ArmInfo.In Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, on April 28, the International Forum of Winners will take place. "The Great Victory, won by unity: the courage of the front - the resilience of the rear."
The purpose of the event is to preserve the memory of the Great Patriotic War as an important historical event uniting the peoples of the former Soviet Union, actualizing the role and contribution of representatives of all the peoples of the former USSR to the Great Victory. The choice of Astana as the venue of the Forum in 2017 is due to the significant contribution made by the multinational people of Kazakhstan to the Great Victory, fighting on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, and by hosting and deploying evacuated population, industrial enterprises, cultural and educational centers on its territory.
The program of the forum includes a plenary session in which politicians and public figures of the CIS countries are to intend, as well as sectional sessions on the themes: "Our common Victory: memory through the generations"; "Young leaders of the countries of Eurasia: heroism of heroes are worthy"; "Victory was forged at the front, Victory was forged in the rear." In the sectional format, topical problems of studying the history of the Great Patriotic War, mechanisms for forming the image of the Great Victory in the culture and media of the countries of the post-Soviet space.
Since 2010, the forum hosted the Russian cities of Tuapse, Vladikavkaz, Volgograd, Kursk, Moscow. In 2016, the Forum was held in the Hero City of Minsk. The organizers of the event are the Political Center "North-South" and the Development Fund "The Institute of Eurasian Studies" with the support of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS member states.
Representatives of public authorities, scientific and expert community, veteran and youth organizations, creative workers, journalists from all CIS countries, Georgia and the Baltic countries will participate in the Forum. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will send greetings to the forum participants.