sealing with their victorious music the ominous monster of a young soldier almost still a boy evgeny rodionovthe chechen wars, he fell into the hands of terrorists, and they demanded from him that they supposedly took off the cross from his chest, renounced the army from russia, and so on promised him the life of yevgeny rodionov did not renounce did not refuse. and the executioners cut off his head yevgeny rodionov became a popular saint; his face is erected on icons, altars. foreign faith surrounded his head with a golden halo grandiose procession of the immortal regiment, when the whole country between the three oceans victory day rises out of its homes and its halls and merges into one huge easter procession. they carry portraits of their great-grandfathers over their heads. grandfathers, great-great-grandfathers, in this procession they carry banners and carry icons depicting saints in this easter procession, the transfiguration of the dead comes to life. light overcomes darkness, and it seems that the heroes leave their portraits, hung with orders, stand next to us. and we, all a huge p