 
Kaliningrad, welcome!
Comrade Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation!
Vladimir Lapshin reports - a member of the Nakhimov branch of the Nakhimov Naval School in Kaliningrad, reports.
In the modern world, there is a big problem of distorting historical facts
and keeping silent about the heroic deeds of the Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War.
It is very important for me and my peers that no one ever forgets what trials and torments our grandfathers and great-grandfathers went through.
They were able to withstand and win, and their truly iron will and fortitude shined through, which amazed and admired the whole world.
They defended their home, family and friends, our Motherland.
The main examples of my family are my great-grandfathers - Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Ivanovich Bobrov and Moisey Nisonovich Topaz,
who were awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Patriotic War of the II degree.
I am proud of them, and therefore it is my duty to preserve the memory of their heroic deeds.
Therefore, when the multimedia project "Remembering is Knowing" appeared, my dad, a naval officer, and I
added the names and photographs of Mikhail Ivanovich and Moisey Nisonovich to the "Remembering is Knowing".
If each of the millions of schoolchildren makes a note and uploads a photo to the gallery,
we will forever preserve the memory of those who defeated the fascists and ensured peace on the planet.
Comrade Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation!
Allow me, on behalf of all Nakhimovites and their parents, to express to you our deep gratitude
for the creation of a naval educational institution in Kaliningrad.
Most of the Nakhimovites studying here are children of military personnel.
Both we and our fathers are very happy that we can get a good education.
I assure you that with our excellent studies and good deeds we will justify your trust and will continue with dignity the traditions of the Nakhimov Naval School.
Comrade Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation!
Let me invite you to visit our unique educational institution and get acquainted
with the wonderful conditions for study, maritime training, sports, and recreation that are created for us.
The report is finished.
Thank you, Volodya.
First of all, I want to congratulate you and all your comrades on the fact that you have started your studies at the new branch of the St. Pete Nakhimov School.
And thus, we completed the creation of branches of the Nakhimov School in all Russian fleets.
This is a big event related to the training of future personnel for the Russian Navy. The Ministry of Defense coped with this task brilliantly.
By the way, the Defense Ministry has a large number, in my opinion, several dozen pre-university educational institutions,
and all of them are of the highest quality, just like your Nakhimov school.
I hope I will have the opportunity to verify this. Here, I know, there are new laboratories and new classrooms with modern equipment.
And all this, of course, will be effectively used by you to gain new knowledge not only in the field of maritime affairs, but also broad knowledge in general.
The level of training in the Nakhimov schools - and the St. Petersburg Nakhimov school is a school with a very good, long history, with brilliant teaching staff,
with good educational methods - all this will apply to all branches, including your branch.
I am sure that studying at such an educational institution will not only contribute to the fact that you will receive the brilliant knowledge
that a modern person needs, but will also perceive our country and be brought up in the patriotic spirit
that was so necessary for your great-grandfathers to protect our Motherland during the Great Patriotic War.
You asked where did their fortitude come from?
Out of a desire to protect future generations, their future families, their children, their grandchildren, you and me, including you.
If they had not won then, if then they had not sacrificed themselves, many of us simply would not have been in the world.
Entire generations would be erased from life.
They simply would never have appeared, and those that were would have been eliminated in concentration camps, I have already spoken about this.
And the fact that you are doing history is extremely important.
I already said in my opening remarks that in the modern world, unfortunately, we see attempts to rewrite this history.
And this is connected not with history, but with today, in order to create conditions for changing the rules of life that arose after World War II,
after the Great Patriotic War, to create prerequisites for these changes - this is why attempts are being made to rewrite this history.
Some forget that it was fascist Germany that attacked the Soviet Union in the early morning of June 22, 1941, and not vice versa.
Some forget that over 80 percent of the enemy's equipment and manpower were busy fighting the Red Army on the Eastern Front.
Some forget who took Berlin by storm. These were Soviet troops.
And we must never forget this, and we will never forget, and we will not allow anyone to forget it.
But, turning to the past, to history, I have already spoken about this, we, of course, must look to the future.
And the fact that in a new educational institution, equipped with the latest technology and the requirements of today for the educational process,
you will receive the modern knowledge you need, I am very happy about that.
I wish you, Volodya, and all your fellow students all the best.
I am sure that you will be satisfied and your parents will be satisfied with the level and quality of knowledge that you will receive at the Nakhimov School.
Good luck to you. All the best.
