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Russia's Medvedev to meet with WW II veterans on eve of VE-Day
MOSCOW, May 8 (Itar-Tass) - On the eve of May 9, which Russia
traditionally marks as VE-Day, President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to
meet with World War II veterans and people of younger generations who take
part in the activity of the so-called 'military-patriotic clubs'.
The discussions will focus on government support to the veterans, the
clubs' efforts to find the yet unidentified graves of soldiers who died in
the battlefield, and the patriotic upbringing of young generations.
Prior to the meeting, Medvedev will lay flowers at the Unknown Soldier'
s Tomb by the northern wall of the Kremlin.
A week ago, Medvedev handed awards of the Russian Federation and of
the Soviet Union to a group of veterans. Soviet awards were handed for the
first time after an interval of almost two decades.
The recipients of the awards were Tatiana Romanova, 91, and Anatoly
Ivanov, 83. Romanova received the Order of the Red Banner and Ivanov, the
Order of the Great Patriotic War of 2nd Degree.
"Each one of us realized that we are obliged to the veterans for the
peaceful life we're enjoying today," Medvedev said.
Upon becoming Russian President three years ago, Medvedev immediately
issued a decree on the provision of housing for all veterans of the war.
This year's budgetary allocations for the construction of housing for the
veterans stand at 10 billion rubles.
More than 4 million veterans of World War II are celebrating VE-Day
this year. At least one veteran in four took part in combat operations as
a soldier of regular army units or a member of partisan detachments.
The people who engaged in clandestine activities on the Nazi-occupied
territories or served in the agencies of law and order away from the
frontline are also ranked among war veterans today.
According to the information provided by the Ministry of Public Health
and Social Development, about 2.3 million veterans worked in the rear
during the war. Also there are 800,000 widows of frontline soldiers.
Medvedev has said on a number of occasions he supports the activity of
military-patriotic clubs.
"This search /for the remains of World War II soldiers - Itar-Tass/ is
very important from the angle of view of our national memory," he said.
"It's known only too well that a war continues until the last soldier is
buried properly."
"That's an absolutely obvious thing and it's really good there are
people who engage in the search as if it were their main profession,"
Medvedev said.
He is also confident that state agencies and military-patriotic clubs
should pool efforts for the purposes of patriotic upbringing of the
country's population.
"What really matters is concrete work, and if one seeks the adoption
of specialized regional and municipal programs, then there'll be more
results," Medvedev said
traditionally marks as VE-Day, President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to
meet with World War II veterans and people of younger generations who take
part in the activity of the so-called 'military-patriotic clubs'.
The discussions will focus on government support to the veterans, the
clubs' efforts to find the yet unidentified graves of soldiers who died in
the battlefield, and the patriotic upbringing of young generations.
Prior to the meeting, Medvedev will lay flowers at the Unknown Soldier'
s Tomb by the northern wall of the Kremlin.
A week ago, Medvedev handed awards of the Russian Federation and of
the Soviet Union to a group of veterans. Soviet awards were handed for the
first time after an interval of almost two decades.
The recipients of the awards were Tatiana Romanova, 91, and Anatoly
Ivanov, 83. Romanova received the Order of the Red Banner and Ivanov, the
Order of the Great Patriotic War of 2nd Degree.
"Each one of us realized that we are obliged to the veterans for the
peaceful life we're enjoying today," Medvedev said.
Upon becoming Russian President three years ago, Medvedev immediately
issued a decree on the provision of housing for all veterans of the war.
This year's budgetary allocations for the construction of housing for the
veterans stand at 10 billion rubles.
More than 4 million veterans of World War II are celebrating VE-Day
this year. At least one veteran in four took part in combat operations as
a soldier of regular army units or a member of partisan detachments.
The people who engaged in clandestine activities on the Nazi-occupied
territories or served in the agencies of law and order away from the
frontline are also ranked among war veterans today.
According to the information provided by the Ministry of Public Health
and Social Development, about 2.3 million veterans worked in the rear
during the war. Also there are 800,000 widows of frontline soldiers.
Medvedev has said on a number of occasions he supports the activity of
military-patriotic clubs.
"This search /for the remains of World War II soldiers - Itar-Tass/ is
very important from the angle of view of our national memory," he said.
"It's known only too well that a war continues until the last soldier is
buried properly."
"That's an absolutely obvious thing and it's really good there are
people who engage in the search as if it were their main profession,"
Medvedev said.
He is also confident that state agencies and military-patriotic clubs
should pool efforts for the purposes of patriotic upbringing of the
country's population.
"What really matters is concrete work, and if one seeks the adoption
of specialized regional and municipal programs, then there'll be more
results," Medvedev said
