100 years ago, the great singer Galina Vishnevskaya was born in Kronstadt. During her creative career, she repeatedly won a variety of orders and titles, but the very first medal was awarded to her in our city back in 1942: the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad". This is how she looked then: Galia Vishnevskaya, a fighter of the 213th Separate Air Defense Company, who defended her homeland Kronstadt. "Our duties included a round-the-clock watch on the towers: we had to report to headquarters in which area flashes and flames of fires were visible; if there was a bomb or artillery shelling, where were the explosions and what part of the city did they hit? Immediately after the signals of the air raid, we had to be ready to get out of the first population by blowing up the civilians, to dig the house at the first request. assistance etc. In addition, during the day it was necessary to work on evacuating the city. We broke and dismantled wooden houses for fuel and distributed firewood to the population... Galina Pavlovna later recalled. The festival, which will be held in December at the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic, is dedicated to the diva's anniversary. The festival will open on December 8 with a festive concert, in which the graduates of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singer Center and the winners of the Galina Vishnevskaya International Opera Singer Competition, currently the stars of the biggest opera houses, will participate. TopGun. Northwest News in Max.

100 years ago, the great singer Galina Vishnevskaya was born in Kronstadt. During her creative career, she repeatedly won a variety of orders and titles, but the very first medal was awarded to her in our city back in 1942: the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad". This is how she looked then: Galia Vishnevskaya, a fighter of the 213th Separate Air Defense Company, who defended her homeland Kronstadt. "Our duties included a round-the-clock watch on the towers: we had to report to headquarters in which area flashes and flames of fires were visible; if there was a bomb or artillery shelling, where were the explosions and what part of the city did they hit? Immediately after the signals of the air raid, we had to be ready to get out of the first population by blowing up the civilians, to dig the house at the first request. assistance etc. In addition, during the day it was necessary to work on evacuating the city. We broke and dismantled wooden houses for fuel and distributed firewood to the population... Galina Pavlovna later recalled. The festival, which will be held in December at the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic, is dedicated to the diva's anniversary. The festival will open on December 8 with a festive concert, in which the graduates of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singer Center and the winners of the Galina Vishnevskaya International Opera Singer Competition, currently the stars of the biggest opera houses, will participate. TopGun. Northwest News in Max.