Every state, every nation has the events and the dates that form the basis, the basic points of their history, the foundation of historical memory and national pride. Victory in the Great Patriotic War has been and always will be such significant milestone for us and for future generations.
May 6 solemn meeting on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the Great Victory took place at NTUU "KPI".
Name an outstanding designer of artillery weapons mid-twentieth century, Colonel-General of Technical Troops, Hero of Socialist Labor (1940), winner of four Stalin Prizes of first degree (1941, 1943, 1946, 1950), Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Vasil Gavrilovich Grabin (1899 / 1900-1980)
November 6, 2013 at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” was celebrated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the capital of Ukraine - city of Kyiv from Nazi occupation. Students, teachers and workers of the KPI were laying flowers at the monument to those who died during the war, and honoring the memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 with a moment of silence. The event was attended by representatives of the leadership of the university and its trade union organizations, faculty, staff and students.
Strategic offensive operation (August - December, 1943) which received in the history the name "Fight for Dnipro" was one of the brightest pages of the Great Patriotic War.
Kiev in the frame of Yanush Korchak Days. Last year, the 70th anniversary of the death of the great humanist was celebrated in Treblinka, and 100th anniversary of the foundation of his House for orphans in Warsaw.
Many years have passed since the memorable May,1945. However, today the great feat of defenders and liberators remains an inexhaustible source of patriotism, that faithfully service to his people.
On the 7th of May at NTUU "KPI" was held a solemn meeting on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the Great Victory.
The participants of the Great Patriotic War - Kyiv Polytechnic Institute veterans - were gathered in the hall of the Academic Council; there they were warmly welcomed by the first pro-rector of NTUU "KPI", academic NAS of Ukraine Yuriy Yakymenko, a chairman of the trade union of the university employees Vitaliy Molchanov, a veteran of the World War II and long-term employee of the university Mykola Trykhlib, the head of the NGO "KPI Veteran" Yuriy Nesterenko and a cadet of the Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information of NTUU "KPI", a senior soldier Julia Popravko.
Every state has some dates which signify remarkable events. May 9, the Victory Day, is such a date for Ukraine.
Every year, as May begins, the activity of governmental and non-governmental institutions increases: at different levels of public administration more attention is drawn to the participants in the Great Patriotic War, battle-front veterans and children of war. The reasons why the war was unleashed, nations' and states' participation and contribution to the Victory, its effects on the further development of the society are still being discussed by journalists, politicians and scholars specializing on the war. Films and series about the war are shown on TV.
June 22 marks the seventy-one years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Our country has suffered numerous losses in it. The memory of the people who gave their lives in the battle against the worst enemy probably will trouble the soul as much as our people will live.
