International Youth Historical and Educational Online Action "Voice of Truth"
Event time: May 9, 2022, at 15:00 (GMT+3)
Format: online (ZOOM)
Working languages of the meeting: Russian (basic), English.
To take part in the Promotion, you must register
Deadline for registration for the event has been extended until: 8 May 23:59 2022
On the 77th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism, the International Youth Historical and Educational Online Action "Voice of Truth" is being held. It became the second part of the historical research project "Preserving the right to an international war and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", which is being implemented in 2022 as part of the five-year socio-cultural program "BRICS Peoples of the Choice of Life". According to the project of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning and territorial offices of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Museums and External Relations of the Ministry of Culture of Russia, the Embassies of the BRICS countries in Russia, the Russian Embassies in the five countries, the representative offices of Rossotrudnichestvo in associations.
The peoples of the BRICS countries: Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa took part in the Second World War as part of the anti-Hitler coalition.
In 2021, a five-sided historical and literary project “BRICS Peoples: Dedicate to the Heads of Wars” dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory over fascism and Japanese militarism was implemented.
Children, schoolchildren, students and youth from associations of countries, who are determined to continue to bear and affirm the historical truth about wars and their heads, have also become active participants in the anniversary project.
The main goals of the project:
communication of students and youth of the BRICS states with truthful data about the history and main exceptions of wars, the role of each country of the "five" in the Victory over the common enemy. This information is taken from the archives and collections of sources that meet to acquaint the young participants
spiritual, moral and patriotic education of the younger generation in the spirit of those deeply accustomed to the feat and history of their country and the states of the "five";
rapprochement of the BRICS youth on the basis of multilateral activities to preserve the universal infection of memory and truth about the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War, opposition to the falsification of history on the basis of the dissemination of knowledge and enlightenment.
The organizers of the forthcoming action are the Regional Public Organization “BRICS. World of Traditions” and the International Youth Edu – Skills Foundation.
Meetings with moderators will be available:
Anastasia Shkitina, journalist, author of documentaries about World War II;
Dmitry Kurbatov, student of the Faculty of Management and Politics (direction "International Relations"), MGIMO (Russian Foreign Ministry).
Greetings will be given by:
On behalf of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov, Fomin Artem Anatolyevich, Third Secretary of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry;
Cao Xiaocan, Military Attaché at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Russian Federation, Senior Colonel
Representative of the military department of the Embassy of the Republic of India in the Russian Federation (as agreed);
Illuviev Alexey Sergeevich, Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of India;
Sergachev Yegor Alexandrovich, Attaché of the Consulate General of Russia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The speakers for the event will be:
Lyudmila Sekacheva, President of the Regional Sports Organization “BRICS. World of Traditions»
Boris Martynov, Professor, Head of the Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy, MGIMO (U), MFA of Russia;
Lucas Rubio, graduate of the Faculty of Philology of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), founder, organizer and member of the "May 9 Study Group" (Grupo de Estudos 9 de Maio);
Vladimir Bednov, member of the Congress of Public Associations "Public Committee of War Veterans", colonel;
Depanshu Gupta, Member of the Board of Trustees of the BRICS. World of Traditions, project partner, New Delhi, India;
Olga Solodkova, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Regional Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, daughter of Leonid Mitrokhin, author of the book “Friends of the Soviet Union. Soviet-Indian Solidarity during the Great Patriotic War”;
Zhang He, President of the China and Russia Youth Association of SKUR and Member of the International Exchange Office for International Cooperation Russia-BRICS
Marianna Alborova, Leading Expert, Center for International Information Security, MGIMO, Russian Foreign Ministry
Mohammad Akil, Vice-President of the NGO “BRICS. World of Traditions”, Founder and Chairman of the International Youth Edu – Skills Foundation, Noida, India, President of the Association of Asian Students of RUDN University;
Scangarelli Brits Alessandra, journalist, editor-in-chief of the Revista intertelas media magazine, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
Eden Pereira Lopez da Silva, co-author of the book “The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet People”, Master of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IFCS-UFRJ);
Ricardo Quiroga Vinhas, co-editor of the book The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet People. Studies the history of the USSR and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe;
Li Jiaxin, PhD student at Moscow State University (MSU), Chinese teacher at MGIMO;
Xin Fanin, Student (4th year), Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR);
Matlala Raymond, founder and chairman of the BRICS Youth Association in South Africa;
Tumisang Victoria Maheso, Founder and Chairman of the South African International Students Association (SAISA).
Students and youth, historians, scientists, writers, experts in the field of international information security, diplomats, experts, media representatives will also participate in the action from the BRICS countries.
The action "Voice of Truth" will be held on Victory Day on May 9 2022, becoming an international peace-loving educational online platform for the formation of the moral culture of the young generation of the BRICS countries, the prevention of manifestations of nationalism and extremism among the youth.
Students and young people will have the opportunity to participate in discussions, indicate their attitude to the topic of preserving historical truth, counteracting its falsification, and give their suggestions on the format for the participation of the younger generation in this process, based on moral values and acquired truthful knowledge.