The representative of the Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry attended an international Forum in Nizhny Novgorod

02/04/15

On January 28-29, representative of the Foreign Ministry of the PMR Alexander Gutsul took part in the International Youth Forum “The mission of the young: to preserve the history of the Great Victories!” The forum held in Nizhny Novgorod was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The event was organized by the Ministry of Education of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the Regional Museum of History of Vocational Technical Education of the Vocational Development Centre.

The social and patriotic event was attended by delegates from eight regions of the Russian Federation and the 3 neighboring republics, including the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, as well as more than 300 students. The project, as the organizers noted, aimed at forming and strengthening of civic patriotism, preserving the historical memory of generations, the continuity of historical consciousness. “The project has a public, social and ethno-cultural significance which is especially important in the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War”, - the organizers report.

Within two days of the forum the rarest exhibits of the Great Patriotic War were presented to the wide public, historical photos, items from the personal archives of veterans, research works. The outcome of the International Youth Forum is the publication of a collection of articles of the participants. The report and article of the Pridnestrovian representative can be found on the website of the “Eurasian Pridnestrovie”.