Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State –
On May 8, 2025, students and staff of the State University of Management, together with colleagues from the Russian Technological University MIREA, opened a memorial to Soviet soldiers in the village of Selizharovo in the Tver Region.
The opening ceremony, timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, was attended by Rector Vladimir Stroyev and students of the university expeditionary corps led by Vladimir Linnik on behalf of the State University of Management. RTU MIREA was represented by Vice-Rector Igor Tarasov and members of the Student Expeditionary Corps “Arctic Team”.
Two years ago, students from RTU MIREA discovered a reinforced concrete firing point during search operations, and while clearing it, they found a trench and the remains of a Red Army soldier. The remains were raised, and a memorial was subsequently founded on this site, arranged by students from GUU and MIREA. The construction of the memorial began on April 30. During the shift, the students also visited the Nilov-Stolobenskaya Hermitage, the source of the Volga River, and a livestock farm on an excursion.
Having greeted those gathered, the rector of the State University of Management Vladimir Stroyev noted that universities are engaged not only in education, but also in upbringing. Students are at an age when they are being formed as individuals and citizens. Search work on battlefields helps them to learn more about history and find themselves.
“We are a non-war generation, we grew up in peacetime thanks to our ancestors, who at the cost of incredible efforts achieved victory over the aggressor. Now there are almost no living veterans left, and we have no right to forget the contribution of each of them to the common Great Victory.
It so happened that today, on the fields of a special military operation, a new military generation is being formed, a generation of successors to the victors of fascism, who continue the fight against this inhuman ideology. This continuity is extremely important, because it is the peers of our students and they themselves who, many, many years from now, will tell their children and grandchildren about the current events.
I want to congratulate everyone on the upcoming Victory Day, the 80th anniversary of the Victory. And I am sure that another such day will definitely come when we will have a big holiday – our next big common victory,” Vladimir Stroyev wished.
Acting head of the Selizharovsky municipal district Dmitry Markuzov:
“80 years ago, the final page of the bloodiest war in history was turned. Every year we pay tribute to those who allowed us to live in a free country, to raise children and grandchildren. The opening of this memorial shows that in every corner of our country, there were stubborn battles for the Motherland.”
The Chairman of the Ostashkov District Public Organization of Veterans, Anatoly Lukashov, who helped raise the remains of many soldiers lying in the Tver soil and participated in the creation of the memorial exhibition in Selizharovo, reminded those gathered about the events of the Great Patriotic War that took place in the Tver Region.
After the fall of Smolensk, a decision was made to build three defensive lines around Moscow. The outer, third line of defense ran right through the territory of the Rzhevsky, Selizharsky and Ostashkovsky districts. The fortifications were built day and night, mostly by women and children. The production standard was considered to be 7 cubic meters per day. As a result, on August 27, 1941, the colonel who accepted the work wrote in a report, “The line was accepted with a good, almost excellent rating.”
“As is known, despite stubborn resistance, in November 1941 the village of Selizharovo was captured by the enemy. But not for long, in January the Red Army returned to these places and at the cost of great losses liberated the surrounding area. Yes, many guys died, about 4,000 people, but there are no unnecessary losses in the defense of the Motherland. The enemy was thrown back from our land, and later finally routed in his lair,” said Anatoly Lukashov.
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