December 3 - Day of the Unknown Soldier

The commemorative day in honor of the Unknown Soldier began to be celebrated quite recently, since 2014. It is dedicated to all the defenders of Russia who died in the wars, whose names could not be established.

For the Day of the Unknown Soldier, the date is December 3. On this day in 1965, when a quarter of a century of the defeat of the Nazi invaders in the battle near Moscow was celebrated, the remains of the Unknown Soldier, who died in the defense of the Russian capital and was buried in the Zelenograd area, at the 41st kilometer along Leningradskoe highway.

Since then, on December 3, it has been customary to honor the memory of all the soldiers who died for the Motherland, whose names we, unfortunately, do not know. They gave their lives in military conflicts on the territory of our country or abroad.

Now the inhabitants of modern Russia pay tribute to them for their military prowess. People come with flowers to memorials, burial places of fallen soldiers, to the Eternal Flame. Representatives of local authorities in all localities of the Russian state organize commemorative events.

It is especially important that on this day Memory Lessons are held in schools, where children are told about the exploits of their ancestors who fell for the Fatherland.

We are all grateful to the Unknown Soldier, who gave his life for the sake of his descendants, that is, for us. Let's try to be worthy of our ancestors and not forget about their feat.

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[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

***
At the grave of the unknown soldier

I am to blame for my whole life

And I will always remain guilty

In what became an unknown soldier

Forever an unknown soldier.



And, in the mind of this guilt

Gathering the last strength

I'm standing at the old wall

At his merciless grave ...

M. Dudin
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[Tatyana]

We are all grateful to the Unknown Soldier, who gave his life for the sake of his descendants, that is, for us.

Your name is unknown
Your feat is immortal!

[Crowe]

The stars are burning bright
And in the Kremlin garden
Unknown Soldier
Sleeps in full view.
Over granite slab
The eternal light is unquenchable.
The whole country is an orphan
She bent over him.
He did not surrender the machine
And his cap.
Unknown Soldier
He fell in a fierce battle.
Unknown Soldier -
Someone's son or brother
He has never been from the war
Will not come back.

[Crowe]

Maya Kristalinskaya "Unknown Soldier"
Music by Alexandra Pakhmutova, lyrics by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

[Lynx2000]

Quote: Crowe

Maya Kristalinskaya "Unknown Soldier"
Music by Alexandra Pakhmutova, lyrics by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

I remember this song from childhood, from the film series "About Krosh"
How many are their graves of the Unknown Soldier, marked with memorable signs, unknown hills, without an eternal flame and a guard of honor.

[alex neym_2]

Somewhere they conduct Memory Lessons, but somewhere they try with all their might to forget ... it's a shame!

[faiver]

Eternal memory to them, unknown soldiers who did not return from the war ...

[Blue fox]

And yet, as a search engine, I believe that there are no unknown soldiers. They are, at least, all ours, so we know whose. In the search environment, they do not really like this formulation, the reason is clear, all our work is, first of all, a return from obscurity.

[Serg65]

Quote: Blue Fox

And yet, like a search engine

Thank you very much!!!!!

[Lynx2000]

I disagree. Uncertainty is morally exhausting. In my family, my maternal grandmother's older brother is still missing. After the first Chechen war, not all of the soldiers have been identified. During the second, digging in, too, they found ...

[Or me]

"Your name is unknown. Your feat is immortal"
And there is nothing to add to this but Eternal Memory!

[Lester7777]

"He could become a wonderful citizen. He could build or decorate the land with gardens. But he was and will forever remain in our memory a soldier, a Russian soldier."

[Alexey Krekotnev]

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation made a typo in the text: the Eternal Flame was lit several months, not years later, after the burial of the ashes of the Unknown Soldier near the walls of the Kremlin.