Immortal Regiment- this is typing in last years popularity social movement in memory of the participants of the Second World War. It is believed that it was organized by the chairman of the Council of Veterans Tyumen region Gennady Ivanov. In 2007, he organized the "Parade of Winners", during which people carried portraits of their veteran relatives.
What is the Immortal Regiment?
The Immortal Regiment is an action in memory of the participants of the Second World War who defended our Motherland. The procession is a civil initiative, and participation in it is the desire of the citizens themselves. People bring posters with portraits of their relatives, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, to the procession of the Immortal Regiment. As a sign of gratitude to those who went through the war or remained forever on the battlefield, people carry portraits of their relatives. The action does not carry any political connotation and was invented only to honor and preserve the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.
Immortal regiment: where to come?
In each city, the Immortal Regiment starts from a certain point and usually passes through the central streets of the city. On the official website of the movement there are announcements about where each specific action will take place on May 9th. The action "Immortal Regiment" is held in different cities of Russia.
Immortal Regiment: do I need to register
One of the important moments of the action "Immortal Regiment" is the creation of the annals of the regiment. To "record grandfather in the regiment", you need to register on the website of the movement. In your personal account, you can tell the story of your family so that the memory of the feat remains for future generations.
Who can be enrolled in the Immortal Regiment?
Any relative who somehow took part in the defense of the Fatherland can be recorded in the Immortal Regiment. This is not necessarily a participant in hostilities. Home front workers, partisans, prisoners of concentration camps and everyone who suffered but fought during the Second World War are accepted and considered heroes in the Immortal Regiment.
How to make a portrait?
A small photo will not be visible during the procession of the Immortal Regiment, so it is recommended to print it on a banner and attach it to a special stick so that the photo can be seen above the crowd. You can prepare such photos yourself using a picture from a family album. It will be enlarged at the photo studio or at the points of acceptance of orders. The recommended size is approximately A4 (20x30 cm). So that the photo does not suffer from the elements or during the procession of the Immortal Regiment, it can be laminated.
Can the whole family participate?
Everyone can participate in the action, portraits of their great-grandfathers and great-great-grandfathers in Immortal regiment often carried by children. IN social movement the whole family can participate.
What is prohibited?
The stock has its own charter. During the procession of the Immortal Regiment, any political slogans are prohibited. Other rules apply:
1. The Immortal Regiment considers its main task to be the preservation in each family of a personal memory of the generation of the Great Patriotic War.
2. Participation in the "Immortal Regiment" implies that everyone who remembers and honors his relative - a veteran of the army and navy, a partisan, an underground worker, a resistance fighter, a home front worker, a prisoner of a concentration camp, a blockade, a child of war - on May 9 takes to the streets of the city from his (her) photograph or, if there is no photograph, with his (her) name, in order to take part in the parade in the Immortal Regiment column, or to pay tribute to the memory yourself by bringing a banner with a portrait, name or photograph to Eternal fire, otherwise memorial place. Participation in the Immortal Regiment is strictly voluntary.
3. Immortal Regiment is a non-commercial, non-political, non-state civic initiative. Every citizen can join the ranks of the Regiment, regardless of religion, nationality, political and other views. The "Immortal Regiment" unites people. Anything that serves another is unacceptable to us. One country - one Regiment.
4. Immortal Regiment cannot be an image platform. The use of any corporate, political or other symbols in everything related to the "Immortal Regiment" is excluded.
5. The regiment cannot be personalized in any, even the most respected person: politics, public figure(including historical), official. The regiment is the millions of the departed and their descendants.
6. Coordination and assistance in holding the parade of the Regiment on May 9 is carried out by the headquarters of the "Immortal Regiment", which, along with the organizers of the Civil Initiative on May 9, 2012, includes organizations and citizens who unconditionally share the provisions of the Charter and have expressed their readiness to become coordinators of the Regiment in their region.
7. In order to preserve the Charter, resolve controversial issues, express the collective opinion of the cities of the Civil Initiative, an Open Council of the Regiment was formed. Each coordinator who has experience in holding the "Immortal Regiment" in his region in accordance with the principles of the Charter can enter it by declaring his desire.
8. Changes and additions to the Charter can be made by the decision of the majority of cities Open Council Shelf.
9. Our ultimate goal is to turn the "Immortal Regiment" into a nationwide tradition of celebrating May 9 Victory Day.
The authorities of Ecuador have deprived Julian Assange of asylum in the London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks is detained by the British police, and this has already been called the biggest betrayal in the history of Ecuador. Why is Assange being avenged and what awaits him?
Julian Assange, a programmer and journalist from Australia, became widely known after the website WikiLeaks, founded by him, published secret documents of the US State Department, as well as materials related to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010.
But it was quite difficult to find out who the policemen, supporting by the arms, were taking out of the building. Assange grew a beard and did not look at all like the energetic man that he had so far presented in photographs.
According to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, Assange's asylum was denied because of his repeated violations of international conventions.
He is expected to remain at a police station in central London until he appears before Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Why the President of Ecuador is accused of betrayal
Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa called the decision of the current government the biggest betrayal in the history of the country. "What he (Moreno. - Approx. ed.) did is a crime that humanity will never forget," Correa said.
London, on the contrary, thanked Moreno. The British Foreign Office believes that justice has prevailed. The representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Maria Zakharova, has a different opinion. "The hand of 'democracy' is squeezing the throat of freedom," she said. The Kremlin expressed the hope that the rights of the arrested person would be respected.
Ecuador harbored Assange because the former president was center-left, critical of US policy, and welcomed WikiLeaks' release of classified documents on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even before the Internet activist needed asylum, he managed to get to know Correa personally: he interviewed him for the Russia Today channel.
However, in 2017, the government in Ecuador changed, the country headed for rapprochement with the United States. The new president called Assange "a stone in the shoe" and immediately made it clear that his stay on the territory of the embassy would not be delayed.
According to Correa, the moment of truth came at the end of June last year, when US Vice President Michael Pence arrived in Ecuador on a visit. Then everything was decided. "You can be sure: Lenin is just a hypocrite. He has already agreed with the Americans about the fate of Assange. And now he is trying to make us swallow the pill, saying that Ecuador allegedly continues the dialogue," Correa said in an interview with Russia Today.
How Assange made new enemies
The day before the arrest Chief Editor WikiLeaks Kristin Hrafnsson said that Assange was under total surveillance. "WikiLeaks uncovered a massive spy operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy," he said. According to him, cameras and voice recorders were placed around Assange, and the information received was transmitted to the administration of Donald Trump.
Hrafnsson specified that Assange was going to be expelled from the embassy a week earlier. This did not happen only because WikiLeaks made public this information. A high-ranking source told the portal about the plans of the Ecuadorian authorities, but the head of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Jose Valencia, denied the rumors.
Assange's expulsion was preceded by a corruption scandal involving Moreno. In February, WikiLeaks published the INA Papers package, which traced the operations of the offshore company INA Investment, founded by the brother of the Ecuadorian leader. In Quito, they said that this was a plot by Assange with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former head of Ecuador Rafael Correa to overthrow Moreno.
In early April, Moreno complained about Assange's behavior in Ecuador's London mission. “We have to protect the life of Mr. Assange, but he has already crossed all the lines in terms of violating the agreement that we reached with him,” the president said. “This does not mean that he cannot speak freely, but he cannot lie and hack ". At the same time, back in February last year, it became known that Assange at the embassy was deprived of the opportunity to interact with the outside world, in particular, he was turned off access to the Internet.
Why Sweden stopped persecuting Assange
At the end of last year, Western media, citing sources, reported that Assange would be charged in the United States. This was never officially confirmed, but it was precisely because of Washington's position that Assange had to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy six years ago.
Sweden, in May 2017, stopped investigating two cases of rape in which the founder of the portal was accused. Assange demanded compensation from the country's government for legal costs in the amount of 900,000 euros.
Earlier, in 2015, Swedish prosecutors also dropped three charges against him due to the statute of limitations.
Where did the rape investigation lead?
Assange arrived in Sweden in the summer of 2010, hoping to get protection from US authorities. But he was under investigation for rape. In November 2010, a warrant for his arrest was issued in Stockholm, and Assange was put on the international wanted list. He was detained in London, but was soon released on bail of 240 thousand pounds.
In February 2011, a British court ruled to extradite Assange to Sweden, followed by a series of successful appeals for the founder of WikiLeaks.
The British authorities placed him under house arrest before deciding to extradite him to Sweden. Breaking his promise to the authorities, Assange asked for asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, which was granted to him. Since then, the UK has had its own grievances against the founder of WikiLeaks.
What's next for Assange?
The man was re-arrested following a U.S. extradition request for publishing classified documents, police said. At the same time, Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Duncan said that Assange would not be sent to the United States if he faced the death penalty there.
In the UK, Assange is likely to appear in court on the afternoon of 11 April. This is stated on the WikiLeaks Twitter page. It is likely that the British authorities will seek a maximum sentence of 12 months, the man's mother said, citing his lawyer.
At the same time, the Swedish prosecutor's office is considering reopening the investigation into the rape allegation. Lawyer Elizabeth Massey Fritz, who represented the interests of the victim, will seek this.
Help me find information about my grandfather - a war veteran, there is no data left in the family.
The site of the Immortal Regiment does not directly deal with search work, but we can give you how to start a search.
Can I join the Immortal Regiment just with a photo?
People should see the faces of the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. If you carry a photo, few will see it. Especially in a column. Therefore, we recommend that you come to the column of the Immortal Regiment with banners. You can come just with a photo, but it is better to enlarge it.
If you make a banner yourself, what size should it be?
The optimal size of the banner is approximately A4 (20x30 cm). In case of bad weather, it is better to roll up the photo in a laminate.
What should I do if I don't have a photo of a front-line soldier?
If there are no photos of a front-line soldier in your photo album, you can make a banner on which the name, surname, patronymic and military rank. With this banner, you can also join the ranks of the Immortal Regiment.
Organization of the Regiment in the regions
Who to ask questions about the organization of the Immortal Regiment?
All questions can be directed to the coordinator of your city. His contacts are on the website in the section. If your city is not on the map of the Immortal Regiment, you can ask the Headquarters a question by writing a letter to [email protected]
We want the Immortal Regiment to take place in our city too. How to do it?
If you want to become the coordinator of the Immortal Regiment in your city, read the memo
If you are ready to work with the Immortal Regiment, you can send a request to the regimental mail - [email protected]
Where and when will the construction be in my city? Do I need to register in advance?
You do not need to sign up in advance, just come with a portrait of a front-line soldier to the formation. The organizers inform the media of your city in advance about the place and time, and information about this will also appear on the page of your city in the news section.
If you did not find the information, please contact the coordinators. You can find contacts in the section.
Is it possible to pass in the ranks without making a history on the site?
Of course, take a photo or a banner and come to the formation.
Working with the site
Who can I sign up for the Immortal Regiment? Only the frontline? Is it possible to enroll in the Regiment not a grandfather, but a grandmother who survived the blockade?
Certainly! Not only possible, but necessary. As well as father, great-grandfather and other relatives - a veteran of the army and navy, a partisan, an underground fighter, a resistance fighter, a home front worker, a prisoner of a concentration camp, a blockade, a child of war.
How to record the history of your relative in Polk?
To record the history of your relative who participated in the Great Patriotic War in the Regiment, you need to click on the “Tell your story” button on the main page of the site or select the “” section in the menu.
The created page is checked by the administrator and published within 72 hours.
If you are not ready to become a facilitator, you can record the story in any nearby town or city where you live today. If there is no such city in the list, you can publish the story in general section countries, for example Russian Federation, Russia", "Israel", etc.
How to add history to bookmarks?
To bookmark a story, you must first log in to Personal Area. After that, open the desired page and next to the veteran's photo, click the "Add to bookmarks" button.
Done, now you can always quickly return to the right story through the bookmarks section in your account.
Where did the story that I contributed to the site disappear to?
The story does not disappear, but goes to the coordinator for moderation. It must be published within 72 hours.
If the story has not appeared on the site after this time, please contact the coordinator in your locality. To do this, go to the page of your locality. Just above the photos of the soldiers, you can find the "Coordinators" section.
If the coordinator does not answer, write to us at the regimental mail [email protected].
How to add related stories to my relative's page?
The updated version of the site has the ability to link the stories of relatives: your grandfather's page can be attached to your grandmother's page. To do this, you just need to provide a link to a page with an existing story.
AdvertisingOn Victory Day in all regions of Russia, as well as in other countries of the world, the action "Immortal Regiment" is held - a procession of citizens carrying in their hands and on banners portraits of their relatives who died during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Every year the stock acquires everything large quantity fans and those wishing to participate.
The Immortal Regiment is not a political action. In the procession you will not meet any flags or colors of any of the parties. There are only thousands of portraits of those who paid with their sweat, blood and life for peace in our country. People carry them with pride and quiet sadness - the spectators of the action say in unison that they have never seen a more touching and impressive procession.
The action "Immortal Regiment" on May 9, 2018 will be held in all major cities And settlements Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Murmansk, Kaliningrad, Kuzbass and so on.
Processions are also held abroad - in the USA, Greece, Latvia, Great Britain, Canada, the Czech Republic and other countries.
In Moscow, the immortal regiment always gathers thousands of participants both from among Muscovites and from other regions of our country.
Immortal Regiment in Moscow 2018 - how to become a member
No pre-registration is required to participate in the promotion. If you want to go along with the procession, just pick up a portrait of your grandfather, father, grandmother, mother, aunt, just a dead soldier whose story left a mark on your heart and join.
To participate in the Immortal Regiment, those who wish can post photos and stories of their loved ones on the moypolk.ru website, but this is not a prerequisite. You can also register as a member on the site, but this is not at all necessary.
To participate, you only need a photo, but if you don’t have one, don’t despair - many simply take with them signs with the date of death and the name of the soldier’s surname due to the loss of his pictures over time.
Preparing a photo for participation in the action is not difficult - many put them on beautiful frames or glued to a special hard cardboard that will not flutter in the wind. You can also make a special banner for the frame and photograph - with your own hands or with the help of professionals. If the photo is restored - great, but if not - it's okay. The main thing in the action is not pathos and appearance, namely the memory of those whose lives were claimed by the most terrible war in the history of mankind.
“If you wish, put on tunics, caps, caps, bring flags, streamers, St. George ribbons with you. Decorate the procession with symbols Great Victory. By the way, St. George ribbons will be handed out along the entire route of the column.”
Immortal Regiment in Moscow - where and when will the procession take place
In Moscow in 2018, the immortal regiment will begin its movement in the center of the capital from 15.00 local time. The broadcast can be seen on federal channels.
The column will go along Leningradsky Prospekt, Tverskaya, Tverskaya-Yamskaya streets, through Okhotny Ryad, Manezhnaya and Red Square. Further, the column is distributed along the Moskvoretskaya embankment and the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge. Gathering of participants - from 12.00 to 15.00.
The procession and memorial concert will end at 19.00. Experts advise to put on shoes and wear something comfortable, as well as to have a snack and water with you due to the rather warm weather in the capital on Victory Day.
You can join the procession at the metro stations:
- "Dynamo" (open for entry and exit during the entire procession);
- "Belorusskaya" (open for entry and exit during the entire procession);
— Mayakovskaya (to be closed as the section of Tverskaya Street near this station fills up);
— Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya and Chekhovskaya (will be closed at 13.00). It will be impossible to get into the convoy from lanes adjacent to Tverskaya Street.
Attention!
The metro stations Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Teatralnaya, Aleksandrovsky Sad, Lenin Library, Borovitskaya, Ulitsa 1905 Goda, Krasnopresnenskaya and "Barricade".
It is worth noting that it is better not to take anything extra with you to the procession - all participants will be checked on a metal detector frame.
“If you wish, you can take photo and video equipment to the action, but count on your strength,” the site reports. Carrying a camera and camcorder for several hours can be difficult. But the scooter and bike must be left at home. They will not be allowed into the column with them. Children are allowed to be carried in strollers. You can take a folding chair on a “hike” if you doubt your abilities.
Along the route, there will be field kitchens in the capital, where participants can rest and refresh themselves. There will also be doctors and law enforcement officers on duty.
In 2017, more than 850 thousand people took part in the action in Moscow, and in 2018 even more people are expected.
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