| In Moscow, celebrations on the occasion of the last bell were postponed to the evening due to power failures A power outage in a number of metropolitan schools did not overshadow the final bell ceremony for graduates. Remembering the statement that “darkness is the friend of youth,” the leaders of the capital’s Department of Education suggested that schools move the entire ceremonial part, including performances by student ensembles and theater groups, dances and other entertainment events, to Wednesday evening. The head of the department's press service, Alexander Gavrilov, announced this yesterday. “The official part of the celebration passed without incident, but the creative performances and cool gatherings were disrupted by a blackout,” he said. Mr. Gavrilov advised parents of graduates stuck in traffic jams not to worry about their children, who still remain under the supervision of teachers. “Parents don’t have to worry, everything will be fine, we have food supplies for a week,” he said.
Unlike the teachers who had to lead their children out of the dark school corridors, the schoolchildren almost greeted the blackout with applause. And having escaped from the walls of their educational institutions, they went to walk the streets and ride river buses. According to the capital's Department of Internal Affairs, applications for boat trips on May 25 were submitted by 53 Moscow schools. In total, according to the Department of Education, the last bell rang in Moscow yesterday for 85 thousand graduates in 1,158 schools. As the head of the department Lyubov Kezina proudly noted the other day, there are 3.5 thousand more 11th grade graduates this year than last year. By the way, there are also slightly more medalists this year - 1846 gold and 3415 silver.
According to tradition, the bulk of those walking around Moscow on May 25 are graduates, who could easily be distinguished by red ribbons, bells in their buttonholes, white bows and sometimes Pioneer ties. However, this year, yesterday’s schoolchildren simply got lost in the crowd of pedestrians who filled almost all the streets in the city center due to transport problems. This, to a certain extent, created additional problems for the 3 thousand Moscow police officers, whom the city authorities traditionally assigned to the hot spot - to ensure that graduates, who have recently behaved no less violently than football fans or paratroopers, do not cause any significant harm. damage to others. Although formally, law enforcement officers, remembering the terrorist attack in Beslan, were responsible precisely for the safety of the schoolchildren themselves. “During the holiday, reinforced police squads were on duty near the schools, patrol routes of private security and the traffic police were also changed and brought closer to the places of mass events,” reported the information and public relations department of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate on the work done.
In addition to being on duty at ceremonial functions in schools, police officers also guarded the favorite places for celebrations of capital’s graduates: Red Square, Vasilievsky Spusk, Poklonnaya and Vorobyovy Gory, Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure and large regional parks. And in order to avoid incidents during the river walks of graduates, 1.5 thousand transport police officers and 50 police boats were involved.
Despite the fact that the graduates, due to a blackout, entered adulthood earlier than expected, where they were left to their own devices, their mass celebrations took place without serious incidents. At least as of Wednesday evening, no alarming messages had been received from the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. However, this can be explained quite simply - in almost all the capital's supermarkets, due to the lack of electricity, yesterday they did not sell cold beer, the favorite drink of Russian schoolchildren. Anna ShPAK |
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