⭐️️️️️️️️️️️A series of events dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the Great Victory Day-2026 Events at MGIMO In the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, the university celebrated Victory Day with exhibitions, concerts, a Memory Watch, and charity events. In our #MGIMOAboutVictory series, we report on all the events that took place. 🕯Memory Watch at the memorial "To MGIMO alumni – Defenders of the Fatherland" On May 12, a solemn flower-laying ceremony at the monument brought together students from different countries, faculty members, veterans, and alumni. The ceremony was preceded by a moment of silence. "The tradition of celebrating May 9 at this memorial is a tribute to those who built the university during the height of the war. Many of the first faculty members and students came to MGIMO straight from the front lines. Among the alumni are six Heroes of the Soviet Union. Both during the war and after, people of different nationalities, united by a sense of duty, served the country," emphasized Anatoly Torkunov, Rector of MGIMO. 🎵“Our Victory” Gala Concert After the Memory Watch, vocal, dance, and instrumental groups performed in the university's inner courtyard. One of the most moving performances was the legendary song about fallen soldiers, "Cranes", sung by Tran Mai Tuang Phong, a student from Vietnam, on behalf of all international students at MGIMO. Meanwhile, university alumna and journalist Margarita Dyachenko, a native of Yakutia, took to the stage in a national costume and played the khomus (jaw harp), thus sounding the theme of the unity of the peoples of Russia in the common Victory. 🎗“Our Victory” Festival Also on May 12, the inner courtyard of MGIMO featured interactive zones: an exhibition of wartime weapons and military equipment (including the legendary "Katyusha" and Willys), a display on the evolution of soldiers' uniforms, a poetry meadow, the "I'm Writing to You, Hero!" campaign, and a field kitchen serving 1,000 people. 🖼Exhibition "Victory is One for All" From May 7 to 15, the atrium of the new building housed an exhibition on the contribution of the peoples of the USSR to the Great Victory. The exhibition featured authentic letters from the front, war maps, posters, photographs, and stories of Red Army soldiers, partisans, and home front workers. 📚Round Table "The People of Victory" On May 7, the A.S. Griboyedov Literary Club "Inspiration" and the MGIMO Associations of International Students held a round table dedicated to the feat of representatives of all peoples of the USSR. Participants discussed the role of frontline international brotherhood. The Victory Banner over the Reichstag was raised by Russian Mikhail Yegorov and Georgian Meliton Kantaria, while poems about the war were written by Azerbaijani Abuzar Novruzov, Bashkir Mustai Karim, and Dagestani Rasul Gamzatov. 🌐Website "MGIMO about Victory" A web resource collected all announcements and news about the commemorative events, as well as the sections "Scientific Regiment" and "Victory in Faces" with stories about heroes on both visible and invisible fronts. 📸Campaign "Faces of Our Victory" Over several days, MGIMO students and staff collected photos of their veterans so that the faces of the heroes would appear on the university's main screens on the eve of the holiday. 💵Charity campaign for residents of the Luhansk People's Republic From April 27 to May 8, the university held a fundraising drive to help residents of the Luhansk People's Republic. From May 3 to 8, a delegation of MGIMO students made a humanitarian visit to Luhansk, during which they delivered targeted aid (medicines) to residents, as well as held meetings with representatives of government agencies and youth communities of the Republic. 🕊The memory of the war at MGIMO is a living bond between generations, a dialogue of cultures, and a reminder that the Victory was one for all. #MGIMOAboutVictory #Victory81 🌐MGIMO International (ENG) / МГИМО для иностранцев (RUS)