In Polotsk, medals were awarded to veterans of the siege

In a landmark year for the history of our country, thematic events continue, the main characters of which are still witnesses of the terrible events of the Great Patriotic War.

… Every year there are fewer and fewer veterans left alive. And the more valuable are the meetings with them, and the kind words and pleasant emotions that are filled with minutes of warm communication are also so important. Another occasion was the presentation of the badge of honor "In honor of the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi invaders" on behalf of the Government of St. Petersburg.

Two survivors of the siege live in Polotsk - Olga Ivanovna Lamnitskaya and Nina Petrovna Ilyina. The veterans were visited at home and presented with badges of honor and flowers by the Chairman of the Polotsk District Council of Deputies Joseph Gribovich, the Chairman of the Polotsk District Council of Veterans Galina Muravey, the Head of the Department of Ideological Work and Youth Affairs of the Polotsk District Executive Committee Irina Deminova.

"Honoring the veterans of the siege, we bow low to those who survived, survived, and won. I wish you good health, good spirits and all the best. It is important to remember the lessons of the past in order to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy," Joseph Gribovich emphasized.

Olga Ivanovna Lamnitskaya:

— Leningrad is the city of my life. I remember the day when they announced on the radio that the war had begun. In an instant, everything changed... His father, who worked at an enterprise of the military department, was immediately evacuated along with the plant to Ufa. After a while, my mother and I also managed to go to him with great difficulty. It was scary to see military equipment from the train window, which was massively sent to the front. As a child, I did not quite understand the scale of the tragedy, and my mother cried very often. They managed to return to their hometown only five years after the end of the war. Our house survived, but the apartment had already been given to another family. There was nowhere to live. It was decided to move to Belarus, to the Verkhnedvinsk district, where my grandmother lived. There she graduated from school, decided to devote her professional life to trade. For many years I worked in the Tkani store, I left the post of administrator of the House of Trade, whose team still helps me, visits, and congratulates me on the holiday. It's always nice to be watched.