Poetry contest "75 Poems of Victory"

The International linguistic and cultural club Between the Cultures at the Scientific Library in association with BSMU Russian Language Course held the series of events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic war.

The anniversary year of the Great Victory celebration for Russia is held in an unusual form because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic that has broken out all over the world and on the territory of Russia. Due to the current situation, all events are held online.

So on May 7, the Russian Language Course and the International Club Between the Cultures of our University held the Literary Lounge 75 Lines of Victory, which was attended by about 100 people from among Russian and foreign students. At the meeting, participants of the Literary Lounge shared their opinions on their favorite books and poems dedicated to the Great Patriotic war and Victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany. Participants also told stories about the hard days of the war and happy moments of victory in the World War II, which in turn had been told by their grandparents and grand-grandparents. In the Literary Lounge, the participants remembered the names of those who had defended our Homeland, who had returned home and who had remained on the battlefield.

On 7 and 8 May, the Russian Language Course and the International Club Between the Cultures conducted the Virtual Tour at the Victory Museum, Moscow, for BSMU foreign students, as well as for students from North-Eastern University, Liaoning province, China, who are studying Russian. Participants of the online event visited the Victory Museum, which is located on Poklonnaya hill in the capital of our Motherland – Moscow. The Victory Museum is the main military and historical Museum of Russia on the subject of the Great Patriotic war and World War II. It is one of the largest military historical museums in the world, a national research and cultural and educational center. Today, the Museum is one of the leading institutions for countering attempts to falsify history, as well as the center for Patriotic education of new generations. The Victory Museum impressed the students with its scale, colorful dioramas, and the number of original exhibits left after the Great Patriotic war. In two days, more than 200 people joined the virtual exhibition, which once again proves the inexhaustible interest of students from Russia and other countries in the events of those years, as well as their respect and gratitude to those heroes who fell in the battles for the world free from fascism.

As a part of the celebration of the Great Victory, the Poetry contest 75 Poems about Victory was also organized. Students not only from Russia, but also from among foreign citizens took part in the contest. The participants' task was to choose a poem about the war and record a video. Students took the challenge with enthusiasm. You can watch the video of presentations of the Poetry contest 75 Poems about Victory in the International linguistic and cultural club Between the Cultures’ accounts in Fb and VK.

The winners of the Poetry contest became Ghazala Abdu Hamza from the group 119B faculty of General Medicine, who read the poem "Courage" by A. Akhmatova, Chukwudi Amarachukwu, group 201B faculty of General Medicine, with the poem "Wind of war" by S. Kadashnikov, Honoriode Tabor, group 201A faculty of General Medicine, with the poem "Listening to the horrors of war" by N. Nekrasov.

Second place was shared by Ochirdari Battsengel, group 501B faculty of Preventive Medicine and Biology, with the poem of Yu. Druninoy "Bandages", student of the group 103B faculty of Dentistry Selim Akhmed with the poem by D. Rybakov "Thank you to All who gave their lives", Pandey Krishna, group 301A faculty of General Medicine, with the poem by K. Simonov "The longest day of the year".

The third place was awarded to students of the 103A group faculty of General Medicine -  Ratnesh Mangrulkar, Gaurav Gaikvad, Saurabh Mali, Vaibhav Sonvane with a poetic setting of poems by S. Kadashnikov "The funeral Flew from the front", M. Jalil "Victory", A. Akhmatova " Winners " and A. Tvardovsky "There are names and there are such dates".

Congratulations to all participants and winners of the Poetry contest 75 Poems about Victory! We invite everyone to participate in the quiz about the Great Patriotic war, posted on the page of the International linguistic and cultural club Between the Cultures in VK and Facebook:  https://vk.com/bsmulibrary_between.the.cultures

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