BREST, 30 August (BelTA) - At the invitation of the Borodino State Military History Museum the event re-enactors from Brest will, for the first time, participate in the international military history festival "The Day of Borodino”, BelTA learned from the Brest regional committee of the BRSM Youth Union.
Taking part in the events dedicated to the Battle of Borodino near Mozhaisk will be members of the military history club "Garnizon" of the BRSM Youth Union and the military history club "Grenada" consisting of students of cadet classes at secondary school No. 35 of Brest. All in all, the Brest delegation will include 35 people. This is the largest delegation of re-enactors which will represent Belarus at the festival.
The military history buffs from Brest handmade their clothing and equipment in full compliance with the 1812 standards. Members of the Garnizon and Grenada clubs will represent the Brest infantry regiment in the Russian army.
The day of the Battle of Borodino is celebrated every year on the first Sunday of September. Tens of thousands of fans of the military and history reconstruction gather together on the Borodino field on this day. There are two bivouacs for infantrymen, artillerymen, grenadiers, lancers, hussars, dragoons and cuirassiers of the Russian and French armies of 1812. The festival traditionally begins with solemn ceremonies at the Kutuzov command posts in the village of Gorki and that of Napoleon near the village of Shevardino and gives military honors to the heroes of Borodino battle near the main monument on the Raevsky battery.
The most spectacular part of the festival is the reconstruction of the episodes of the battle of Borodino west of the village of Borodino. During the “battle of the giants” the participants demonstrate tactics, possession of firearms and cold steel arms, knowledge of military manuals of the time. The event will conclude with a parade of the military-historical clubs and awards ceremony.
It is expected that this year the international festival will feature more than 80 military-historical clubs from Russia, CIS and non-CIS countries. The round tables will be held during the event to exchange experience in the patriotic education of the youth.
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