Young Men To Hold All-Russia Meeting With Heroes Of Great Patriotic War

An all-Russia meeting of young men and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) will be held in Moscow on 3-4 May 2001. According to the information received by RIA Novosti from the department of the youth policy of the RF Ministry of Education, this meeting will be devoted to the Victory Day to be celebrated on 9 May. This event will be attended by the representatives of regional youth organizations, departments of youth policy and veterans of war and military service, who have been specially invited from every part of Russia. There will be signing of an agreement on cooperation between the RF Ministry of Education and the Russian Committee of war veterans in the patriotic and civic education of the younger generation on 4 May in the theatre of the Russian Army during the meeting of young men and the war veterans. Representatives of the Office of Russia's President and the RF Ministry of Defense will attend the meeting. The meeting will be followed by a concert.