May 9 is a holiday for Russia. Residents of our vast country-participants of the actions "Immortal regiment", St. George's ribbon, "Hurrah for Victory", #Windows of Victory and many others, reminding those who did not know the war about those who won it. Here is the academic community : students, teachers, and staff go through old photos and letters, recall family stories, and think about their relatives. In order not to repeat, not to happen in our lives more war. Blood and tears, death and love, someone's youth in these stories. Even if you have not been caught and do not know the faces, we remember you, bow low and say thank you!
The marathon for the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Volga Academy was opened by a student of the faculty of physical culture Anastasia Zaitseva with a video story about the difficult fate of her grandmother-blockader Ekaterina Stepanovna Nikolaeva https://youtu.be/U5fe8xS4YF8. The teacher of the Department of theory and methodology of cyclic sports Leonid Savosin told about his father - Dmitry Prokofievich, who fought as a commander of an artillery platoon https://youtu.be/yNl0o5mbFdA. The baton was taken by the rector's adviser, Professor Viktor Demidov, with a story about his father, the intelligence officer Alexander Pavlovich, a participant in the assault on Berlin https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13577. Teacher of the Department of theory and methods of gymnastics Gulshat Shamgullina told about her grandfather-teacher and political instructor Vali Gayfulovich Nabikayev https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13461. The grandfather of the Dean of the faculty of service and tourism Rezeda Hadiullina-senior Sergeant Mubarak galeevich Galeev was awarded the order of the Patriotic war. https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13467. Renata Falyakhi, a leading lawyer at the Academy, shared her memories of her great - grandfather, Mikhail Vasiliev, who participated in the 45th Victory day parade in Moscow https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13522. Associate Professor of the Department of theory and methods of water sports Vladimir Dragomeretsky told about his grandmother's brother Sergeant Vasily Stepanovich​ The Kostin was awarded with the medal "For military merit" https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13506. Teacher of the Department of foreign languages and linguistics Tanzilya Sagitdinova told about the military fate of her uncle, commander of a rifle platoon, order bearer Kayum Yusupovich Ryzvanov https://youtu.be/RHyAysoS9pc. The teachers of the Department of theory and methods of volleyball and basketball thanked the soldiers for their victory in verses https://youtu.be/y1g8Ycz3lpk. The teacher of the Department of cyclic sports Artem Mastrov told about his heroic grandfathers-participant of the liberation of Vienna Nikolai Alexandrovich Mastrov and cavalryman, prisoner of the concentration camp Salakh Minvaleevich Minnulin https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13581. The fate of a prisoner of war only on the territory of France befell the red army sapper, senior Sergeant Vasily Ilyich Malyutin-the grandfather of the teacher of the Department of theory and methodology of volleyball and basketball Nicoletta Serebrennikova. But the teacher of the Department of theory and methodology of football and hockey nail Sadykov told about his wife's grandmother, Alexandra Borisova-a signalman who returned from the war with a young son and preserved her optimism and faith in the future https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13582.
Ilnaz Saifullin, a teacher of the Department of theory and methods of physical culture and sport, remembered the soldiers of the great Patriotic war - his grandfather and great - grandfather. Great-grandfather Gabdulhalik Gafurovich Valitov served as a tank driver and died in the last battle before the capture of Berlin. Minsaf's grandfather Himadelislamovich Saifullin went to the front at the age of 16 after his father, and at 17 became the commander of the communications Department, was wounded, but returned home alive https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13573. Interesting stories about his grandfather Hanifa Hanusovice the Khusainov, a participant in the Japanese war shared lecturer sersis and tourism Alsu Matasova https://vk.com/wall-25099735_13566. A series of presentations about the participants of the great Patriotic war and its historic battles presented by the students of the Academy the mission of the Department of socio-economic Sciences and Humanities, and students of the Department of sport management, recreation and sport tourism did it English.
Awards, letters from the front and funerals are full of social networks today. About 100 military stories about their heroic ancestors were told by students of three faculties of the Volga Academy. Some of them are scouts, prisoners of Auschwitz, holders of orders and medals. Snipers, sailors, Marines, signallers, sappers and nurses are living witnesses of the terrible events of those years. Crippled by war, seeing terrible dreams, raised the country from the ruins-people-winners! Many of them are the same age as today's students. Let the great Victory is already 75. We remember!