Employees of the internal affairs bodies of the Nizhny Novgorod region honored the memory of those who fell during the Great Patriotic War.

      In the All-Russian action "Candle of Memory," police officers from the region participated, led by the head of the Nizhny Novgorod Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Lieutenant General Yuri Arsentyev. The solemn event, which took place on the territory of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Nizhny Novgorod on the night of June 22, 2026, also involved: the leadership and members of the Board of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region, chairpersons of the Veterans Council and the Public Council at the Main Directorate, employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the region and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Nizhny Novgorod, leadership and cadets of the Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, members of the Youth Council of the internal affairs bodies of the Nizhny Novgorod region, a representative of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese, and the organization "Volunteers of Victory." The solemn ceremony was opened by Yuri Arsentyev: "On June 22, 1941, exactly at 4 a.m., Nazi Germany treacherously attacked the Soviet Union. The Great Patriotic War began. Millions of people entered the battle to defend their country from the enemy." The head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region then announced a moment of silence - a symbol of shared grief and memory of the millions of interrupted lives, of those who forever remain in history and in the hearts of descendants. The participants of the event also heard from the chairman of the Public Organization of Veterans of the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Nizhny Novgorod region, retired Police Colonel Vladimir Shcherbakov, and the chairman of the Public Council at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region, honorary citizen of the city of Labor Valor of Nizhny Novgorod Vadim Grebenshchikov. The memorial event continued with a requiem liturgy, which was performed with the attendees by the assistant to the archpriest of the Nizhny Novgorod district for interaction with the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archpriest Dmitry (Dyldin). The participants of the solemn rally paid tribute to the courage and heroism of all those who perished during the war by laying flowers and lighting candles at the Memorial Complex dedicated to the internal affairs officers - Heroes of the Fatherland.

      Press Service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region Tel.: 268-58-13

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