Every year on the day of the Great Victory in the ranks of the participants in the festive procession, there are fewer and fewer people involved in the events of the seventy-year statute of limitations. Time moves inexorably forward. But the descendants want to remember and know those who saved the world from fascism.
What is the "Immortal Regiment"
The main task set by the founders of the movement was to preserve the memory of the generation of people who lived during the Great Patriotic War. These are military personnel, and home front workers, and prisoners of concentration camps, and children of the war. In a word, all those who were directly affected by the events of the harsh years.
The organization brings together contemporaries who share different political views and religions. This includes representatives of many nationalities. It is not a commercial entity. Demonstration of one's own civic position in relation to the people who stopped the war, as well as the preservation of memory in relation to the outgoing military generation - this is what the "Immortal Regiment" is.
No political force of the state, enterprises, specificpeople do not have the right to use the idea of creating an association, its symbols for their own selfish or any other purposes. Such actions desecrate the memory of the fallen front-line soldiers and violate the ethical principles on which the organization is based.
History of the association
May 9, 2012 - that significant date when an unusual regiment passed through the streets of the city of Tomsk during a festive procession for the first time. In its ranks were the descendants of the war veterans. Each of them carried in their hands photographs of veterans who died during the Great Patriotic War.
The idea of the appearance of such a column belonged to a group of journalists. She was warmly supported by Tomsk residents. In the first year, about six thousand citizens took part in the "Immortal Regiment", who marched in a single formation and carried two thousand portraits of war veterans through the streets of their native city.
Representations of the regiment in different cities of Russia
The events described above took place a little over three years ago. During this time, a lot has changed in the life of the association. What is the "Immortal Regiment" today? His chronicle contains 285,473 names of deceased veterans.
This number is increasing daily, as people constantly appear who wish to enlist one of their relatives in the Regiment.
Representative offices of the organization are available in the cities of most regions of Russia. In addition, it is deployed in many CIS countries, some citiesEurope. It should be noted that the units of the regiment were created solely on the initiative of citizens who cherish the memory of the past war and the people who died on its fronts. The ultimate goal of the movement coordinators is to make a significant procession a national tradition. The "Immortal Regiment" should exist not only in every city, but also in a small village.
How to enroll a veteran in the association
Having learned what the "Immortal Regiment" is, most citizens ask the same questions. For example, how to enroll your relative in an organization? How to make a veteran a full member of the regiment? Do I need a photo of a participant in military events?
To find out the answers to your questions, you need to register on the official website of the association by filling out a simple form. The next step will be a detailed story about a veteran who should be enlisted in the regiment. Further, the coordinators of the military-patriotic movement check, clarify the information, and, if necessary, contact the person who submitted the application.
After the above actions, a war veteran, a member of the labor front, a partisan movement, as well as anyone involved in the approach of Victory Day, can be enrolled in a regiment and attached to a specific city, where he will be listed.
March of the "Immortal Regiment"
In an endless stream through the squares and streets of cities on Victory Day, the soldiers who died during the war walk along with the living participants in the processions. "Immortal Regiment"consists of photographs of these people. Descendants have found a way to once again remember dear relatives and friends, pay tribute to them, bow low for their feat.
Like any military unit, the regiment has a charter. First of all, people who enrolled a front-line soldier in the personnel are called to obey him, and not the soldiers themselves. The "Immortal Regiment" in the person of its coordinators excludes the facts of forced participation of citizens in festive marches, where photographs of relatives who died during the war are used. Each person has the right to decide for himself how to honor the memory of veterans.
Voluntary civil action, according to the initiators, should not develop into a formality. This is another task that the headquarters of the "Immortal Regiment" and the authors of the idea of creating an association are trying to solve.
