Having forgotten traditions, you will forget ancestors – having forgotten ancestors, you will lose yourself. We as though anew are born, visiting sacred places of our Memory!

The chairman of the board of veterans of Managements public relations Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Shakhov Gennady visited Northern Federal Antimonopoly Service the Kursk arch where in 1943 soldiers of the 140th Siberian, Novgorod-Seversk shooting division battled. This connection was created before the beginning of grandiose battle from personnel structure of border and internal troops of People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the USSR. For the first time I arrived to Ponyri's settlement in July, 1988 on the instructions of editorial office of the district newspaper of internal troops of Ministry of Internal Affairs the USSR. I should collect within three days materials about a meeting of veterans of the glorified division, and then to prepare them to...