Kostroma celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day with deep meaning

At the Kostroma training ground "Sand" cadets of the military academy of radiation, chemical and biological protection named after Marshal Tymoshenko practice tactical shooting skills. “Taking into account the experience of the SVO, they practice army tactical shooting, work as a pair, a group,” said Dmitry Pyatakov, head of the department of the S.K. Tymoshenko military academy. Today, the RHBZ Military Academy – as it is called for short – is the only university in the country that trains specialists in radiation, chemical and biological protection for all service branches. For three years, the Academy was headed by a native of Kostroma, Hero of Russia and chief of troops of RHBZ of Russia, Major General Igor Kirillov. In December, he was killed by terrorists. “Igor Anatolyevich headed the academy at a difficult time. He came with a wealth of experience and immediately began to implement this experience in the Academy. A lot was done on the training and tactical field, on the shooting range, said Major General, Deputy Head of the Academy for Educational and Scientific Work Alexey Babkin. Many teachers and cadets have combat experience in the SVO. And in the courtyard of the Academy, their war trophies are damaged NATO equipment and enemy drones. As in 1941 there was a technique with such crosses, so now. Therefore, we are fighting fascism on the territory of Ukraine, said Alexander Dzyubenko, head of the department of military and political work. With fascism and neo-Nazism in Ukraine from the first days of the SVO fighting soldiers and commanders of the 331st guards paratrooper regiment Kostroma airborne. I will not give the name of the hero of the Russian Federation. But one artillery commander destroyed four combat vehicles and one tank. A man alone stopped almost a column of the enemy, said the commander of the amphibious artillery regiment Roman Shaikin. We have six Heroes of the Russian Federation in the regiment during the SVO, more than four thousand were awarded state awards. For example, more than a thousand people were awarded the medal “For Courage”, said Alexey Besfamilny, an instructor for military-political training and informing the 331st Guards Parachute-Airborne Order of Kutuzov Regiment. And so it was in all ages. Only admirals for four centuries Kostroma land gave Russia more than 150. Names known throughout the country: Vasily Chichagov, Gennady Nevelsky, Ivan Kupriyanov ... In the city museum, you will be told about the feat under the Pleven hero of the Russian-Turkish War, Kostromich Major Gortalov. “And Gortalov swore to division commander Skobelev that he would not leave the redoubts alive. And with a handful of fighters, Gortalov was left to cover the withdrawal of troops and died in an unequal battle, said Andrei Matyushkin, head of the historical department of the Kostroma Museum-Reserve. During the Great Patriotic War, 260 thousand Kostromich went to the front – almost every fourth inhabitant of the region. The percentage of mobilized Kostromich was one and a half times higher than the national average. 220 residents received the title of Heroes of the Soviet Union during the war. On the Alley of Heroes busts of hero commanders of the Great Patriotic Generals Novikov, Nekrasov and Skvortsov. “This is the protection of the country,” says Governor Sergey Sitnikov. This is a historical tradition that has developed over many centuries and continues today. Each new generation of Kostromichs is ready mentally and on the level of experience of previous generations to stand up for the defense of the Motherland.” The two main symbols of the Kostroma land are the Romanov dynasty, under which the power reached unprecedented sizes between the three oceans, and the courageous peasant Ivan Susanin, who led the Western interventionists into a disastrous swamp and did not allow them to rule on Russian soil. Ipatiev Monastery is the cradle of the Romanov dynasty. On its territory there is a temple, a monument to the holy martyrs Chrysanth and Daria. It is dedicated to the victory of Russian weapons over Napoleon. It was erected in honor of the entry of Russian troops led by Emperor Alexander I into capitulating Paris on March 19, 1814. In the design of the temple, one of the few rare cases in church wall painting is a military fresco. On one wall is the composition when Mikhail Fedorovich left here. And on the opposite side, the composition “Entry of Emperor Alexander I to Paris with the Russian Liberation Army” was chosen, says Svetlana Vinogradova, chief curator of the Church Historical and Archaeological Museum. To fight Napoleon in the Kostroma province was formed militia of five regiments – 11 thousand people. In a foreign campaign, the militia reached Dresden and distinguished themselves in the battle of Magdeburg. The regimental banners are now kept in the military museum of the Kostroma Kremlin. Next to the modern exhibits, which the regimental priest Father Maxim brought because of the "ribbon". “He found a cup under Luhansk. Dashing. It is broken – it has a hole either from a bullet or from a fragment. He collected the pieces of HIMARS himself. Says what terrible, fly with great speed, – said the curator of the exhibition of the Museum “Army of the earth and the heavenly army” Tatiana Chuprova. “Father was going to feed the warriors and this thing crashed into their car and did not explode or detonate. This is a miracle, because the shot from the grenade launcher did not explode – this cannot be, said Archpriest Oleg Novikov, head of the military department of the Kostroma diocese. Together with the residents of Kostroma, all regions stood up to protect the country. Today we celebrate the Day of Defender of the Fatherland. In the Donetsk People’s Republic, a rally was held, and a 50-meter flag of the Russian army was stretched at the Saur-Mogila memorial complex. In Yekaterinburg, activists laid flowers at the monument to Marshal Georgy Zhukov. Celebrate the guys who directly from the front defend our homeland. This is the consolidation and unification of all people of different strata, different orientations, work activity, life interests, explains Artem Zhoga. “We are all Russians because we are fighting for our land. And the nationality: Georgian, Mordvin, Tatar. I'm Ukrainian! I have another 500 kilometers, and I will reach my hospital, said one of the soldiers. “The main thing we learned ... Learned to win. The victory will be ours, concluded Roman Shaikin.

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