In the Orshansky district, an unusual patriotic project "Memory in Steps" has been launched.
In the Orsha district, an unusual patriotic project was launched – the marathon-excursion "Memory in Steps". Its initiators are young people from the Youth Council under the Orsha District Council of Deputies. Instead of dry lines from textbooks, they chose an innovative format – to "live" history by literally walking through its traces step by step.
As noted by the chairwoman of the district Council of Deputies Inna Khomutovskaya, this is not a one-time event, but a multi-stage project. At each stage, the youth will discover new memorable pages of their native land. The first route was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.
The participants of the marathon began their journey into the past from the railway station and the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Konstantin Zaslonov. Thanks to the guide Ludmila Sorotkina, history came alive: familiar places took on new colors, revealing unknown facts about their city to the young people.
Next, the path led to the agrotown of Zabolotye, where the studying and working youth honored the memory of the fallen soldiers from their village during the Great Patriotic War and laid flowers at the monument. The next points of the route were the memorial complex in Barani and the agrotown of Babinichi.
It was in Babinichi that the marathon transformed from a historical event into a dialogue about the present and future. Here, a meeting took place with the deputies of the Orsha District Council of Deputies Oleg Makulkin and Vladimir Murashko, as well as a member of the Youth Council Gennady Drozdov. The guys were able to informally ask the elected officials about their work, share their thoughts, and hear answers to pressing questions.
The final point of the route was the memorial complex "For Our Soviet Motherland!". The event concluded with an intellectual quiz, where the marathon participants divided into teams and competed in their knowledge of the history of the Great Patriotic War.
– Such projects are an effective way to preserve historical memory, – noted Gennady Drozdov. – Such events are very important for the younger generation. They help not just to learn, but to feel the history of their small homeland.
The first step has been taken. "Memory in Steps" is gaining momentum, and ahead of Orsha's youth are new routes and new discoveries.
Vadim KRAVCHENKO.
Photo by the author.