SUSU is to Take Part in the Immortal Regiment March for the Sixth Time

On May 9, the Immortal Regiment March that has already become national tradition of celebrating the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War is to be held in the Chelyabinsk region for the sixth time. Students of South Ural State University will take an active part in both organization of the march and in marching itself.

Formation of the Immortal Regiment column will start near South Ural State University, from where the regiment will march till the Eternal Flame.

«Students of the Faculty of Military Education, just like the last years, were given an honor to lead the column with a replica of the Victory Banner. Chelyabinsk’s Banner of the Immortal Regiment will be as well carried by a student of the Faculty. More than 200 students acting as volunteers will accompany the march. A number of students have already proclaimed their intention to march in the column of the Immortal Regiment with portraits of their family members.

Participation of students of the Faculty of Military Education in such an important activity intended to maintain the memory of the Great Patriotic War, of its heroes and of families who defeated the fascism is a component part of civic and patriotic education of the university students», says senior inspector of the Extracurricular Activities Department, retired Colonel Yury Meshkov.

The Immortal Regiment walks into the future while based on the great past. Its purpose is to immortalize the heroic deed of soldiers of the Great Patriotic War, maintain the memory about people’s bravery and heroism, comprehend the experience of our heroic ancestors, recover the continuity of generations, and the most important – bring back the feeling of a person and his family’s belonging to the history of our Motherland.

As a rule, participants of the Immortal Regiment march not only with portraits but also with flowers which they afterwards lay near the Eternal Flame.

Let us note that participation in the march does not require any registration.

Marina Kovyazina; photo by: Oleg Igoshin
Event date: 
Thursday, 9 May, 2019 - 14:00
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