They speak about the need to preserve the historical truth about the crimes of the Nazis against Soviet civilians that took place in the occupied territories during the Great Patriotic War.
On Monday, May 24, the students of Russia’s oldest technical higher school handed over for safekeeping to the Mountain Museum a coffer of letters of the time. It contains more than three hundred letters from the present students to their successors and will be opened in 2030, during the celebration of the 85th anniversary of Victory.
According to Olesya Titarenko, a third-year student of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty, she was inspired to take part in this action by watching a film about the genocide of civilians, which the Nazis began in the early days of occupation. This took place practically on all occupied territories and affected the vast majority of residents, regardless of their nationality or social group.
“I would very much like for today's schoolchildren to open this trunk 9 years from now, read our letters, and understand the emotions we were guided by when we wrote them,” Olesya noted.
Alina Mukhametshina, who also studies at the Mechanical Engineering Department, believes that in 2030, like today, it will be “very important to remember the equality of nations and races. This postulate should not be questioned under any circumstances.” It was her desire to convey this message to the next generation of miners that prompted her to write one of the letters of the time.
From today until May 2030 they will all be kept under the wax seal in the cadet hall of the Mining Museum.
