Every year on the day of the Great Victory in the ranks of the participants of the festive procession there are fewer people involved in the events of the seventy-year-old limitation. Time is moving 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 creators 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 rear workers, and prisoners of concentration camps, and children of war. In a word, all those directly affected by the events of harsh years.
The organization unites in its ranks contemporaries who share different political views and religions. This includes representatives of many nationalities. It is not a commercial entity. The demonstration of one's own civil position in relation to people who stopped the war, as well as preserving memory in relation to the outgoing military generation - this is what the "Immortal Regiment" is.
Not a single political force of the state, enterprise, specific people have the right to use the idea of creating an association, its symbolism for their own selfish or any other purposes. Such actions desecrate the memory of the dead front-line soldiers and violate the ethical principles on which the organization’s activities are based.
Association History
May 9, 2012 is the significant date when an unusual regiment first passed through the streets of the city of Tomsk during the festive procession. In his ranks were the descendants of the participants in the war. Each of them carried photographs of war 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 the Tomsk citizens. In the first year, about six thousand citizens took part in the Immortal Regiment, who marched in uniform and carried two thousand portraits of war veterans through the streets of their hometown.
Representative offices 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? In his annals are recorded 285 473 names of deceased veterans.
This number is increasing daily, as people constantly appear who want to add one of their relatives to the Regiment.
Representative offices are available in the cities of most regions of Russia. In addition, he is deployed in many CIS countries, some cities in Europe. It should be noted that the regiment’s units 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 coordinators of the movement is to make a landmark procession a popular tradition. "Immortal regiment" should exist not only in every city, but also in a small village.
How to record a veteran in a union
Having learned what the "Immortal Regiment" is, most citizens ask the same questions. For example, how to register your relative in the organization? How to make a veteran a full member of the regiment? Do I need a photograph 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 enrolled in the regiment. Further, the coordinators of the military-patriotic movement check, clarify information, if necessary, contact the person who submitted the application.
After the above actions, a war veteran, a participant in the labor front, partisan movement, as well as anyone involved in the approach of Victory Day, can be recorded in a regiment and attached to a specific city, where he will be listed.
Immortal Regiment marches
An endless stream through the squares and city streets on Victory Day are the soldiers who died during the war along with the live participants in the processions. The Immortal Regiment consists of photographs of these people. The descendants found a way to once again recall the relatives and friends dear to the heart, pay tribute to them, bow low for their feat.
Like any military unit, the regiment has a charter. First of all, people who wrote down the front-line soldier in the personnel, and not the soldiers themselves, are called to obey him.
The Immortal Regiment, represented by its coordinators, excludes the facts of forced participation of citizens in holiday marches, where photographs of relatives of those killed during the war are used. Each person has the right to decide on what form to honor the memory of veterans.
According to the initiators, a voluntary civic action 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.