And we stand silently, frowning.
Let's support the mother, bowed down without strength
And it seems to us like drops of blood,
Instead of carnations, they turn red at the graves...
The mother will not stop crying for her son,
Afghanistan took away
At the monument to those who fell in a foreign land,
She will shed many more tears.
He will come here and lay a bouquet of flowers,
On smooth polished granite.
And it stays like this for a long time, and perhaps
Again he talks about something with his son.
Reader
Maternal hoarse silent howl.
Farewell salvo and red silk.
This boy died doing his job
International debt.
What did he think when he went on the attack?
Before he fell and fell silent?
To give the darkness, in general, life untouched -
International debt!
We have rescued peoples from darkness more than once,
Sending a regiment for the regiment.
Sow half of Europe with your bones -
International debt!
O cup of suffering! How many bowls
Have we drunk? We're good at this
We understand. It's probably ours
International debt...
Presenter2:
For all mothers who lost their children while fulfilling their military duty, there is no statute of limitations. They waited and are waiting for their sons... And not only from that Afghan war, but from all the hot spots on the planet... How many tears were cried, how much grief fell on the woman in an instant! But no mother can come to terms with the death of her son. She waits and hopes all her life: what if a miracle happens and a son, her little blood, appears on the doorstep.
Among us, today, there is one of the women, she is a mother who courageously endured a personal tragedy, the death of her son.
Today we bow our heads in memory of our school graduate Irek Muratov, who died in the line of military duty in the Afghan Republic on October 11, 1986.
Mom's speech
We are all deeply indebted to you, we are grateful to you for coming to this meeting today. I wish you good health for many years to come, human joys and prosperity.
Twenty years is a considerable period of time in an ordinary human life. But a life of only twenty years is tragically short. What remains of this life? What remains after a person who has lived on earth for only 20 years? Those who are as young and youthful as we are, today’s participants in our event, did not live, did not love, did not finish their studies, did not fulfill their dreams - they returned to their homeland with a load of “200”, but, at the same time, they managed to become soldiers with a capital S, who left in the hearts of people a bright, grateful memory of yourself.
In memory of fallen Soviet soldiers
We light the extinguished candles.
Let their dim light straighten them
All participants have tired shoulders.
A generation that did not know war
We accept your pain as our own.
So that there is no more trouble,
We light a candle today!
(Candles are lit)
Memory cannot be cured.
You can't drink bloody memory to the dregs.
Universal grief, soldier's share,
Someone else's war...
Let the short life and feat of our fellow countrymen become a moral lesson for all of us, a lesson of duty and honor. And today there is something to say to the future defenders of the Fatherland.
The floor is given to the student …………………
We, future conscripts, are proud to study at the school where …………..They fulfilled their patriotic duty with honor and dignity and are an example and model for us. They did not return, but their memory will forever remain in our hearts.
Reader
How many Russian boy soldiers
From now on they lie in silent eternity.
And they look from photographs of little ones
With surprisingly lively eyes.
Oh, how many mothers are there in Russia?
They shed bitter tears.
Their pain cannot be overcome, it cannot be warmed up
Under mourning black scarves.
Again the wedges of burnt souls float
The sky mixed with clouds
Snow will fall over sweet home
Or they will fall with warm rains.
Tears flow down the gold of names,
According to the dates that ended life at its zenith.
Sad and quiet bell ringing
As if whispering: “Boys, forgive me...”
Presenter 1
The 20th century is often called turbulent and cruel, and this is what it became for our history. The war, one way or another, touched every generation - some fought with weapons in their hands, some saw off loved ones to the war, some mourned the dead.
Human memory is short-lived, and inexorable time erases traces of these wars from the earth. A war in which tens of thousands of yesterday's boys, who joined the army after school, became crippled. More than a million Soviet people passed through the crucible of Afghanistan and Chechnya. Quite a few of them perished on that rocky ground: thousands of dead and dead from wounds and diseases, hundreds of missing people. Many mothers and fathers did not wait for their sons, and they did not say “Mom, I’m alive...”. Remember! Through centuries, through years!
Reader
Remember!
About those who will never come again.
Don't cry, hold back the moans in your throat.
Bitter moans!
Be worthy of the memory of the fallen.
Eternally worthy.
People! While hearts are beating
Remember!
At what price is happiness won?
Please remember!
A minute of silence...
Comrades, stand up
And in memory of the fallen
Imagine the heroes.
Forever in our heart
Immortal names their sound.
A minute of silence, a minute of silence...
MINUTE OF SILENCE (metronome)
Presenter 1
Time has its own memory - history. And therefore, the world never forgets about the tragedies that shook the planet in different eras, including brutal wars that claimed millions of lives, threw back civilizations, and destroyed the great values created by man.
Thank you, Afghan warriors, for showing us all an example of courage, perseverance, selfless love for the Motherland and true male friendship.
We are proud of you, and no matter how much time passes, we will remember you! After all, this is our story. There is no future without the past. And you and I still have to live and live. Thanks to everyone who took part in our meeting and who shared their memories. We are sure that this first meeting with you, dear Afghan soldiers, within the walls of our school will not be the last.
Presenter 2
The battles end, but history is eternal. The Afghan war is also a thing of history. But she will live long in human memory, because her story was written with the blood of soldiers and the tears of mothers. She will live in the memory of orphans left without fathers. It will live in the souls of those who participated in it. With these words we would like to end our meeting today. All the best to you: health, joy, confidence in the future, peace and harmony.
(Song, video clip)
Scenario of the event dedicated to
Day of Remembrance of Soldiers-Internationalists
“As long as we remember, we live”
Purpose of the event : education of citizenship and patriotism, formation of an active life position, preservation of memorable traditions.
Leading: Our meeting today is dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of Internationalist Soldiers, which is celebrated annually on February 15 by all republics in the post-Soviet space. And I would like to begin our meeting today with poetic lines from Viktor Kutsenko.
Time has chosen you
Spun in an Afghan snowstorm,
Your friends called you at a terrible hour,
You put on a special uniform.
And in the fire of mountain difficult roads
They sprinkled their blood on their campaigns,
Didn't notice in the whirlwind of worries,
How minutes are compressed into years.
These qualities are not for show.
The Motherland has countless heroes.
Time has chosen you!
Through the pages of times
They walked to the victory marches.
Many famous Russian names
Inscribed on granite eternity.
And when it was hard at times,
Strength melted away in the roar of battle,
We were thrown into pillboxes more than once
The unyielding audacity of the heroes.
Loyalty, valor, courage and honor -
These qualities are not for show.
The Motherland has countless heroes.
Time has chosen you.
On February 15, 1989, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan began. The operation was led by the last commander of the limited contingent - Lieutenant General Boris Gromov. Soviet troops had been on the territory of this country since December 25, 1979 and acted on the side of the government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
28 years separate us from that memorable day when the last Soviet soldier left the soil of Afghanistan, where ordinary Soviet guys fulfilled their international duty for 9 years and 51 days. This war in a country far from Belarus affected many of our compatriots, their families, loved ones, friends and comrades.
It was this day that became the Day of Remembrance not only for those who fought in Afghanistan, but also for all internationalist soldiers who participated in the resolution of military conflicts in the territories of near and far abroad.
We called our theme evening “As long as we remember, we live” which we dedicate to those ancient events that have already become history, but which we must remember.
We are obliged to remember those of our contemporaries who have walked the fiery miles of war in seemingly peaceful times, who live among us today, and those who are not.
Leading:
Let's remember the history of those long-standing events. No one has the right to doubt that in December 1979, thousands of our compatriots, dressed in soldier’s pea coats, rushed with their pure thoughts and aspirations to help the Afghan people. And it is not the fault of our people that Afghanistan in those years became a testing ground for big world politics, and international assistance turned into a brutal war.
Time inexorably counts down seconds, hours, years and decades. 28 years have already passed since the day when our soldiers, returning home, walked across the famous bridge across the Amu Darya, which separated the former USSR and Afghanistan.
Ordinary guys who arrived from all the former Soviet republics to do military service may not have suspected that they would become eyewitnesses and participants in that war.
Reader:
We didn't long for the stars...
They did not seek claims to power
And how to live on Afghan soil,
Nobody gave us instructions...
And for the bright, quiet sadness
And for the sorrow that comes from the flame.
Forgive us, White Rus',
We are pure before our people...
Presenter:
Twenty years is a considerable period of time in an ordinary human life. But a life of only twenty years is tragically short. What remains of this life? What remains after a person who has lived on earth for only 20 years?
Those who are as young and youthful as we are, today’s participants in our event, did not live, did not love, did not finish their studies, did not fulfill their dreams - they returned to their homeland with a load of “200”, but, at the same time, they managed to become soldiers with a capital S, who left in the hearts of people a bright, grateful memory of yourself.
Reader:
Not for songs, not for fame
You have stepped onto the smoky grass.
The guys knew: the task is difficult,
They knew that it was impossible otherwise.
Only the boys firmly believed -
They will carry the soldier's honor proudly.
Not for songs, not for fame
You have fallen on bitter grass.
It’s like a tight thread has broken:
The flock of cranes trembles,
And my heart becomes tight -
You guys will stay in the songs!
Leading:
Today is a day on which we pay more than just tribute to the soldiers who passed through the difficult roads of Afghanistan. And today it is worth talking about people with a high sense of civic duty, soldier’s courage, and faithful to the military oath.
(You can give the floor to a participant in the Afghan events, if one is present at the event)
Presenter:
As part of a huge socialist power, the Belarusian land suffered huge losses in that war. About 800 soldiers, sergeants and officers drafted into the armed forces died in the Afghan mountains, 12 of our fellow countrymen went missing, 718 returned disabled, and more than one and a half thousand were injured. Today there are about 24 thousand internationalist soldiers in Belarus, but ten years ago there were 8 thousand more.
The Belarusian people sacredly honor their heroes and participants in military events. In 2009, a commemorative medal was established in our republic dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. It was awarded to all combatants or family members of military personnel who died in Afghanistan.
In almost every settlement of our republic there are streets, educational institutions, military units named in honor of internationalist soldiers, their names are immortalized on obelisks and monuments.
Leading:
Having sent their sons to the service, the mothers were worried... Their hearts sank in melancholy, and their boys in difficult moments, in turn, each remembered about their home, about their mothers and relatives, trying in their short and infrequent letters to calm and instill hope that everything will be fine.
Reader:
Hello dear mother,
I send you greetings.
The most tender, heartfelt,
There are not even words in the world.
Do you miss your son?
Mom, wipe away your tears,
I'll come home after all
And I will hug you...
Reader:
But the memory will ring the alarm bell in February.
The funeral bell will slash with a knife.
And we'll go to the cemetery to see the guys
Let's lay flowers and light a candle.
And we stand silently, frowning.
Let's support the mother, bowed down without strength
And it seems to us like drops of blood,
Instead of carnations, they turn red at the graves...
The mother will not stop crying for her son,
Afghanistan took away
At the monument to those who fell in a foreign land,
She will shed many more tears.
He will come here and lay a bouquet of flowers,
On smooth polished granite.
And it stays like this for a long time, and perhaps
Again he talks about something with his son.
Leading:
For all mothers who lost their children while fulfilling their military duty, there is no statute of limitations. They waited and are waiting for their sons... And not only from that Afghan war, but from all the hot spots on the planet.
They say time heals wounds, but without the past there is no present, and there can be no future. After all, as long as we remember, we live. The memory of those events is immortalized not only in obelisks and monuments, but it lives in our hearts and in such annual meetings of youth with veterans.
Leading:
Every year, on this memorable day, those who went through this war gather. Commemorative rallies are held in the capital of our republic - on the Island of Courage and Sorrow, at memorials and monuments in every regional center. Participants in the events remember those who died in that war and pay tribute to the living and the families of internationalist soldiers. And today we bow our heads to the memory of the fallen. This day for us is a symbol of courage, greatness and fortitude of the generation born after the Great Patriotic War. Soldiers and officers, our compatriots, continuing the traditions of their fathers and grandfathers, once again showed courage and heroism in fulfilling their duty and military oath.
Leading:
Someday time will righteously judge and evaluate those ambiguous events and put everything in its place. But our concern and goal are different - not to forget about the soldier, his loyalty to the military oath, honor and courage, the ability not to flinch in the most difficult situations, to prove himself as a successor to the glorious military traditions of his fathers and grandfathers.
Every war is a tragedy for the people as a whole. And we must learn a lesson from it, we must remember how much the war in Afghanistan cost us.
Today, the media often mentions the war declared by terrorists on all people of good will, regardless of nationality and religion. And each of us needs to take responsibility for fulfilling our civic duty.
The memory of those who walked the roads of war and who did not return to their home, for whom conscience, duty, fatherland, honor were the main things in life, let it remain in our hearts as a piece of pride for them.
We hope that today’s meeting was not useful for you, let it remain in your hearts as a reminder that as long as human memory is alive, Man himself is alive.