Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
In honor of the 80th anniversary of the Victory, the Polytechnic University is organizing a large-scale program dedicated to the heroes who participated in the Great Patriotic War from among the students and teachers of the university. Special projects cover in detail the fates of those who defended the Motherland on the front lines, those who survived the siege of Leningrad, and those who, sparing no effort, worked for the coming victory.
The SPbPU History Museum presents the project “The Institute That Survived the War”. It consists of nine chapters, each of which is dedicated to the students, teachers and staff of the Polytechnic University during the Great Patriotic War. The project describes the work of the military hospital in the Main Building, the transformation of the university for the needs of the front, the activities of defense workshops, scientific developments of scientists and the learning process during that difficult time, as well as the participation of polytechnics in military operations. All information is illustrated with historical photographs and archival documents. It can be read on the website or listened to in audio format. These unique stories will allow you to better understand the fates of people who stood at the forefront of scientific and social life during the war years.
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The Polytechnic University park has information stands telling about the history of the university during the war years and the role of the Polytechnics in the victory. Each stand has a QR code, which can be used to obtain additional information and listen to an audio recording.
The exhibition “The Path to Victory” presents the fates of great graduates of our university – engineers who made a significant contribution to the development of technical equipment of the USSR army. The exhibition also tells about polytechnics awarded the honorary title “Hero of the Soviet Union” and about students who went to the front or worked in the rear. The exhibition can be viewed on the first floor of the Main Building.
At the end of May – beginning of June, a historical exhibition will be organized on the territory of Fort Reef, which will tell about the graduates and teachers of the university who played an important role in the development of Kronstadt and strengthening its defensive positions.
Also in May, Library No. 9 will host an exhibition dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War and to Daniil Granin, a 1940 graduate of the Leningrad Industrial Institute, after whom the library is named.
The events of the Polytechnic University will be a bright event for everyone who is interested in the history of our country and wants to honor the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. On the eve of Victory Day, new unique elements of the exhibition dedicated to one of the outstanding polytechnicians will appear in the SPbPU History Museum. We believe that the best way to pay tribute to the dead and the survivors is to remember their feats. Let’s do it together, – commented Valery Klimov.
In addition, ondigital information panels, installed in the main buildings of the Polytechnic University, broadcasts of the student video blog “The memory of glory lives on”. The project’s host, IMMiT student Yegor Bredikhin, talks about the university’s memorable locations and the unforgettable stories they have kept for decades.
Supplementing the virtual chronicles of the university, the Main Building has boards dedicated to the heroes of the Polytechnics. The updated panels present biographies of our outstanding graduates and employees, whose heroism during the war became a symbol of unbending will and devotion to the Motherland.
The Directorate of Cultural Programs and Youth Creativity of SPbPU organized a three-day showing of the production for Polytechnic students “Engineers of Victory”, which tells about the Polytechnicians who participated in the war and the university’s contribution to the victory. Soloists of the SPbPU Variety and Symphony Orchestra, the Student Theater, the Polyhymnia Youth Choir, the Polytechnic Chamber Choir, and students of the Humanitarian Institute took part in its creation with the support of the SPbPU History Museum.
The Glagol People’s Theatre, where students and graduates of the university serve, will present a musical and poetic composition based on poems and documents from the wartime, “Shards of Silence,” on May 3. On May 10 and 17, the play “Thirteen Women of Sergeant Major Vaskov Between the Premonition of Great Love and the Expectation of Sudden Death” based on the screenplay by Boris Vasiliev, “The Dawns Here Are Quiet,” will be performed.
Students, university staff and guests are invited to three festive concerts in the White Hall. On May 6, songs of the Great Victory will be performed, on May 7, music by Shostakovich performed by the Klassika Orchestra, and on May 8, songs by Bulat Okudzhava, a war veteran whose birthday is celebrated on May 9.
The Immortal Regiment will “stand” on the territory of SPbPU and student dormitories. The Directorate of Cultural Programs and Youth Creativity is installing 80 structures with portraits of students who went to the front from their student benches.
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