The judge of the Isakogorsk District Court of the city of Arkhangelsk fined 59-year-old Mikhail Listov 1,000 rubles for publishing a photograph of the 1945 Victory Parade.

The incident occurred on January 19, 2018 in Arkhangelsk. Judge Elena Kostyleva fined Mikhail Listov, explaining her decision by Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols), which prohibits the display of Nazi and extremist symbols. The article implies punishment in the form of a fine of up to 2 thousand rubles and arrest for up to 15 days, the publication reports 29.ru.

The judge's decision also said that the publication of this photo "may cause suffering to people whose relatives died during the Great Patriotic War."

“I was born in the USSR and I hate Nazism in any of its manifestations. Both my grandfathers died in the Great Patriotic War", - the Arkhangelsk edition quotes Mikhail.

Mikhail refused to admit his guilt and sign the protocol on the offense, because he believes that there are serious mistakes in the case.

Senator Anton Belyakov posted information about this incident on his page in Facebook, saying that he considers the judge’s decision illegal: “To my deep regret, this is not the first time lately that social network users have been fined and even arrested for posting photos from the Great Patriotic War. And this “causes suffering” for many bloggers, journalists and their readers. This “causes suffering” for me personally, as I regularly post about the exploits of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War with the hashtag #to remember. I believe that such jurisprudence should be put to an end. Therefore, I quite consciously decided to publish the picture for which the Arkhangelsk blogger was fined.

According to him, when people see this photo, they can remember this day again and at least for a moment feel the endless joy of the victory of our people in the terrible and bloody massacre unleashed by the Nazis.

“And no one can convince me that this is not necessary, because this is our Pride, our Memory, our Glory and our Victory. Because in this war, which claimed millions of lives, two of my grandfathers died, and because I carefully keep their orders and medals, ”summed up Belyakov.

According to the senator Vladimir region, he intends to apply to the High Qualification Board of Judges, so that they can give an objective assessment of the activities of Judge Kostyleva.

It should be noted that earlier in Arkhangelsk, a public figure Dmitry Sekushin and a veteran of the Airborne Forces, Valentin Tabachny, were tried under the same article.

On the website of the judge-russia.rf, on the page of Elena Kostyleva, four comments were left: three of them are positive, in the fourth, the user Vladimir criticized the judge, calling her “Another mediocrity in the judicial chair.”

The Victory Banner is the state relic of Russia, the official symbol of the victory of the Soviet people and its Armed Forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. It is an assault flag of the 150th Order of Kutuzov II degree of the Idritsa Rifle Division, hoisted on May 1, 1945 over the Reichstag building in the city of Berlin by Soviet soldiers.

On May 9, 1945, the name of Victory was removed from the Reichstag and on June 20, on a Lee 2 plane, it was sent to Moscow. His place in the Reichstag was taken by another scarlet banner.

The Victory Banner was made in military field conditions and is an impromptu State Flag of the USSR. It is a single-layer rectangular red cloth attached to the pole, measuring 82 cm by 188 cm, on the front side of which, at the top of the pole, a silver five-pointed star, a sickle and a hammer are depicted, on the rest of the cloth, before being sent to Moscow, an inscription was added in white letters in four lines: "150 lines of the Order of Kutuzov II st. Idritsk. div. 79 C.K. 3 U.A. 1 B.F" (150th rifle order of Kutuzov II degree Idritskaya division of the 79th rifle corps of the 3rd shock army 1 th Belorussian Front), on the reverse side of the panel in the lower corner near the flagpole there is an inscription "No. 5".

On the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945, the Victory Banner was not taken out. By order of the Main Political Directorate Soviet army dated July 10, 1945, the Victory Banner was sent to the Central Museum of the Armed Forces for eternal storage.

For the first 20 years, it was only an exhibit for the public to see, no one ever took it out of the museum. It was first carried at a military parade on Red Square on May 9, 1965 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Victory. Before the parade, the Victory Banner was restored - a mesh was sewn in instead of the torn off lower edge.

On April 15, 1996, Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree "On the Banner of Victory", according to which during public holidays Russian Federation, days military glory(victory days) of Russia, when conducting military rituals, as well as mass events related to the military victories of the Russian people, the Banner of Victory should be used along with the State Flag of the Russian Federation. According to the decree, the Banner of Victory, hoisted over the Reichstag in May 1945, is taken out only on May 9 - on the Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and on February 23 - on the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland, and for other purposes the "symbol Banner of Victory", which was a red cloth with a length to width ratio of 2: 1. On both sides in the upper corner there is an image of a five-pointed star.

On April 15, 2000, additions were made to the decree, according to which the symbol of the Banner of Victory can be temporarily exported to the territory of the CIS states by order of the president.

In 2007, an attempt was made to legitimize the status of the symbol of the Victory Banner in the federal law "On the Banner of Victory". However, the concept of "the symbol of the Banner of Victory" and its inconsistency with the original caused a sharply negative public reaction, which prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to make serious adjustments to the law, in particular, to replace the concept of "symbol of the Banner of Victory" with "a copy of the Banner of Victory." As a result, by the Federal Law of May 7, 2007, the Victory Banner was assigned the status of an official symbol of the victory of the Soviet people and its Armed Forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, the status of a state relic of Russia.

According to the law, during ceremonial events, dedicated to the Day Victory days, and other days associated with the events of the Great Patriotic War, as well as for putting on display instead of the Banner of Victory if it is removed from view for restoration work, copies of the Banner of Victory can be used. The type of copies of the Victory Banner must correspond to the type of the Victory Banner.

The law defines the place and procedure for storing the Banner of Victory.

The original Victory Banner is stored in the Central Museum of the Armed Forces. Due to the fragility of the material, it must not be stored in an upright position. The Banner of Victory lies unfolded on a horizontal surface and is covered with special paper. For better preservation, all nails have been removed from its shaft. Their heads began to rust and injure the fabric.

A "pocket" was sewn to the pole for attaching the Banner. Take it only by wearing gloves. Transported in a special case.
A unique display case with climate control was made to store the Banner of Victory.

A duplicate of the Banner is currently available for public viewing, exhibited in a glass case of the museum and exactly repeating the original.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from open sources

The first Victory Parade, which took place 73 years ago, on June 24, 1945, four years after the troops of Nazi Germany attacked the borders of the USSR, became a symbolic end to the struggle against the forces of Europe united under the Nazi banner.

Month of preparation

The decision to hold the parade was made, of course, by the Supreme Commander shortly after May 9, 1945. Stalin was well aware of the importance of this holiday for a people who had just rid themselves of a mortal danger, perhaps the worst in their history, and who were on the verge of hard work to revive the country lying in ruins. That is why he hurried the military command to hold a parade in Moscow, in which, at his request, all fronts and all branches of the military were to be represented.

Already on May 24, 1945, the General Staff submitted proposals to Stalin and requested two months for preparation. However, the Supreme Commander gave only thirty days for this.

In total, ten combined regiments of the fronts and a combined regiment of the Navy were to pass in the upcoming solemn march. In addition, students of military academies, cadets of military schools and troops of the Moscow garrison, as well as military equipment, including aircraft, took part in the parade.

Front-line soldiers were ill-suited for the parade

The selection of fighters for the consolidated regiments began immediately. One of the main criteria for a candidate for the parade crew was personal heroism and military merit. First of all, holders of the Orders of Glory, Heroes Soviet Union, participants in the storming of Berlin, distinguished soldiers and officers. But that wasn't enough. Parade participants had to be no older than 30 years and not less than 176 centimeters and be fit in the drill plan.

How serious the demands were, is evidenced by the dramatic history of the banner group of the Banner of Victory, hoisted over the Reichstag, with the removal of which it was planned to start the parade.

Hero scouts Egorov, Kantaria and Berest, who were supposed to be assistants to the standard-bearer, turned out to be rather weak in drill training - they needed other skills at the front. And their brave battalion commander Stepan Neustroev, who was supposed to carry the banner, had many severe wounds and limped. However, the fact that the Banner of Victory was carried by someone else was out of the question. And Marshal Zhukov ordered to transfer it to the Central Museum of the Armed Forces. For the first time, the Banner of Victory was brought to the parade only in 1965.

In addition to the difficulties with the combat training of front-line soldiers, there were certain problems with the ceremonial uniforms of the participants. Thousands of front-line soldiers arriving in the capital had to be provided with dress uniform. And carefully fitted, which would sit on them like a glove. Garment factories in Moscow and the Moscow region were thrown to solve this problem in the shortest possible time.

Standards for consolidated regiments, hundreds of sashes for 360 combat banners were made by the best specialists of the art and production workshops of the Bolshoi Theater.

March warning

The "special parade", as Stalin called it, marked not only the triumph of the Soviet people. A month before Stalin ordered to prepare for the Victory Parade, Winston Churchill in April 1945, when Germany had not yet signed an unconditional surrender, ordered to begin planning an attack on the USSR.

The plan for this operation was prepared and presented to the British Prime Minister on May 22, 1945. According to this document, the attack on the USSR was to begin on July 1, 1945 with an unexpected strike by 47 British and American divisions, which were supposed to support 10-12 German divisions, which the "allies" kept undisbanded.

Of course, these plans were known to the Kremlin, and the parade was also supposed to be a very specific message to the "allies" - the power of the Soviet Union is invincible. Everyone should have seen: along Red Square there are ranks of invincible, as if cast from steel warriors who defeated the hordes of a united Europe. And all subsequent conquerors will have exactly the same fate. And so everything had to be absolutely perfect. Everyone - both the parade participants and its organizers - perfectly understood its significance and prepared for it, perhaps even more scrupulously than for a military operation. And everything went as it should.

There is no doubt that this message was received and correctly understood. In any case, today, after every Victory Parade in the West, we are accused of "saber-rattling" and "aggressiveness."

Two dragoon marshals

There is a well-known legend: when Stalin was offered to take over the parade as the Supreme Commander, he said that he was old for riding, that we had two cavalry marshals, let one command the parade, the second accept it. Georgy Zhukov and Konstantin Rokossovsky were indeed both dragoons in their youth and once passionate riders. However, they also had many other things in common: they were the same age and classmates (according to the Cavalry advanced training courses for the command staff of the cavalry of the Red Army in Leningrad), they repeatedly turned out to be colleagues. Relations between them, however, were not always smooth, but both marshal-heroes deeply respected each other. It is known that Zhukov, already a very old man himself, came to say goodbye to the dying Rokossovsky at the Kremlin hospital.

But in the 45th it was far from that, the Victory Parade was, among other things, a personal triumph of two great commanders. So it was by no means the dragoon past of the marshals (there were other cavalry commanders in the Red Army) that was the reason that Stalin decided to associate this historical event with their names.

The two-hour parade was held in continuous rain, because of which the aviation part had to be abandoned, but everything else went like clockwork - grandiose, solemn, majestic. Everything indicated that this was no longer just a young workers 'and peasants' army, but the heir to the victorious regiments of Peter the Great, Suvorov and Kutuzov, consecrated by numerous glorious traditions of the Imperial Army, centuries of victories.

After the passage of the consolidated regiments, the gigantic orchestra of almost one and a half thousand people fell silent, and in unexpected silence the fraction of 80 drums rumbled. 200 soldiers carried the lowered banners and standards of Hitler's defeated army and threw them to the foot of the Mausoleum, on which the rostrum of the top leadership of the USSR was located. All the fighters carrying enemy banners were wearing gloves, which symbolized disgust and disgust for Nazi regalia. German standards were thrown onto a specially made platform, so as not to desecrate the sacred Moscow land, to thunderous applause from the guest stands.

The "Thousand-Year Reich" did not last even fifteen years. Russia has once again become a graveyard of conquerors striving for world domination.

Myths and facts

Often, Marshal Zhukov, and indeed the entire Soviet command, is accused of "the tactic of flooding with corpses," of striving to mark the next date by "taking the frontier," regardless of losses. They say that Berlin was also "taken head on", exclusively - just to get ahead of the allies.

These accusations are not always true. During the Berlin operation, as a result of a brilliant maneuver, our troops were cut off from the capital of the Third Reich, and then surrounded by units of the 9th german army. The Marshal of Victory, like other military leaders, did not at all "cover with bones" the road to the Reichstag and the Reich Chancellery, but minimized losses. Near Berlin, a 200,000-strong Wehrmacht group was surrounded and destroyed. As a result, the capital of the Reich itself was defended not so much by battle-hardened front-line soldiers as by the Volkssturm, SS security units, police, and air defense units. Of course, fighting in a city, especially one as big as Berlin, always involves casualties. But if not for Zhukov, there would be incomparably more of them.

On the same example of the "Halb cauldron", as it is called in Western historiography, the balance of power: our troops had an advantage in manpower by 1.4 times, in artillery - by 3.7 times, in armored vehicles there was approximate equality. These figures should say something about the skillful leadership of a grandiose military operation.

Document

1. To participate in the parade in the city of Moscow in honor of the victory over Germany, allocate a consolidated regiment from the front.

2. Form a consolidated regiment according to the following calculation: five two-company battalions of 100 people in each company (ten squads of 10 people). In addition, 19 commanding officers from the calculation: regiment commander - 1, deputy regiment commanders - 2 (for combat and political affairs), regiment chief of staff - 1, battalion commanders - 5, company commanders - 10 and 36 deputies from 4 assistant officers. In total, there are 1059 people in the consolidated regiment and 10 spare people.

3. In the consolidated regiment, have six companies of infantry, one company of artillerymen, one company of tankers, one company of pilots and one company of combined (cavalrymen, sappers, signalmen).

4. The companies are to be equipped so that the commanders of the departments are middle officers, and in each department - privates and sergeants.

5. Personnel to participate in the parade, select from among the fighters and officers who have most distinguished themselves in battles and who have military orders.

6. Arm the consolidated regiment: three rifle companies with rifles, three rifle companies with machine guns, a company of artillerymen with carbines behind their backs, a company of tankers and a company of pilots with pistols, a company of sappers, signalmen and cavalrymen with carbines behind their backs, cavalrymen, in addition, with checkers .

7. The front commander and all commanders, including aviation and tank armies, arrive at the parade.

8. The consolidated regiment to arrive in Moscow on June 10, 1945, having 36 combat banners, the most distinguished in the battles of formations and units of the front, and all enemy banners captured in battles, regardless of their number.

9. Ceremonial uniforms for the entire regiment will be issued in Moscow.

Dzhulbars on the tunic of the Supreme Commander

One of the most touching moments of the Victory Parade was the carrying of the heroic sapper dog Dzhulbars. Wounded shortly before, he could not walk on his own, which was reported to Rokossovsky, who informed Stalin about this, who, in turn, ordered to carry the dog in his arms. Or rather, not on his hands, but on his own tunic, turned into a stretcher.

The Great Patriotic War

Victory Parade on Red Square 1945

ORDER OF THE Supreme Commander-in-Chief

One of the most important events of the 20th century was the victory of the Soviet people over fascism in World War II. In the historical memory of peoples and in the calendar will forever remain main holiday- Victory Day, the symbols of which were the first Parade on Red Square on June 24, 1945, dedicated to the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War and fireworks in the sky of Moscow.

The history of the parade began immediately after the end of World War II. Stalin made the decision to hold the Victory Parade on May 24, 1945, almost immediately after the defeat of the last non-surrendering group of German troops.

“In commemoration of the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, I am appointing a parade of troops of the Army, the Navy and the Moscow garrison on Red Square on June 24, 1945 - the Victory Parade.

Bring to the parade: consolidated regiments of the fronts, a consolidated regiment of the People's Commissariat of Defense, a consolidated regiment of the Navy, military academies, military schools and troops of the Moscow garrison. The Victory Parade will be hosted by my Deputy Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov. Command the Victory Parade to Marshal of the Soviet Union Rokossovsky. I entrust the general leadership for organizing the parade to the commander of the troops of the Moscow Military District and the head of the garrison of the city of Moscow, Colonel General Artemyev.

Supreme Commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union

I. Stalin»

Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov hosts the Victory Parade in Moscow

On June 19, 1945, the red banner victoriously hoisted over the Reichstag was delivered to Moscow by plane. It was it that was obliged to be present at the head of the column, and those who directly hoisted the banner in Germany were supposed to carry it. The participants of the parade were given a month to prepare. "Chinese" drill step, sew new form, select participants. They were selected according to strict criteria: age - not older than 30, height - not less than 176 cm. A month of training for several hours a day in order to take 360 ​​steps on Red Square within three minutes. On the eve of the Parade, Zhukov personally conducted the selection. It turned out that many did not pass the marshal exam. Among them were Alexei Berest, Mikhail Yegorov and Meliton Kantaria, who hoisted the Red Banner over the Reichstag building. Therefore, the original script was changed, Marshal Zhukov did not want other soldiers to carry the Victory Banner. And then an order was given to transport the banner to the Museum of the Armed Forces.

Thus, in the main parade of the 20th century, which took place on June 24, 1945, the main symbol of victory did not take part. He will return to Red Square only in the anniversary year of 1965. (It is from this parade in 1965 that May 9 will become an official holiday). The Victory Parade was hosted by Marshal Zhukov on a white horse in the pouring rain. Marshal Rokossovsky also commanded the parade on a white horse. Stalin, as well as Molotov, Kalinin, Voroshilov, Budyonny and other members of the Politburo, watched the parade from the podium of the Lenin Mausoleum.

The parade was opened by the combined regiment of Suvorov drummers, followed by the combined regiments of 11 fronts (the “box” of each regiment numbered 1054 people), in the order of their location in the theater of operations by the end of the war - from north to south: Karelian, Leningrad, 1- 1st and 2nd Baltic, 3rd, 2nd and 1st Belorussian, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ukrainian, combined regiment of the Navy. As part of the regiment of the 1st Belorussian Front, representatives of the Polish Army marched in a special column. Commanders of the fronts and armies walked in front of each regiment, the standard-bearers - Heroes of the Soviet Union - carried 36 banners of formations and units of each front that distinguished themselves in battles. An orchestra of 1,400 musicians performed a special march for each of the passing regiments. An air parade was also planned, but it (like the procession of workers) did not take place due to unprecedented bad weather.

It should be noted that the parade was filmed for the first time on a color trophy film, which had to be developed in Germany. Unfortunately, due to color distortion, the film was later converted to black and white. The film about the parade spread all over the country and everywhere it was watched with a full house.

Soviet soldiers with German standards

The parade ended with an action that shocked the whole world - the orchestra fell silent and, to the beat of drums, two hundred soldiers entered the square, carrying captured banners of defeated enemy divisions lowered to the ground, they threw them to the foot of the Mausoleum. Hitler's Leibstandarte was thrown first. Rank after rank, the soldiers turned to the mausoleum, on which the leaders of the country and outstanding military leaders stood, and threw on the stones of Red Square, the banners of the destroyed Nazi army captured in battles. The soldiers carried gloved banners to emphasize their disgust for the enemy, and that same evening the soldiers' gloves and the platform were burned. This action has become a symbol of our triumph and a warning to all who encroach on the freedom of our Motherland.

Then the units of the Moscow garrison passed: the combined regiment of the People's Commissariat of Defense, the military academy, the military and Suvorov schools, consolidated cavalry brigade, artillery, motorized, airborne and tank units and subunits. The parade lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. The parade was attended by 24 marshals, 249 generals, 2536 officers, 31,116 privates, sergeants. More than 1850 units passed through Red Square military equipment. The joy of victory overwhelmed everyone. And in the evening there were fireworks all over Moscow.

Unfortunately, every year the number of people who took part in that legendary parade 70 years ago is declining. Currently, there are only 211 people, among them - seven Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Gabriel Tsobechia

On the eve of the celebration of the 70th anniversary Great Victory over fascist Germany in Kyrgyzstan, like a bolt from the blue, a campaign was launched to agitate against one of its main symbols - the St. George ribbon. The real hysteria about this began exactly a month before the national holiday - April 9th. On this day, pro-Western opponents of integration openly called on the people of Kyrgyzstan to stop using the black-and-orange ribbon that many people love. Surprised by their statements and some high-ranking officials.

"Symbol of neo-imperialism"?

Has the "Colorado" mood of adherents of transatlantic values ​​reached Kyrgyzstan? This is the first thing that comes to mind after another statement of the civil movement "Kyrgyzstan against the Customs Union". It seems that the activists who are so vehemently lobbying for the interests of the stars have decided to play on the most sacred - on the inextricable ties and common history of the once huge state. Despite sovereignty, May 9 was and remains one of the main holidays of all the states of the former USSR.

As the main argument, the activists put forward the opinion that “this ribbon cannot be used in our country for the reason that it was established in tsarist times as a reward for merits in wars of conquest Russian Empire she is a symbol of imperial superpower and colonialism.” “First revived during the Second World War by the White Guard General A. Vlasov, whose “Russian Liberation Army” fought on the side of the Third Reich, this ribbon is also a symbol of collaboration with Nazism. Resurrected a second time by Kremlin “political technologists” in the post-Soviet years, the St. George Ribbon marked the expansionist aspirations of Putin’s Russia and its encouragement of separatism in neighboring sovereign states. Today, supporters of Russian neo-imperialism and followers of fascism adorn themselves with these ribbons. They have already been abandoned by Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, who considered them incompatible with the concepts of “sovereignty” and “ National security". Today, Russian officials declare their readiness to use nuclear weapons in achieving imperial goals (where and when were such statements made? - FROM.), and civilized countries, one by one, refuse to participate in military celebrations on Red Square. The rejection of St. George ribbons is today a sign of decency, recognition of norms international law and a tribute to all those who died during the Second World War, say the jingoists. “If the state so wants to use the symbols of that victory, then let them come up with new ones.”

The activists of the movement also declared that they were ready to go to all regions of the country completely free of charge, on a volunteer basis, and distribute new ribbons in red and yellow colors there.

For taste and color, they say, there is no comrade. But I cannot but make a remark about the ignorance of the jingoists. Let it be known to them that Vlasov used the white-blue-red flag of the Russian Republic of the times of the Provisional Government, and the St. George ribbon began to decorate the block of the Order of Glory established in the USSR in 1943 and on May 9, 1945, the medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War war 1941-1945. It is because of this that she has now gained such popularity as a symbol of Victory. Thus, she has nothing to do with the despicable collaborator and accomplice of the Nazis Vlasov.

A possible replacement of the symbol of the Great Victory - the St. George ribbon will be disrespectful to the generation that survived the war, says Anna Kutanova, chairman of the Leningrad Siege Society in Kyrgyzstan

"Whoever wants - let him carry"

The scandal, which caused a huge resonance in society, was provoked by none other than the authorities of the country. NPEs only added fuel to the fire. A few days ago it became known that there would be no black and orange St. George ribbons at the parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Bishkek. The leadership of Kyrgyzstan decided this year to replace it with a red and yellow ribbon, symbolizing the flag of the country.

« St. George Ribbon- Russian, and our country should have its own, - commented on a strange initiative in General Staff Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic, while the department refused to name whose order it was. “We were told that the mayor’s office was offering to do the same.” A little later, the press secretary of the General Staff, Azamat Duishenbekov, clarified that there is such an initiative, but the issue has not yet been fully resolved. “Everything will be decided closer to the date of the parade. St. George's ribbon, as it were ... But it will be different in color. The ribbons are made by the government. We do not deal with these issues,” he replied.

In the Cabinet of Ministers (perhaps because of the hype. - FROM.) also tried to disown this issue. Vice Prime Minister for the power bloc Abdyrakhman Mamataliyev noted that there is no official decision to change the color or abandon the St. George ribbon yet. “It was proposed to change the colors in the metropolitan municipality. The mayor's office decided to present this holiday in a different way. I think there is no politics here, you can celebrate it with a St. George ribbon. At the moment, there is no government decision on this issue. To celebrate the Victory Day, an organizing committee was created, which is headed by the Prime Minister, I am his deputy,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.

But the Speaker of the Parliament Asylbek Jeenbekov did not hide his attitude to this idea. "No one forbids carrying St. George ribbon. Whoever wants to, let them drag it,” he said in response to the deputy from the Ar-Namys faction, Eristina Kochkarova, who spoke out against the initiative of the Bishkek mayor’s office to introduce a new symbol of Victory.

“On the eve of the anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, there are different interpretations and attempts to redraw history. We had one victory, one country, one people. They are now one for all, - the people's choice tried to convey to colleagues and the entire metropolitan municipality. "An ill-considered proposal at City Hall could put our country in a bad light."

“I personally prefer the red ribbon. This is the color of our country's flag. If the mayor's office offered to decorate everything in the colors of our national flag and yellow tunduk, what's wrong with that? This is our Victory, we can celebrate it the way we want,” retorted the Speaker (Chairman of the Parliament. - Ed.).

Instead of an afterword

Traditionally, in early May, the St. George Ribbon campaign is held in all corners of the republic: motorists decorate cars with black and gold ribbons, young people tie them on backpacks and bags, and older people wear them in the form of a brooch on their chests. Do we really have to celebrate the anniversary of the Victory this year without the main attribute on May 9? And then what? Perhaps we will be completely forbidden to honor on this day the feat of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, who gave us a peaceful sky above our heads? But what about memory? After all, a people that has forgotten its history has no future.

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