On September 2, an opening ceremony of the renovated Monument to the Soldiers of the Great Patriotic War took place in Orekhovo village. This event was long-awaited and well-prepared. The main work was done by the Association of Private and People’s Museum of Russia, headed by A. Yu. Shaburov, Head of the Lakashinsky rural settlement Yu. V. Mashnin and the locals.
The Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Ryazan Region Vitaly Popov, Deputy Minister for Territorial Affairs and Information Policy of the Ryazan Region Ivan Ushakov, and Deputy Head of the Spassky District Administration Yuri Krotov, as well as other officials, came to congratulate the participants on this significant occasion.
Special exhibitions were held for the guests of the ceremony: the Immortal Regiment of Valaam by the private traveling museum of I. Martsenyuk, the Weapons of Victory by the private museum Iron Warriors, Pogost village, Kasimov district, Ryazan Region, and the exhibition by Dmitry Oktyabrsky’s Moscow October Automuseum. The Moscow Military-Patriotic Club “Battalion” headed by Yuri Moskvin displayed military weapons, uniforms, and other club artifacts related to the Great Patriotic war.
The photo exhibition Our Victory, organized with the assistance of the TASS News Agency, presented unique archival large-scale photographs of the Second World War.
The event was marked by a spirit of a family holiday, which built common cause across generations: preserving the historical memory of those who fulfilled their sacred duty and sacrificed themselves to save the Homeland from the fascist invaders.
The Director of the Association of Private and People’s Museums of Russia A.Yu.Shaburov and the Director of the Municipal budgetary cultural institution “K.E.Tsiolkovsky Museum” N.N.Medvedkov signed a mutual cooperation agreement in the presence of the Minister of Culture of the Ryazan region V.Yu.Popov 
The Minister of Culture of the Ryazan region V.Yu.Popov congratulated the Director of the Association of Private and People’s Museums A.Yu.Shaburov on this important occasion 
The Director of the Association of Private and People’s Museums of Russia, the driving force behind the restoration of the monument to soldiers of the Great Patriotic War, A.Yu.Shaburov acknowledged all those who had contributed to this major project 
The heads of the Ryazan region and the Spassky district attended the opening ceremony 
The Minister of Culture of the Ryazan region V.Yu.Popov delivered the inaugural address 
The Head of the Veteran Council of the Spassky District, Ryazan Region, V.V.Fialkin appreciated the importance of the event 
For the younger generation, the opening of the monument is an major event that emphasizes the importance of preserving the memory of those people who gave their lives for the peaceful sky above us 
Athletes of the Krutogor Culture and Sports Center took part in the celebrations marking the opening of the monument 
This is the first major event in Orekhovo in a long time 
Moscow gusli players played a concert as part of the celebrations 
The works of Ivan Martsenyuk touched every soul 
People of the Spassky district brought their family keepsakes 
Moscow Military-Patriotic Club “Battalion” honored soldiers of the Great Patriotic War by artillery volleys salute 
War photos from the TASS photo archive
