Bondary secondary school

Bondary secondary school
Author: Koshelev Pavel,
Ermakova Anna
10b grade
Teacher: Petrova E. A.
The Motherland, bent over her daughter's ashes,
Sings this tender maternal song
About Zoya, the girl, who has become a legend,
Who died and was born for eternal life.
The native land inspired her with courage,
The great nation educated her with pride,
And the girl has become fine as a white birch,
Like the Russian heart, she was frank and noble.
Object of research: a woman in a war.
Subject of research: feat of arms of a
woman-partisan.
Methods: studying the documents,
analysis of facts.
The aim of research: development of the feeling of
patriotism among the youth on the example of Zoya
Kosmodemyanskaya
Tasks:
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To study the biography of Z. Kosmodemyanskaya;
To visit an exhibition devoted her in a local museum;
To read a book “Zoya and Shura”;
To tell pupils of our school about Zoya’s life and her
feat.
Hypothesis
If we remember and kneel
before our heroes we’ll grow
good persons.
Actuality
450,000 people went to the front from our Tambov
oblast.
190,000 were killed.
8,500 people went to the front from Bondary rayon.
3,000 people were killed.
More than 260 people from Tambov oblast became
the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Among them Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
Introduction
One of the most enduring tales of heroism from the days of
the Grear Patriotic War is the story of the Soviet partisan Zoya
Kosmodemyanskaya.
Like the millions of workers and soldiers who joined in the
fight against Nazi Germany during the USSR’s Great Patriotic
War, Zoya’s life began amidst humble surroundings. But her
extraordinary bravery and courage would eventually elevate
Zoya to the ranks of the most legendary of Soviet heroes.
Our country-woman Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
Zoya was born on September 13,
1923 in the village of Osinoviye Gai
(Aspen Woods), situated in the
north of the Russia’s Tambov
Region. Zoya’s father, Anatoly
Petrovich Kosmodemyansky, was a
Red Army veteran who maintained
the village library and Zoya’s
mother, Lyubov Timofeyevna
Kosmodemyanskaya, was a school
teacher in the village.
“What Have You Done for the Front?"
Zoya was 17 years old when her homeland was invaded by
the German Army on June 22, 1941. She volunteered at the
“labour front,” working at a state farm to harvest crops to feed
Soviet citizens and soldiers. She became determined to join the
fight and to stand shoulder to shoulder with her fellow Soviets
as a defender of the Soviet motherland. Zoya’s first missions
as a partisan fighter were secret and she did not share any
details of her work in her correspondence with her mother.
Lyubov was deeply worried for Zoya’s safety, but she knew
that her daughter was a sensible and strong young woman.
Zoya’s partisan group harassed and tormented the occupiers by
cutting phone lines, destroying bridges and with transport and
supply lines. The partisans also performed reconnaissance
missions for the Red Army.
“Tanya”
On a night in early December 1941, Zoya set out
for Petrishchevo as part of a small partisan
detachment. Zoya’s mission was to set fire to a
stable used by the German commanders to house
around 200 horses but Zoya was captured.
Despite severe torture and abuse, Zoya refused to
share any information with her captors,
identifying herself only by the enigmatic
pseudonym “Tanya.”
She knew that the fate of her fellow partisans
depended on her bravery and perseverance and
despite unbelievable pain and misery, she did not
betray her comrades to her enemies.
There are two hundred million of us!
The Nazis found they could extract no information from her. After a long
night, Zoya was sentenced to execution. Her heavy coat and additional
outer garments had been confiscated by her captors and she was taken
outside wearing only her blouse, trousers and stockings. She was marched
through deep snow in freezing temperatures to the village square where a a
newly constructed gallows awaited.
Before she was executed, she spoke bravely to the townspeople who had
been rounded up to witness the execution:
“Comrades! Why are you looking so downcast? Be brave, fight, smash,
burn the fascists!...I am not afraid of dying, Comrades! It is a great thing to
die for one's people!”
…and to her captors, she leveled a warning:
“There are two hundred million of us! You can’t hang us all!”
Hero of the Soviet Union
Zoya’s body was exhumed from the grave in
Petrischevo and she was returned to Moscow
for burial. On February 16, 1942, Zoya
Kosmodemyanskaya was posthumously
awarded the title of “Hero of the Soviet
Union.” She was the first woman to receive
this distinction.
Conclusion
The martyrdom of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya galvanized the
Soviet people as they forged ahead in their march to victory
against the imperialist juggernaut of Nazi Germany. Her
bravery and sacrifice inspired innumerable tributes from all
fields and media.
The film “Zoya” by Lev Arnshtam tells the story of her arrest
and execution. The score for the film was composed by Dmitri
Shostakovich. The asteroid 1793 Zoya is named in tribute to
her. Monuments to Zoya still stand in St. Petersburg, Tambov,
Dorokhov, and Petrischevo.
Informational sources
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoya_Kosmodemyanskaya
http://www.greeklish.org/features/zoya/home.html
http://vivovoco.rsl.ru/VV/JOURNAL/RUHIST/ZOYA.HTM
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