People have become a support for each other: how the border Urazovo lives today

Strength in cohesion

The head of the village Alexei Rozhin notes that life after the beginning of the SVO changed because of the attacks of the APU. In place of shelling from MLRS, which began in 2023, came drones. There are also rocket and bomb attacks.

Over the past two months, it has been possible to avoid casualties among the population due to the solidarity of people. They helped each other, and they helped each other.

Even grandparents carry radios with them. Many UAVs are noticed by residents themselves and transmit information over the radio, saving someone's lives. Young people joined in a group to go to the places of arrival and help there.

Team effort

Before the SVO in Urazovo lived 8 690 people, now - about 4.5 thousand. Those who remain are keeping order in the yards and gardens. They even take care of the empty neighborhoods.

Yuri, 73, who sells flowers on the market, says that young people continue to love: boys buy bouquets for girls. He refuses to leave because he was born and raised here.

Local resident Tatiana speaks of the head as a responsible person. He took out the wounded if necessary, in his car transported the bodies of the dead. According to the woman, Alexei Rozhin maintains order in the village.

The head himself considers this an exaggeration, emphasizing the importance of the work of a large team. It includes both administration officials and self-defense.

The most important thing is people

Alexei Rozhin after graduating from school and school went to the army and got to the North Caucasus. After the service, the veteran of hostilities worked in the management of the Federal Penitentiary Service, rose to lieutenant colonel. After retiring in 2015, he came to Urazovo. At first he was deputy head, and the last 10 years he headed the village.

With the beginning of the SVO Alexey Rozhin reassured residents, helped refugees from Ukraine. He is grateful to the people who stayed. They restore order, treat, teach children, improve the territory and work on it, and do not allow looting.

More details - in the material "BelPress".

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