Participant of the "Memory Wall" campaign at the National Centre RUSSIA shared a family story about a Hero
The National Centre RUSSIA officially launched the
All-Russian campaign "Memory Wall". Together with staff and
volunteers of the National Centre RUSSIA, volunteers of the Victory Volunteers,
the All-Russian public movement Immortal Regiment of Russia, activists of the
Yunarmiya and the Volunteer Company of the Combat Brotherhood, honoured guests
placed portraits of their Heroes on the stand. For many participants, such
commemorative initiatives have already become a tradition.
"I have been taking part in the All-Russian campaign 'Memory Wall' for three years now, and it is one of the key events for me. Because here I can show my heroes and tell their stories, and that is truly important to me. Just a few years ago, my great-grandfather, a child of the war, spoke about his older brothers who, sadly, were killed at the front, and asked me to take part in the Immortal Regiment every year and tell the stories of our family Heroes so that they may live forever. And, of course, participation in such campaigns reflects pride in our country," said Yevgenia Lisovskaya, an activist of the Moscow branch of the Victory Volunteers.
Every year, the young woman displays portraits of four
Heroes from her family at nationwide commemorative events. One of them is
Vasily Ivanovich Yudin. In the very first months of the war, while still very
young, he went to the front, but by October 1941 he went missing in action.
"He went missing after a battle in the Smolensk Region.
Our family preserves a story that after that battle, only one thing remained of
our Hero on the battlefield — his letter to his fiancée, who had been waiting
for him from the front. For more than ten years now, we have been trying, with
the help of various search organisations, to find Vasily Ivanovich, as he is
still listed as missing in action," Yevgenia Lisovskaya shared.
The "Memory Wall" campaign is dedicated to the
81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and brings together
families preserving the memory of their relatives — war participants, home
front workers, former concentration camp prisoners and children of the war. On
1 May, memorial stands also opened in Russian regions and in more than 20
countries worldwide. Visitors can place portraits of their Heroes on the wall
at the National Centre RUSSIA from 1 to 10 May.
