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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
On March 14 and 15, the second international youth conference “Front City Leningrad” was held in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The organizers were Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the State Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad.
The event was held with the support of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the Archive Committee of St. Petersburg, the Committee for Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg. The organizing committee included representatives of St. Petersburg universities.
The grand opening of the conference took place in the White Hall of SPbPU.
The conference we are holding is truly significant. Such events are simply necessary now. We need to pay close attention to history and issues related to the existence of our state. We must pass on information about those important events and the heroic deeds of each person who took part in them from generation to generation. Through history and traditions, we create the unity of society, – welcomed the guests the first vice-rector of SPbPU Vitaly Sergeev.
On behalf of the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Belsky, the participants were greeted by his deputy, Pavel Itkin.
In today’s times, it is more important than ever for us to remember the great feat of our fathers and grandfathers, to pay great attention to the patriotic education of new generations. You are our hope and the future of our national history and science, – Pavel Itkin read.
Chairman of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg Andrei Maksimov conveyed greetings from the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov and spoke about the competition of student and postgraduate works on the study of the defense and blockade of Leningrad.
It is wonderful that the conference is becoming a good tradition, that all leading universities of St. Petersburg are taking part in this work. This is very responsible and important. You are the young generation, and thanks to you our society will be formed in the future. Therefore, knowing the past, you will be able to draw the right conclusions and choose your path, – said Andrey Maksimov.
The acting director of the State Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad, Anatoly Perebykovsky, also addressed the conference participants.
It is a special honor for us to unite young people from various universities, scientific and educational institutions. The large number of applications for the conference speaks of the interest in preserving historical memory, which is more important today than ever, – emphasized Anatoly Perebykovsky.
The participants were also greeted by the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations Bogdan Zastavny and the Chairman of the Archive Committee of St. Petersburg Petr Tishchenko.
At the end of the official part, those gathered observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Leningrad blockade.
The conference participants were young scientists, postgraduates, and students from Russian and foreign universities under the age of 35.
The plenary session was held at the Polytechnic University. The moderators were the director of the Higher School of Social Sciences of the Humanities Institute of SPbPU Anastasia Lisenkova, associate professor of the Higher School of Social Sciences of the Humanities Institute, academic secretary of the State Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad Artem Popov, professor of the St. Petersburg Academy of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, academic secretary of the State Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad Alexander Kutuzov.
SPbPU student Polina Krison presented a report on “The Contribution of Female Sappers to the Demining of Pavlovsk”. Danil Demin from the St. Petersburg Academy of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation recalled the importance of preserving the memory of the events of the Great Patriotic War. Anastasia Gribacheva, a postgraduate student at the Higher School of Economics from SPbPU, presented the organization of the production process at food enterprises in besieged Leningrad. ITMO student Elizaveta Beloborodova presented a report on “Digital Historical Projects as a Tool for Studying the Siege of Leningrad”. Valentina Stroganova from St. Petersburg State University spoke about the work of evacuation hospital No. 1012 within the walls of the Faculty of History during the Siege of Leningrad.
Sectional meetings were held in person and online at leading universities in St. Petersburg and the regions of Russia, as well as at universities in Belarus and Uzbekistan. The moderators of these meetings were historians, teachers of the Higher School of Social Sciences of the Humanities Institute of SPbPU. The participants also took tours of the State Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad.
The conference organizing committee received more than 170 applications from four countries and 49 universities; sectional meetings were organized in nine St. Petersburg universities according to the sections’ profiles.
Based on the results of the conference, it is planned to publish an electronic collection with posting in the RSCI database.
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