Anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. Legasov Readings 2023
On April 26, 2023 - the anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, at the Moscow school 56, which bears the name of Academician Valery Alekseevich Legasov, Legasov readings have been held for the 7th year in a row.
This is an interregional scientific and practical conference dedicated to safety issues, as well as to the memory of the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident and personally to Valery Alekseevich Legasov.
This year I had the honor to personally attend this event.
The conference began with a large plenary session - the school's students, leaders and invited guests gathered in the assembly hall, the school's principal Zhanna Sadovnikova said opening words.
The next speaker was Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Major General of the reserve Shakhramanyan M.A. with an important topic of fire safety in schools.
One of the graduates of the school, Sergey Vladimirovich Malov, recorded a video especially for the conference. In 1986, he became one of the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident. Much of what he said is mind-blowing - for example, for three months of work in Chernobyl, the cars of his automobile platoon had a mileage of 75 thousand kilometers…
Andrey Timofeevich Nasonov, a liquidator from Tula, also came to the event - a stunningly positive person with whom I was lucky enough to talk personally after the official part. By the way, he sings great (as we all had a chance to see), and also promotes a healthy lifestyle in every possible way :)
Another story was told by one of the mothers of a school student - her father was a musician and during a tour in Kiev, he and his band were sent to Chernobyl to raise the spirits of the liquidators with songs and music.
“When the disaster happened, a huge number of people were in danger, there was no family in all of Chernobyl that would not have been touched by this grief. Both liquidators and doctors selflessly rushed to help the region and prevented a global environmental catastrophe with their actions. No one doubted, did not ask questions, "What if it's too dangerous?", "What will I get for it?" - she said…
After the official part, all the students of the school went to classes in order to defend their projects - reports on ecology, chemistry, medicine, sociology, as well as actual technologies related to the main topic.
It was so great to plunge into the atmosphere of the school, students, look at the younger generation, listen to what they are concerned about and find out their point of view on topical issues of our time….
After awarding the students with certificates for participating in the conference, we went to have some tea and some real Tula gingerbread, which Andrey Timofeevich brought straight from Tula specifically for the event!
We had a great time talking about Chernobyl accident and Valery Alekseyevich Legasov with the principal, students and teachers. It really warmed my heart the way they honor the memory of him and his deeds…
A merch was prepared especially for this year's readings
In conclusion, I would like to express my gratitude to school 56 for the incredible work to preserve the memory of a great man and the feat of heroes-liquidators of the Chernobyl accident.
As one of the speakers said: “it's great that such readings are held at school. Children are our guides to the future, so I am glad that the school annually hosts Legasov Readings, which are closely connected not only with the tragic experience, but also to values that serve as guidelines in the most difficult life situations.”
