Shortly before the celebration of Victory Day, students of Ƶ turned the study of history into a lively international dialogue. They took part in a large-scale patriotic action: they visited the iconic exhibitions of the city and defended the author's projects in English.
The memory route covered the main cultural attractions of St. Petersburg. At the Sheremetev Palace at the Music of Victories exhibition, students plunged into the atmosphere of three centuries of military glory. The sounds of ancient marches, marching pipes and an accordion that traveled to Berlin became for guests not just exhibits, but guides to the past. The groups also visited the immersive installation "Missing in Newsreels" on Lenfilm, the Pulkovets youth center and the Russia - My Story park.
"In the museum halls they do not shout about exploits - they quietly talk about people for whom honor and duty were a matter of life. After such meetings, something inside breaks forever," the students shared their impressions.
A feature of the action was the integration of history into language practice. As a result of the cultural program, students defended projects in English. They analyzed facts and visual culture: the aesthetics of military uniforms, details of everyday life and the emotional background of the era.
"The ability to tell about the feat of ancestors in a foreign language is an important competence of a modern specialist. When history is passed through the heart, memory becomes a personal experience that the student is ready to broadcast to the whole world," said Anastasia Lvova, project manager, senior lecturer at the Department of International Communications at Ƶ.
The action showed that for students of Ƶ, the music of war and symbols of victory are not dry lines of a textbook, but a living connection between generations, sounding today in different languages.