Truth and myths about Post # 1 in Volgograd
guard near the monument to the Defenders of Stalingrad and Red Tsaritsyn in the form of a granite obelisk. The obelisk was erected on the site of a mass grave where the soldiers of the Red Army who defended Tsaritsyn during the Civil War and during the Battle of Stalingrad are buried.
High school students of Volgograd secondary schools and lyceums are on watch here.
Post # 1 in Volgograd Post # 1 in Volgograd
Being in the 9th grade in the early 80s of the last century, I was also fortunate enough to be on guard at Post # 1 , from which are the most pleasant memories in my memory.
Guard of honor. Post number 1. Volgograd Guard of Honor. Post number 1. Volgograd
Then in Volgograd much attention was paid to the patriotic education of the younger generation and Post # 1 was the honorable duty of Volgograd schoolchildren to carry around it watch. But this duty still had to be earned. How? Naturally good grades and, as they said then, exemplary behavior.
Truth and myths about Post # 1 in Volgograd
The first myth: Only excellent students and good students with exemplary behavior were allowed to Post # 1
Just want to say, nothing like that! Of course, the first candidates for the honor watch were guys and girls with high marks. I have always been firmly convinced that I certainly will not have problems with getting into the group of candidates. And so it happened.
Changing of the Guard of Honor Changing of the Guard of Honor
But as I remember now, there were not enough excellent students and good students to form shifts in our class, and the teachers had to involve everyone the rest. You should have seen how their eyes were burning!
Changing of the Guard of Honor. Post # 1 in Volgograd Changing of the Guard of Honor. Post # 1 in Volgograd
Therefore, then almost every student had the opportunity to participate in this honorable event, regardless of grades and behavior. I think this is correct! Discrimination is inappropriate here.
Myth two: Post # 1 has paid meals
Although I had to catch the era of developed socialism in all its glory, meals in the school cafeteria were paid. A three-course lunch cost 20 kopecks.
Guard of honor. Post number 1. Volgograd Guard of Honor. Post number 1. Volgograd
Therefore, the teachers gave the parents strict instructions to give us the same 20 kopecks for Lent. for lunches. For some reason, the teachers were apparently not aware that they would feed us absolutely FREE OF CHARGE! And not that table mashed potatoes, which the school chefs diligently smeared on the plate, giving it visibility and volume, but a full dinner, plus a bun of your choice. But if you didnt have enough, then you could use those cherished 20 kopecks for another bun and pie.
Guard of honor on the Alley of Heroes in Volgograd Honor guard on the Alley of Heroes in Volgograd
And all because we ate in the regional committee canteen located nearby. I think the situation has changed little now.
The basics of drill learned at that time came in very handy while serving in the Soviet Army.
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Did you stand at Post # 1? Share your memories in the comments.
By the way, literally a few steps from Post # 1, in the basement of an old department store, there is a place where they were captured Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus.
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