The 100th anniversary of the Russian Exodus was widely celebrated in Crimea

Kerch honored the memory of all those who more than a hundred years ago were forced to leave their homeland as a result of the fratricidal war.


 

On April 25, 2021, within the framework of the Days of Remembrance dedicated to the centenary of the Russian Exodus , flowers were laid at the cross at the Kerch sea station, according to the official website of the Heritage Foundation .

The event was attended by the orchestra of the 115th separate special-purpose brigade of the Russian National Guard under the direction of Major Daniil Rafailov. The banner group of reenactors of the Drozdovsky regiment from St. Petersburg with an exact copy of the regimental banner stood guard at the cross. Representatives of the military-historical club "Rubezh" from Maikop and the Union of Societies "Heritage of the Empire" from the village of Otradnoye of the Krasnodar Territory, the Kerch-Yenikalsky khutor Cossack society of the Black Sea Cossack Host lined up nearby. Representatives of the Kerch community were also present at the laying of flowers.

The audience was addressed by the President of the Heritage NBF, Lieutenant General Leonid Reshetnikov, who thanked the representatives of the Black Sea Cossack army, Donets, Tertsy for their work on restoring the historical memory of millennial Russia.

“Why are we holding the Days of Remembrance dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Russian Exodus? To learn from the terrible events of more than a century ago. We are trying to tell the truth about the Civil War so that such a split, such hatred does not repeat itself in our country. This war has divided people. As a result, the country lost millions of the best sons of the Fatherland: military men, inventors, scientists, writers, engineers. We must know and remember this tragedy. We have one truth - love for Russia, ”Reshetnikov emphasized in his speech.

Further, a funeral lithium was served for all those who died during the Civil War and who left for the Exodus, flowers were laid at the memorial Cross. After that, everyone went to the embankment of Kerch, where a military-historical reconstruction of the episode of the Russian Exodus took place with the participation of more than 300 reenactors representing military-historical clubs from all over Russia.

To immerse the audience in the era of a century ago, from 11 am on the embankment, interactive platforms were open, where they showed weapons, uniforms, medicine of that time, it was possible to enroll in the Volunteer or Red Army. People dressed in the fashion of a century ago were walking along the embankment.

Children and older people enjoyed examining the Lanchester armored car and the 1902 Russian cannon. Here, like yesterday in the Leninsky District, history was at arm's length. Reenactors talked about the peculiarities of uniforms, weapons, medicine, took pictures with those who wish.

The event was attended by the head of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Crimea A.V. Novoselskaya and the head of the administration of Kerch S.V. Borozdin.

In 1920, Kerch became the last city where the Russian flag was lowered, from where more than 40 thousand citizens of the Russian Empire departed into obscurity. Therefore, the choice of the venue for the festival is not accidental. The first part of the reconstruction was an action with elements of a theatrical production, reproducing episodes of the evacuation in November 1920, based on historical documents and memoirs. The loading of military and civilians on the ship was shown. Two ships participated in the reconstruction - the 100-seater "Chernomorye" and the replica minesweeper KTShch # 581 "Tuapse". According to the scenario, after loading the main part of the reenactors, "Chernomorye", having given a signal, departed from the coast. A wreath was launched from its side in memory of those "who had no place in their homeland." After that, stragglers appeared on the embankment, and the offensive of the Bolsheviks began,a fight ensued. The minesweeper covered the stragglers by firing from the water.

The reconstruction scenario based on historical materials was prepared by the commander of the VIC "Consolidated Officer's General Markov Regiment" Colonel G.A. Yakovitsky. The music was specially selected. The following compositions were performed: G. Kitler "Expectation", Polonaise by Mikhail Oginsky "Farewell to the Motherland", march "Longing for the Motherland", Mozart "Requiem for a Dream", March of Kornilovtsev, March of Markovtsev, Antonio Vivaldi "Tango of Death" and others. The course of the production was covered by the commentator - a military historian from St. Petersburg B.G. Kipnis. Thanks to the dramatic script and professional, captivating commentary, viewers were able to experience unforgettable emotions and feel everything that happened in their city more than a hundred years ago. Many had tears in their eyes. At the end of the action, the audience thanked the reenactors with applause.

According to the deputy commander of the VIC "Consolidated Officer General Markov Regiment" Captain D. Wilhelm, the past two-day festival has become the largest of such events in the Civil War in our country over the past five years and unique - for the first time the reconstruction of the events of the Russian Exodus was shown, loading on ship.

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Kuban's Parade to the 30th anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Cossacks

On April 24, a parade of historical departments of the Kuban Cossack army took place in Krasnodar, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Cossacks. The event took place on the Main City Square in compliance with all sanitary and epidemiological requirements - behind closed doors without spectators.

The event was attended by the head of the region Veniamin Kondratyev, the ataman of the Kuban Cossack army (KKV), the vice-governor of the region Alexander Vlasov, the speaker of the ZSK Yuri Burlachko, the chief federal inspector for the region Alexey Ermakov, member of the Federation Council from the region Vladimir Beketov, Metropolitan of Yekaterinodar and Kuban Grigory , the military priest Archpriest Ioann Garmash and other guests of honor.
The parade participants were greeted by the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev, who in his speech noted the importance of this event and the role of the Cossacks in the life of the region, including their service to the country and the people, protection of borders, participation in the management of cities and villages.
Ataman KKV Alexander Vlasov stressed that today the Kuban army is the most numerous and has more than 55 thousand Cossacks in its ranks. Also successfully organized work on public service, the development of the system of Cossack education.





The parade began with the carrying of the banner of the Kuban Cossack army by the banner group of the Guard of Honor. The banner was consecrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and was presented to the ataman of the Kuban Cossack army by the President of the Russian Federation.
The banner group of the Guard of Honor brought to the square the military banner and regalia of the Kuban Cossacks - among them the diploma of Empress Catherine II, banners bestowed on the Kuban Cossack army by Russian emperors, Orthodox icons. Then the ceremonial calculations of the historical departments of the Kuban Cossack army passed with a marching step. Also, the traditional laying of the "Garland of Memory" at the Eternal Flame took place - it was taken to the memorial by car.



Recall that the parade of historical calculations of the Kuban Cossack army takes place in Krasnodar and is timed to the anniversary of the signing of the RSFSR Law of 26.04.1991 "On the rehabilitation of repressed peoples" and the Day of rehabilitation of the Kuban Cossacks, established 9.10.1995 № 15-KZ "On the rehabilitation of the Kuban Cossacks" and 14.12.2006 № 1145-KZ "On the establishment of holidays and memorable dates in the Krasnodar Territory . "

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A monument dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War was unveiled in Sevastopol

A monument dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in Russia was opened in Sevastopol.

Recall that the original idea was to erect a monument to Russian people forced to flee from the Bolsheviks who occupied the country. Hence the place of installation - the embankment of Sevastopol, from where, among other things, the patriots of Russia went into exile. Then the Russian Military Historical Society got down to business, and the monument turned into a "monument to the reconciliation of the Reds and Whites." It is noteworthy that particular dissatisfaction was expressed by the ideological and spiritual heirs of the Russophobes-Bolsheviks, who announced the rehabilitation of the "unfinished counter".

The monument was opened on the coast of the Quarantine Bay of Sevastopol, from there a view of the Tauric Chersonesos and St. Vladimir's Cathedral opens up. Nearby in the roadstead are lined up the sailing ship "Chersonesos", the patrol ships of the Black Sea Fleet "Pytlivy" and "Ladny" and the oldest naval ship in Russia and in the world, in service - the rescue ship "Volkhov" (Bolshevik nickname "Commune"), built in 1913 ...

The ceremony was attended by Assistant to the President, Chairman of the RVIO Vladimir Medinsky, Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Vice Admiral Igor Osipov, Senator Yekaterina Altabaeva, Deputy of the Russian State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy , the military and the public.

“There is nothing worse when a split occurs within one state, one family. This monument to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War is a memorial to its tragedy. Dedicated to its participants, all the sons of Russia. This is the first such large-scale memorial in Russia. We must remember this lesson of history - a house, destroyed from the inside, as it is said, will not stand. We can be very different, but we are one people, and we have one Russia, ”said Vladimir Medinsky.

On a high pedestal, a female figure is the image of Russia, the image of a mother calling for the reconciliation of her sons, who were raised by the Civil War. Their figures are located at the foot of the pedestal. At the foot of the column, on three sides, poems dedicated to these tragic days by poets Maximilian Voloshin, Marina Tsvetaeva, Nikolai Turoverov, and also Mikhail Sholokhov are engraved in stone on three sides.

The author of the monument is sculptor, chairman of the Union of Artists of Russia Andrey Kovalchuk.

 

From IA "Legitimist": On the monument is written "We are one people, and we have one Russia." Given that the slogan of the whites was indeed "United and indivisible Russia", and the slogan of the red was "Workers of all countries unite", i.e. the slogan of the world revolution, to which they sacrificed Russia. The activation of the supporters of the Reds in the recent (see, for example, previously published news) clearly indicates that there is no desire for reconciliation on their part.

 

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Kornilov's commemoration by the Tsargrad Society

 

On April 17th in Yekaterinodar, at the site of the death of General Lavr Georgievich Kornilov, aKornilov commemoration took place. The memory of the general of the Volunteer Army, the heroes of the volunteers and the Cossacks came to honor the Cossacks of the Kuban Cossack army, headed by Ataman Vlasov, representatives of Cossack societies, the city administration, and public organizations.

Archpriest John, spiritual troops and rector of the military cathedral of Alexander Nevsky, conducted a memorial service for the dead general, volunteers and Cossacks. At the headquarters, where the preparations for the assault were discussed by Denikin, Kornilov, Alekseev and other generals - now the flag of our society Constantinople, with the imperial two-headed eagle, weighs on a permanent basis.

"We sacredly honor the memory of the heroes of the white movement who gave their lives in the fight against Bolshevism for a united and indivisible Russia" said Общество ЦАРЬГРАД (Tsargrad Society).

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Prayers for the Cossacks who suffered from genocide after the revolution were held in the churches of North Ossetia

In honor of the innocently murdered Cossacks who suffered from genocide after the revolution, prayers were held in the churches of St. John the Warrior in Vladikavkaz and Alexander Nevsky in the village of Arkhonskaya. On the territory of the Terek region for twenty years, more than 12,000 people, including children and the elderly, have suffered. Many were sent into exile. In memory of the 101st anniversary of those tragic events, a motor rally was also organized.

Andrey Perevoznikov, ataman of the Arkhonsk stanitsa Cossack society: “The villages of Vorontsovo-Dashkovsk, Tarskaya, Sunzhenskaya were evicted. Archonskaya, Ardona's farm, Khristianovskaya, Nikolaevskaya and Zmeiskaya were terrorized. Through all these villages, we make a cross-country rally with the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Alexander Nevsky, Kirill and Mary. It is necessary to honor the memory, especially since we live in a region where everyone always remembers their dead. "

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