April 28, 2022 in the Voronezh Regional Art Museum named after I.N. Kramskoy held a youth-patriotic action “Let’s keep the memory.” It was held in the space of the exhibition “Vivat, Russia!”, dedicated to the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter I, whose activities are inextricably linked with Voronezh.

The organizer of the event is the Literary Youth Center, which operates on the basis of the Voronezh Regional Youth Library. V.M. Kubanev with the support of the Department of Culture of the Voronezh Region.

The purpose of the action is to preserve the memory of the heroic past of our people, to strengthen the historical and cultural ties between generations.

The event was attended by: Andrei Avramenkov, one of the most promising young prose writers in the Voronezh region, was born in Lugansk, worked as a journalist there, later, as a refugee, ended up in Voronezh. His stories are pictorial and psychological, the hidden movement of the soul of the characters always manifests itself against the background of tangible objects and incidents. His story “The Militia” is written in the wake of real events, the characters’ characters are extremely reliable, which is especially important when it comes to the traditional world, which has been damaged by a new, unprecedented war.

Mikhail Kalashnikov is the author of the collection of short stories “Fighting Edge Fighters”, the story “From Kupala to Baptism”, a member of the Writers’ Union of Russia, laureate of the Isaev Prize, awards “Koltsovsky Krai”, “Shield and Sword of the Fatherland”, “Crystal Spring”, “In in search of truth and justice”, diploma winner of the festival “For the Glory of Boris and Gleb”. Works in the structure of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Member of the search movement.

Among the invitees were also the senior lecturer of the Department of OOD of the Central Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “RGUP”, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia, a member of the board of the All-Russian Public Organization “Union of Military Writers” Daria Guzeeva, director-chief editor of the State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Journal” Rise “, Chairman of the Board Voronezh regional branch of the Union of Writers of Russia Ivan Shchelokov and theater-studio “Glagol”.

Poetry lovers were given a “free microphone”, everyone could read their poems.

Author of the photo – Anton Voronin. From the archive of VOKhM them. I.N. Kramskoy.