May is a special month for every Russian – May 9 is
Victory Day. My grade 10A students decided to share what they feel about this event
in a project we named ‘Victory Songs’. They have prepared slide shows and videos
devoted to their favorite wartime songs. Below is one of short videos and the
girls’ reflections on their contribution to the project.
Yana Mulobaeva: ‘I think it’s very important and useful
for school students to participate in projects like this one – Victory Songs.
Because when we do things like these we think of the times past but dear to our
hearts – our ancestors, hometown, native country and learn to appreciate these
values more and more…’
Eugenia Tukbaeva:
‘A good song has always been a reliable companion for a Russian soldier in war
time. He shook off stress listening to songs played on an old gramophone when
it was a brief lull in the fighting, thinking of his family, his friends, his
sweetheart … It inspired him, enlivened for new feats of arms… That’s why
patriotic songs were very important for every soldier…’
Olesya
Shestakova: ‘I believe it is really important to participate in projects like
this one because we can learn much more about our history, important events, and
heroes fallen in battle and their feats. Wartime songs are
part of our history and they help us understand the price they had to pay to
win in the war.’
