Video: How the Eternal Flame and other memorials are prepared for the Victory Day celebration
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
On the eve of Victory Day, federal and regional authorities annually put in order monuments and memorials throughout the country. After all, there are only a few veterans left, and these memorable places are an important milestone in the people's memory and the flagship of Russian patriotic education.
Some memorial sites can be easily removed and painted. Such work may well be performed by volunteers from among students, schoolchildren and simply caring people. And the specialists of specialized bureaus will cope not only with cleaning and planting of greenery at memorials and mass graves, but also with the reconstruction of monuments. the Bureau. But there are also memorials that require a special approach.
The eternal flame at the Kremlin walls has been burning for 54 years. The fire is stored very carefully, and when the mandatory scheduled checks pass, they quickly return the flame to its place.
The Eternal Flame must be prevented annually before May 9 - the Day of the Great Victory. Serves one of the main symbols of the people's memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War, the state enterprise Mosgaz.
Experts say that this is a work of the highest complexity. And although it takes about an hour, the most experienced and responsible specialists are involved in these works.
At the first stage of work, the fire is transferred using a special torch to a special temporary burner. After that, the star is removed from the memorial in order to disassemble the main burner. If there is such a need, then in the course of preventive work, the ignitors are changed, which operate under high voltage 24 hours a day.
The system works in this way. Gas is fed into the system through special tubes and goes through igniters with electric spirals inside. These spirals are under constant tension, so that even in the most windy weather, the gas immediately ignites, even if it was knocked down by a gust of wind.
The design of the Eternal Flame near the Kremlin provides for 3 igniters. While one is working, the other two perform the function of backup, and they will definitely work if something happens to the existing equipment. After all, the fire on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier should burn in a downpour, in a snowfall, and in a hurricane.
The eternal flame appeared at the Kremlin on May 8, 1967. They lit it from a torch brought to Moscow from Leningrad in an armored vehicle, and lit a torch from the memorial fire on the Field of Mars. In the capital, the Eternal Flame was met by Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Maresyev, and General Secretary Brezhnev personally placed the flame in the center of the star of the memorial. The historical first torch is still kept in one of the Moscow museums.
In 1997, a decree of the President of the Russian Federation was issued, according to which the military guard, which had previously stood in the Mausoleum, was transferred to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. And since that time, the guard of honor at this memorial place has been replaced every hour.
Recommended:
What is Thursday salt, how it was prepared and what it was used for
The ancient Slavs had many superstitions and customs, some of which were everyday. For example, this can include the preparation of the so-called Thursday salt. It was difficult to find a family where they would not do this once a year. This salt was considered the best talisman against evil spirits. It is clear that the peasant women procured salt to protect their families. Read when and how they made the Thursday salt, why the bast was needed and how it lured love
"Passenger salad" and other cult dishes prepared by Soviet women for the New Year and not only
Some believe that in Soviet times, people ate simple and not very tasty food. Like, the shortage of products affected. This is not entirely true. And in the USSR there were incredibly tasty, delicious dishes. They just didn't cook them too often. And the hostess's most popular dishes were made literally out of nothing, from those ingredients that could be obtained. Read what Passenger salad is, why children did not like semolina porridge and about a dish that real Italians will envy
Killer for Bandera: How they prepared an agent for the liquidation of Ukrainian nationalists, and what was his further fate
The Great Patriotic War ended, but nationalist formations remained and actively operated on the territory of the USSR. The largest of them fought against Soviet rule in western Ukraine. The leadership of these partisan detachments was carried out by Stepan Bandera, and the ideological reinforcement was taken by the writer and publicist, professor of state law at the Ukrainian Free University in Munich, editor of the newspaper "Samostiyna Ukraine" and a member of the OUN - Lev Rebet. Both of them after
Privy Councilor, revolutionary, Marshal of Victory and other immigrants from Poland who went down in the history of Russia
After the annexation of the territory of Poland to the Russian Empire, the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Poland had to adapt to the new reality. Some managed in the new conditions not only to rise to the top of the career ladder, but also to play a decisive role in the history of Russia, leaving a memory of themselves for centuries
A Natural Oxymoron: Eternal Flame Falls at New York's Chestnut Ridge
For an infinitely long time you can look at three things: water, fire and … an unusual waterfall with the eloquent name "Eternal Flame". This is one of the natural phenomena when two seemingly opposite elements coexist in harmony at once. The waterfall is located in New York's Chestnut Ridge Park: natural gas is burning in a niche behind the falling water, which seeps through the rocks. Of course, gas is not supplied regularly, so travelers passing by often rekindle the extinguished light