Monuments children of war, as a rule, become the object of special attention and respect from the locals and visiting tourists.Why is that?What is the reason?The fact is that the concept of childhood and hostilities in principle incompatible.Agree kids is not the place where the shells exploding, burning houses and women crying in despair.
Even the most modest villages monuments to war heroes children are carefully guarded, they often bring flowers, and they take pride of place on the list of attractions of a city, town, village.
This article aims to tell you just about such places.The reader will also find out what sites the children of war in Russia should visit first.After all, it is no secret that in the Great Patriotic War were directly involved everything from small to large.
Section 1. Children in the war years.Disappointing statistics
According to available statistics, over the Great Patriotic War, killing about 27 million people in the Soviet Union, and only 10 million of them were soldiers, and the rest - women, children and old people.
Unfortunately, many individual children died during the war - is unknown, but it is much crippled the fate of children - even more so.Children of War did not know the joyful childhood, they might be approaching victory and managed to sip a cup full of sorrow ... Many of them were in a foreign land, and how many have been killed, as they say, are not born ...
Monuments children of World War II is inmany cities of our country.And this is not surprising, as thousands of boys and girls at this terrible time went to the draft board, added on myself a couple of years, and went to the front to defend the homeland, and hence died for it.
Suffering, hunger, premature death of his peers did not measure children adults brought them fortitude, courage, incredible feats and ability to self-sacrifice.We have heard only the names of some of them.Four children became Heroes of the Soviet war: M. Kazei, B. Kotik, Z. Portnov, L. Golikov.
Section 2. As children assisted front
Modern children are often children of war memorials are not only curiosity, but also puzzling.The younger generation is really hard to understand how their peers might come to the rescue of a soldier.
Meanwhile, the boys helped the front than they could, for example, collected the rest from fighting rifles, grenades, ammunition, machine guns and passed all these guerrillas.Many students played the role of scouts were in guerrilla groups, rescued wounded soldiers, and even courageously helped organize escapes our prisoners from the concentration camps.Kids set fire to the German warehouse, blew w / w wagons, locomotives.Especially the massive "baby Front" was in Belarus, which is why children of war memorials are found here at every step.
girls no less actively participated in the underground struggle in the occupied territory.For example, working in the dining refresher courses German officers repeatedly poisoned the food of the enemy.They also participated in various acts of sabotage, distributed leaflets among the population, conducted reconnaissance.
From the first days of the war the children of our country had a huge desire to somehow help the front.At the rear, they built fortifications, stood guard on rooftops, collecting scrap metal, vital medicinal plants, is actively involved in collecting things.In addition, thousands of children are literally worked day and night at plants, factories, and even a variety of defense enterprises, replacing the missing adults, their parents.No less active they were working in agriculture, grew vegetables, fruits for hospitals.In school workshops children sewed underwear, knit warm clothes for the soldiers of the army.They helped the wounded in hospital, he staged concerts to cheer.
Section 3. Monument children of war in Krasnoyarsk
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War 07.05.2005, the children of the war opened a monument in the city of Krasnoyarsk (at the intersection of ul. Mira and the Paris Commune).This location was chosen is no accident.During the War of current sculptural figures of children housed a hospital.Strangely, this local landmark is not immediately able to establish.In this community it took a long 9 years.
monument created by sculptor and architect K. Zinich Kasatkin.It is noteworthy that the very creator posed his own children: 8-year-old daughter Karima and 5-year-old son, Ernest.Girl holding a slice of bread, the daily ration of besieged Leningrad, and boy posing with bidonchikom, which transferred water from the Neva River.Behind kids were sleigh on their kids wartime transported the victims to common graves.
Section 4. monument in Ulyanovsk
Almost all children of war memorials have their own history, and the Russian city of Ulyanovsk is no exception.The money for this sculpture is also going to residents of the region, and set it on the area of the 30th anniversary of the Victory.
idea of this monument did not belong to one person, and the whole council of veterans.The sculptor made Muscovite M. Galassi.
Today we know that the bronze statue of cost to the city of 3 million rubles.
Section 5 Monument to children of war in Vladimir
In Vladimir monument "Children of War" is designed as a map of the USSR with silhouettes of children's handprints.
and touching story of the discovery of the memorial.The participants - many of whom were the children of the most war - put his foot not only flowers, but also toys for children.Ever since setting a tradition: every year on May 9, students of local schools bring gifts and souvenirs here, many of which are homemade.
Section 6. Monument in Lidice
crime that was what he had done against the children of Lidice, greatly shocked the sculptor - Professor M. Uhitilovu.Therefore, in 1969 it was decided to create a bronze sculpture of child victims of war.
Surprisingly, the monument was created about 20 years and today has the form of a composition consisting of 82 statues of children (40 boys and 42 girls), depicted in an amount slightly greater than life size.Every year, here comes the mass of tourists who want to take a photo.
Monuments children of war likely will attract attention even for decades.And this is not surprising.A terrible war, unfortunately, touched many families, and hence to forget about it just not worth it.
