“Victory Parades”, war participants and “Northern Military District memorials”

“Now there are few WWII veterans left. And they were replaced by young, brave guys, veterans of the Northern Military District,” - Kindergarten No. 44 I Berezniki.

Before May 9, dozens of “Victory parades” were held in Russian kindergartens with the participation of preschoolers. The children were dressed in uniforms of different branches of the military, lined up in columns and given toy machine guns.

In a Dagestan kindergarten, pupils marched in combat boots and bulletproof vests with toy weapons and in the uniforms of various troops. In Bashkortostan, parents turned baby strollers into “combat vehicles.”

In Birobidzhan, after the parade, preschoolers dressed in camouflage collected parcels for “SVO participants.” In Ukhta, about 150 children took part in the procession on the city square. Columns of preschoolers were accompanied by teachers with flags, and the action itself was combined with the procession of the “Immortal Regiment”.

At the same time, real Victory parades in dozens of Russian regions have been canceled for security reasons.

🪖 In many regions, the participation of veterans and participants in the war against Ukraine has become a mandatory part of such events.

In Tambov, the holiday was hosted by a war participant with the call sign “Shaiba”; in North Ossetia, “participants of the Northern Military District” welcomed the children and wished them to become “worthy heirs of the Great Victory.”

In Buryatia, participants in the war against Ukraine presented 44 children whose fathers were at the front with commemorative insignia “My Dad is a Hero,” and in the Perm Territory, war veterans came to kindergarten “to teach children to be patriots of their country and to be just as brave and courageous.”

🪦 At the same time, the memory of World War II and the current war against Ukraine are increasingly intertwined in events dedicated to Victory Day.

In the Irkutsk region, during the “Salute to Victory” themed week, preschoolers were told about “heroism” and “military equipment”, the children played military-themed games, after which they were led to lay flowers at the monument to “participants of the Northern Military District.”

In Tatarstan, at the ceremonial Parade, kindergarten students laid flowers at the “mini-memorial” of the fallen “participants of the Northern Military District.”