1000 candles lighted in front of UrFU main building

18:36, June 22, 2020

Today is the Day of Memory and Sorrow of June 22, 1941 in Russia.

This day exactly 79 years ago at 4 a.m. the Great Patriotic War which claimed millions of lives, began.

Candle of Memory Campaign was held by UrFU Volunteer Centre and the Regional Centre of patriotic education. At 4 o'clock in the morning march participants wrote "We remember 22.06.1941" with lighted candles on the square of the main building of Ural Federal University.

The candle is a symbol of eternal memory to the fallen heroes who defended their country and the right to life and to live in freedom, fighting against Nazism.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.