A memorial plaque dedicated to Andrey Ivanov has appeared on the facade of the Krasnoyarsk Music Theater.

Viewers knew him as one of the main soloists. Andrey Ivanov had dozens of roles in the best productions of the musical theater under his belt. But for his fellow soldiers, he will forever remain in memory as a fighter with a beautiful voice under the call sign "Opera." In the fall of 2024, Andrey Ivanov fell bravely in the zone of military operations, but his name lives on within the walls of his native theater. Olga Romanova, the director of the Krasnoyarsk Musical Theater, said, "Our theater rallied, perhaps in this grief, and today we are already talking about the celebration of life, the professional life of Andrey, which he spent in the theater." Music was everything to Andrey Ivanov. He not only served for 10 years in the musical theater but also led his own band and constantly wrote songs. Anastasia Ivanova, the widow of Andrey Ivanov, said, "He was with music until the very end, wrote music even on the front lines, and left drafts of his last song during his last vacation, where the lyrics were about music." In Krasnoyarsk's 11th lyceum, they started their own campaign to immortalize the memory of their fellow countrymen - Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-attacker Alexander Yermakov, special forces fighter of the KGB Cascade Alexander Gribolyev, and history teacher and active SVO officer Timur Abdrahmov. Oleg Elin, the director of Lyceum No. 11, said, "The idea came from the students, the class leader, who did a lot of research work. We are writing a chronicle of our lyceum. For us, this is very important, why? Because today there is a false representation of heroes, and our task is to convey the true heroes to the children." Alexander Gribolyev, the son of the Hero of the Soviet Union, tankman Peter Gribolyev, graduated from School No. 40, which is now Lyceum No. 11. He became an officer of the KGB special forces. In 1981, the internationalist warrior died in Afghanistan. Irina Gribolyeva, the widow of Alexander Gribolyev, said, "Today there was such an interesting and important assembly, an event at the school that showed a bright connection between generations, heroes of the Great Patriotic War, heroes of the Afghan War, and today's heroes, a teacher who went to defend us all." Information boards were installed for all three heroes in the lyceum. And one of them - history teacher Timur Abdrahmov - is currently in the combat zone. He is always in touch with his students and plans to conduct a lesson on courage at his native lyceum upon his return. Footage: Krasnoyarsk Musical Theater

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