Valery Zinkevich and Anatoly Noskov
On 15–16 October, the SPbGASU Youth Policy Division organized meetings of our university students with participants of the Special Military Operation Anatoly Noskov, Valery Zinkevich, and Gennady Kuz. They came to the front line by different paths, but with one goal – to defend the Fatherland.
Captain Anatoly Noskov is a 2022 graduate of SPbGASU. He was mobilized at the same time. Anatoly is a hereditary military man: the grandson of an admiral and the son of a KGB colonel. First, he graduated from the Nakhimov School, then the Frunze Higher Naval School (now the Peter the Great Naval Corps - St Petersburg Naval Institute). He worked in the criminal investigation service. He started as a deputy company commander for military-patriotic work, and later became the commander of the Z assault company. In total, Captain Noskov's front-line biography includes 11 assaults, two wounds, one of which was serious.
Valery Zinkevich has been involved in public activities since 2010 and has traveled to almost all the liberated territories of the new regions as a volunteer since the beginning of the SMO. He admits that what he saw inspired him to decide to go to the front as a volunteer. The commander of the assault platoon of the special forces "Akhmat" has gone through difficult battles and a serious injury. Today, he manages seven charity projects, is the leader of the public-patriotic bloc "For the Fatherland and Faith", and an adviser to the head of the Moscow district of St Petersburg on patriotic education of youth.
Gennady Kuz is a combat veteran who organizes humanitarian aid and solves social problems for the SMO servicemen and their families.
At the meeting with students, they talked not only about the difficult and dangerous everyday life of the military on the front line, about what success in completing combat missions depends on, and the role of the ability to work in a team. They also talked about what is no less important for each person: goals in life, civic duty, service to the Motherland, moral priorities, family.
"Our life is formed on the values and traditions that are laid down in childhood and youth. I am talking about the role of family, the importance of traditions and goals. Only together are we strong. Such meetings provide feedback: schoolchildren, students, and their parents contact me. This confirms that we are on the right path," said Valery Zinkevich.
Student Andrey Gogenko was one of the most active participants of the meeting. It turned out that he had a good understanding of what they are talking about.
"I am a great-grandson, grandson, son of military personnel, and most of my life was spent in military towns. My father will soon go on a mission to a combat zone. At first, I also wanted to follow in their footsteps, but then I decided to first get a civilian profession. I learn about the situation in the SMO from the media, but from the participants themselves it is perceived completely differently. I agree with them: we must be united, attentive to each other, in order to achieve common and significant goals for all of us," Andrey said.
