Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
The jubilee, twentieth in a row, military-patriotic rally “Syandeba. Connection of generations” was held in Karelia. It was timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. More than 100 students, teachers and employees of the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University gathered at the site of bloody battles. This rally has long become the most important tradition for polytechnics – a relay race of memory that young people pass on from generation to generation.
Vice-Rector for Youth Policy and Communication Technologies Maxim Pasholikov visited the scene. He expressed gratitude to the organizers and participants of the gathering, emphasizing the importance of the event in preserving historical memory and passing it on to future generations. This gives an opportunity to touch the fates of the polytechnicians who stood up to defend the Motherland during the Great Patriotic War.
The participants of the rally organized a festive concert dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Ceremonial rallies were held. The first one was held at the monument to the soldiers of the 3rd (Vyborg) regiment of the Leningrad division of the people’s militia who died in the battles for the height of 40.0 in August 1941. The ranks of the rallied …
The second rally took place at the Alyosha memorial complex, attended by a delegation from Spain. Together with the polytechnicians, young Spaniards, who also bravely fought against the Nazi invaders, also signed up as volunteers for the 3rd Frunze division of the people’s militia. They fought shoulder to shoulder with our students on the Karelian front and died for this land. The guys planted a young oak tree brought from Guernica, symbolizing fortitude and courage.
According to tradition, the Military History Club “Our Polytechnic” organized a reconstruction of “Syandeba, 1941”. Polytechnicians, dressed in the uniform of Red Army soldiers, fought as student militiamen once fought. Each shot, each fall to the ground is not just an element of the production, but a deep, personal experience of history. Deafening explosions, screams, smoke and shots made the reconstruction not just a spectacle, it became an emotional journey through time, allowing viewers to feel at what cost the Victory was won.
At the gathering, students read real letters from the front of the Polytechnics, helped restore the museum, participated in a military-sports game, went on a walking tour of the places of military glory of the 3rd Frunze Division of the Leningrad People’s Militia, tidied up mass graves, monuments and much more.
Syandeba is not just a point on the map. It is a living memory that we carefully preserve and pass on. Here, among the Karelian forests, each participant of the gathering becomes part of a great history, part of a living connection between generations.
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