The main pedestrian street of Chelyabinsk was filled with flowers and applause as actor and singer Dmitry Pevtsov performed his monospectacle "Echo of Victory" on the Day of Memory and Sorrow. He sang the best and most moving songs of the war years. Check out the photo report by the photo correspondent.
The concert "Echo of Victory" was dedicated to the 83rd anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War. The program included the best songs and poems of that time, as well as compositions by contemporary authors dedicated to that heroic period. "This day cannot be called a holiday," Dmitry Pevtsov addressed the audience. "For me, the most important thing is memory, because our former Western partners are trying to destroy this memory, erase it, come up with some other history."
In his address to the listeners, the artist noted that despite the tragedy of the Great Patriotic War, it gave our art an unprecedented boost and gave rise to a huge number of talented writers, artists, and directors. Over 1.5 thousand residents and guests of Chelyabinsk gathered at the Kirovka stage to hear their familiar and beloved songs. Among them was Irina Tekslar, the founder of the 2020 Foundation. "Our duty is to remember the courage and honor the feat of our people! June 22nd is the beginning of the struggle for liberation from fascist oppression not only for the Soviet people, but also for the whole world," she emphasized. "On this day, Russia pays tribute to those who died without seeing the Victory. So that their heroism is not forgotten and the tragedy is not repeated. And we repeat over and over again: no one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten."
In memory of those who died, an action took place in the Urals on the night of June 22nd, where a composition "Ural - to the Front" and the inscription "Chelyabinsk remembers" were created using candles near monuments. And in the morning, the people of Chelyabinsk lit candles in their homes. Governor Alexey Tekslar and Mayor Natalya Kotova took part in the ceremony. In children's camps, in memory of the fallen, after a minute of silence, stories of relatives affected by the war were remembered. The television tower in the center of Chelyabinsk turned into a burning candle for one evening - a special illumination was lit on it.
