Festival of memory "23 days before the Victory"

From April 16 to May 9, 2020, the All-Russian Theater Festival "23 days before the Victory" dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War will be held at the Army Theater and on the stages of Russian theaters. The founder of the festival is the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

23 days - this is precisely the period that has passed from the date of signing the order on the beginning of the Berlin strategic offensive operation to the complete surrender of Nazi Germany. Within 23 days, from April 16 to May 9, a memory festival will be held throughout the country, within which the participating theaters will show performances about the war on their sites and mark the theater buildings with the Victory symbol - a star.

The opening of the festival “23 days before the Victory” will take place on April 16, 2020 on the square in front of the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army. On April 17, the performance “Drummer” based on the play by Athanasius Salynsky will be shown on the Great Stage of the Army Theater.

“Within the framework of the festival, the building of every Russian theater participating in it will be decorated with the symbol of Victory, the festival logo is a five-pointed star. On their stages, theaters will show performances about the Great Patriotic War, staged in different years. Readings of plays written about the war from 1941 to the present day will also take place at the Army Theater, ”says Alexander Kalyagin, Chairman of the Union of Theater Workers and People’s Artist of Russia.

During the days of the festival “23 days before the Victory,” the most significant hashtag in booklets, leaflets, on the sites of participating theaters will be the hashtag # 23 of the victory day. On the big screens in front of the Army Theater, as well as on its website, a countdown of the time “until the Victory is left… day” will be broadcast daily.

The festival will end on May 9 with a gala concert on the square in front of the Army Theater. The prefecture of the Central Administrative District organizes an action with field kitchens, Victory Lilacs and other events.

“We are proud to host the All-Russian Theater Festival, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory, provided to the Army Theater, during which the whole country will have a unique opportunity to experience the history of liberation and touch the springs of memory.

We are descendants of the Victors and our task is to increase the hardened spirit of patriotic, civic and moral education in the modern generation by the power of art, ”said Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation - Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov.