Bishkek, Jan.27, 2020. /Kabar/. Today, Jan.27 Bishkek celebrates the Day of Entire Liberation of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from the fascist blockade. A requiem rally was held at the Daiyr Asanov park in the capital city.
Chairwoman of the Kyrgyz Society of Survivors of Leningrad Siege Anna Kutanova shared her memories of the sad days.
"When the war began, men were taken into the army, women were working in industrial enterprises, and teenagers were helping. I was 11 years old then. At that time, I had already created a detachment. During the alarm, we went up to the roofs and were on duty," Kutanova shared her memories.
She said their organization's original mission is to tell the young Kyrgyzstanis what they have experienced during those 900 days and to prevent a repeat of the events.
"We continue to live to tell the young generation what war and blockade are like, how difficult it is. Unfortunately, the siege is the outgoing generation. There are fewer and fewer of them left. Today, there are 19 sieges left, earlier there were thousands. It is important for the young generation to know how terrible the war is, how many people have died. There is importance that such evens should not be repeated, and the new generation live together in harmony,” the head of the Society noted with hope.
Kutanova urged everyone to love the Motherland, be a patriot of their country and live in harmony with others.
She sincerely thanked President Sooronbay Jeenbekov for the material support.
A requiem rally to mark the anniversary of break of siege of Leningrad took place today in Bishkek with the participation of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov.
Vice mayors, war veterans and citizens also came to pay tribute to the memory of the victims.
The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany against the Soviet city of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front in World War II.
The siege started on Sep.8, 1941. Although Soviet forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on Jan.18, 1943, the Red Army did not lift the siege until Jan.27 1944, 872 days after it began.
The blockade became one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, and possibly the costliest in casualties suffered. Some historians classify it as genocide.
More than 16 thousand people, including 3.5 thousand children, were evacuated to Kyrgyzstan.
Comments
Post Comment