February 23 – Defender of the Fatherland Day

Veterans of the Special Military Operation Andrei Mikhailov and Alexander Fedorchuk meet with students at the Surikov Art School. Guests are a little embarrassed, young people are cautiously wondering: did the war change you much? Sure. Near the front line, everything is different. Question: Why did you receive the Order of Courage? The answer is unexpected: I don’t know, there was a lot. When they said they were preparing documents, they didn’t believe it. Nikita Makovsky is an employee of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater. Stage driver. Now on vacation. I came to meet my colleagues. After the trenches, the best thing is to be at home with your family and chat with whom you worked together. Nikita Makovsky, a member of the SVO, stage machinist of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater: “I don’t know when I come – everyone is always happy, not only the men with whom I work, but everyone in the theater.” Nikita went into a special operation because the summons came, he was about 30. Nikita Makovsky, participant of the SVO, stage machinist of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater: I came home from work. My boss is calling me, come back to the paper. It's a subpoena. 3 months of study and let's go. In the year 22." Nikolai Evgenyevich Litvinenko from Sukhobuzymsky district took the first fight at the age of 19, after the school of communication. He was supposed to serve as a junior lieutenant, but he reached Europe as a private. Full knight of the Order of Glory - it was equated with the Hero of the Soviet Union. Litvinenko even has 4 orders. Nikolai Litvinenko, participant of the Great Patriotic War, full holder of the Order of Glory (Minderla Position, 2008): Remember every foam, every tree, every dimple, every bump. As soon as the shelling, so as not to run far, the closest place you have to fall. Whispers, you keep jumping. You need to know that. Nikita Makovsky, a member of the SVO, stage machinist of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater: “It is probably the hardest thing to overcome yourself.” Fear! There is always fear, no matter what anyone says. There's a different fear. As 80 years ago, and now defenders do not like to talk about the horrors of war, they dismiss – they say, there is nothing to tell, and who needs it? When it comes to funny things, the conversation goes faster. Like how call signs are chosen. They don't choose them at all. Nikita Makovsky, member of the SVO, stage machinist of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater: We came only for mobilization. All he's got is a mustache, I see he's a colonel, now he's a colonel. Some people eat a lot – stomach, well, all kinds of things. Good people around. Yes, all with their nuances, but mostly all people are good.” The biography and combat path of Nikolai Litvinenko are now being studied by schoolchildren of the Sukhobuzim district, in his native village of Minderla. He had an apartment in Krasnoyarsk - he received from the state, but refused to move. While he was strong, he kept a cow. He left on September 9, 2016. Nikita Makovsky remembers his great-grandfather-fronter. Nikita Makovsky, a member of the SVO, stage machinist of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater: My mother said that he went through the war without injuries. Well, he was already, as I understand it, an adult man when the Great Patriotic War. At home, Nikita is waiting for wife Maria and son Sasha. Maria Makovskaya, wife: You wait, you write when he is not in touch - at all! Just writing like a monologue. You write, you write, you write. According to the observations of the SVO participants, when people love and wait at home, it helps and brings Victory closer. Nikita Makovsky, a member of the SVO, stage machinist of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater: “To the house everything was good, and there we will figure it out ourselves.”.

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