Back to school!

Dear students!
We congratulate you with the beginning of new school session! We wish you success in studying, good luck!

We honoured the memory of the heroes

Our country won the war at the terrible cost: the total number of dead exceeded 27 million. On the 8th of May citizens of our town met in Victory square to honor the memory of those who died to defend peace and happiness of our Motherland. The veterans of the war told us about those difficult days. The 9th Form student of our school E. Ponomaryev and students from other schools told the poems devoted to the war heroes. We honoured the memory of the heroes with a minute of silence. The people brought the burning candles and flowers to the memorial. The weather was not good that evening and it seemed that the Earth cried with people.
We should always remember what our great-grandfathers and grandfathers have done for peace on the Earth. We should do our best to live in peace and friendship with all peoples.

9 MAY - Victory day!

Victory Day!
On May 9, the people of the Russian Federation celebrate the anniversary of their Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War against fascist Germany. We are proud that our grandparents and army of USSR played the decisive part in defeating fascism.
The Second World War was a grim trial for the Soviet Union's people and their army. Hitler's army was the strongest in the capitalist's world.   Fascist Germany had occupied France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway and other European countries. It had economic resources of almost all of Western Europe. However, despite the severe defeats at the beginning of the war, the Soviet Army managed to launch a counter-offensive near Moscow towards the end of 1941  and defeated the enemy troops. This way the first important defeat of the fascist German army in the Second World War.
Our historic victory on the banks of the Volga in 1942 shook the enemies to its very foundation. 330,000 Germans were surrounded and defeated. After this splendid victory the Soviet Army began to deal the enemy stronger and stronger blows. Having driven the fascist invaders from the Soviet territory, the Soviet Army helped the peoples of European countries to liberate their lands from fascist oppression.

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1.    played the decisive part -сыграли решающую роль
2.    a grim trial - суровое испытание
3.    economic resources - экономические ресурсы
4.   despite the severe defeats - несмотря на жестокие поражения
5.    to launch a counter-offensive - предпринять контрнаступление
6.    to its very foundation  - до самого основания
7.    to deal a blow - нанести удар
8.    Having driven - выгнав
9.    to liberate  - освободить
10.   oppression - угнетение 

To Great Patriotic War veterans!

We congratulate all world's veterans on such important for us holiday - Victory day! We wish strong health, happiness and clean blue sky above your heads!
Special greeting for our home town veteran Vasili Davidovich Ivanov, who had reached the Reichstag in Berlin at the 9th of may 1945.

V.D. Ivanov

the Reichstag

May

The name comes from the Roman goddess Maia, who was the goddess of the fields, of fertility (плодородие) and abundance (изобилие). It is very good name for the month when everything is in flower.