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A performance based on the stories of mothers and wives of participants in the Special Military Operation was held at the National Centre RUSSIA

A performance based on the stories of mothers and wives of participants in the Special Military Operation was held at the National Centre RUSSIA
Photo: Press Office of the National Centre RUSSIA
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Documentary monologues of mothers, wives, and sisters of participants in the Special Military Operation, as well as the soldiers themselves, formed the foundation of the musical and poetic performance "Sisters." The second showing of this production was held on January 29, 2025, at the National Centre RUSSIA.

The stories of the "sisters" were collected by frontline documentarian and poet Olesya Shigina. The heroines of the performance are real people with their own stories, collectively embodying the image of a woman who knows how to wait and love. 

Photo: Press Office of the National Centre RUSSIA

"The idea for the performance came to me when I visited the front in 2022 to film my first movie about the SMO. I realized that the people on the frontlines are the greatest story of Russia. All the guys are now standing together, in the same trench, each with an incredible trail of a powerful life story. From the very first day I was there, I knew this was something one could write about endlessly, film endlessly. I experienced it all — shedding tears with the heroes, laughing with them, singing songs. Now, the time is coming for major serious feature films," said Olesya Shigina, the scriptwriter. 

Photo: Press Office of the National Centre RUSSIA

The performance "Sisters" vividly demonstrates how bonds of kinship form among people, with women on the home front becoming sisters and the defenders on the frontlines becoming brothers. 

Photo: Press Office of the National Centre RUSSIA

The project is being implemented with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.

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