Gvardeysky Park in Krasnoyarsk is planned to be improved taking into account the opinions of veterans
On Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23, Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Mikhail Kotyukov met with combatants, representatives of veteran public organizations and associations of military families.
The press service of the regional government reported that during the meeting they discussed plans for the improvement of Gvardeysky Park in Krasnoyarsk. Mikhail Kotyukov instructed the city administration to work on the project taking into account the opinions of veteran organizations.
According to the head of the region, this public space should become a place that will unite the memory of heroes and the education of youth. The governor called on veterans to actively participate in the discussion of the project and share ideas.
Combat veterans also raised issues of social support, government guarantees, assistance to the front and soldiers on the front line. We separately touched upon the topic of patriotic education of the younger generation.
“The fellow countrymen who have been through hot spots have not only combat experience, but also serious authority in life. It is important that today they use personal examples to help children understand difficult situations and resist external pressure. We agreed on such classes in schools. Children should know the history of their family and country, understand how their grandfathers, great-grandfathers and contemporaries lived and defended the Fatherland. We will organize this work systematically so that the connection between generations is not interrupted,” said Mikhail Kotyukov.
Hero of Russia Oleg Likontsev has been organizing military-patriotic camps in the Kansky and Rybinsk districts for several years. In 2025, he received a grant for the development of this project as part of the regional Partnership program. The uniqueness of the idea is that parents go to the camp with their children and become instructors themselves. In addition, the veteran actively works with schoolchildren. He collected about 600 exhibits from the special operation zone, made a mobile museum and takes it to educational institutions.
Andrei Musikhin, a participant in hostilities in the North Caucasus, Northern Military District and Syria, regularly meets with young people. He comes to courage lessons in schools, communicates with the children, answers their questions. According to him, such lively conversations are needed so that children understand history not as a set of dates from a textbook, but through the destinies of specific people.
“Children are obliged to know the history of their country and their loved ones. Why the Great Patriotic War began and how it ended, why a special military operation is underway, what the war in Afghanistan was for. Many people still don't know this. Not all parents have enough knowledge, so lessons in courage and systematic patriotic education are needed,” Andrei Musikhin expressed his opinion.
During the meeting, Mikhail Kotyukov congratulated the veterans on Defender of the Fatherland Day and thanked them for their service. The head of the region also recalled that various measures are in place to support combatants and their families in the region, and called on veterans to share suggestions on how this assistance can be strengthened.
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