"Heroes Are Your Dads": Kindergarten Children Shown Books by Parents Who Died in the War
The Brusnichka kindergarten in Khanty-Mansiysk opened an exhibit, "Hero's Library," about four fallen veterans of the war in Ukraine. All of them were fathers of children attending the kindergarten.
The "Hero's Library" exhibition in Khanty-Mansiysk
In the Brusnichka kindergarten Khanty-Mansiysk have opened A memorial exhibition, "Hero's Library," dedicated to the four fallen participants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ceremony was timed to coincide with White Cranes Day, celebrated on October 22.
The preschool published a video of the ceremony on its VKontakte page. The students lined up in the hallway in front of flags while the Russian anthem played, and military personnel in camouflage uniforms presented their awards.
A ceremony at the kindergarten
In the video, teachers tell children about fallen war veterans, all of whom were fathers of children in the kindergarten. The soldiers also told the preschoolers about the service of the fallen soldiers and encouraged the children to grow up to be defenders of the Fatherland.
The teachers presented books that the SVS students loved to read themselves and read to their children, and also talked about their awards. In memory of her father, one of the students recited a poem about those who died on the battlefield, after which a minute of silence was observed in the kindergarten accompanied by the sound of a metronome.
"Guys, heroes don't just live in books... Maybe someday you too will become heroes if you are kind, brave, and love your homeland. Let's all say together: 'Thank you, heroes!'" — said one of the teachers.
The Hero's Library Project and its purpose
The "Hero's Library" project was launched in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug at the initiative of regional children's ombudsman Lyudmila Nizamova for the purpose of "patriotic education" through the reading preferences of fallen war veterans in 2024.
Other military-themed kindergartens
This is not the only kindergarten where children are told about the "SVO". Perm already started to educate preschoolers control drones. And in Irkutsk kindergarten "Goldfish" opened the alley In memory of the fallen members of the SVO, they organized a "Victory Parade" and a sports and patriotic game, "Zarnitsa-2025": children and their parents performed a "march-throw through a minefield," played "military hospital" and "reconnaissance with a machine gun."
