On January 24th the Orthodox churches of Russia and the whole world and the Cossacks remember one of the sad pages of history. January 24, 1919 the beginning of mass repression against the Cossacks. By tradition, on this day, the Cossacks honor the commemoration of all those who died during the repressions in memorial services in churches and at memorial sites. The 1st training Cossack hundred of the Stavropol was not an exception.
An excursion into history and a memorial service with inclined banners, conducted by the trustee of the cadet school named after General A. Yermolov, took place on the ethno-raphic open-air site “The Cossack Compound”. priest Dimitry Sypko. The cadet parents, representatives of Cossack societies and local history journalists came to the rally ...
On the same day, the cadet held "Lessons of courage" in memory of the Cossacks who participated in the "Azov Siege Seat", the Patriotic War of 1812, the First World and Civil War, the liberation of the capital of the regional center during the Great Patriotic War ... And the first lesson from the memorable series held another school trustee - Ataman of the regional social and political movement Stavropol Cossack Army of the Union of Cossacks of Russia, member of the federal political council of the Cossack Party of the Russian Federation, Cossack Colonel Dmitry Vladimirovich Strigunov.