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A series of lectures on Tajikistan's contribution to the Great Patriotic War was held at the Khususii Saidumar Gymnasium. Researcher and historian Gafur Shermatov met with students in grades 8 and 9. He told the students about key episodes of the republic's participation in the events of 1941-1945, paying special attention to the evacuation hospitals operating in Stalinabad (now Dushanbe), the CSTO press service reports.
The lecturer noted that 22 hospitals were set up in the capital, where the seriously wounded were admitted from the front. Schools and institutions were urgently re-equipped for medical needs. Doctors, nurses, students and city residents worked together to save lives, which became an example of a true civil feat.
According to Shermatov, Dushanbe deservedly bears the status of a city of military medical glory. The Tajik Medical Institute was among the top ten in the USSR in those years, and its graduates made a significant contribution to saving soldiers at the front and in the rear.
As part of the event, schoolchildren were presented with materials from the "Memory Group" – an initiative aimed at restoring data on the dead and searching for unmarked graves. A documentary film, "Keepers of Memory", was also shown, which evoked a lively response from the teenagers.
The historian also emphasized the importance of archival work and the importance of preserving the names of war participants. He recalled that today in Tajikistan there is only one veteran of the Great Patriotic War alive, and therefore it is especially important to pass on knowledge about the past to the younger generation.
At the end of the meeting, the schoolchildren received the books: “Russian Necropolis of Dushanbe”, “People of Russian Science in Tajikistan” and the author’s work by Gafur Shermatov “War and Victory: Tajikistan during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945”.
