The ranks of the "Immortal Regiment" were replenished with one more ... real Officer
South Ossetian public organization "Immortal Regiment - South Ossetia" expressed condolences on the death of Vasily Lanovoy.
"Fate is destined ... to become and remain a Legend. Not everyone is given this ... Pavka Korchagin. With him our generation wanted to live so that it would not be excruciatingly painful for the years spent aimlessly," says the condolences sent by Head of the Headquarters Zhanna Zasseyeva.
"And then in our life there were Kuragin, Vronsky, Dzerzhinsky, Captain Gray ... but Ivan Barabbas and the song" Eternal Flame "burst into our life like a whirlwind, which became a symbolic anthem of the generation of the 70s ... and for the boys, the words: “There is such a profession - to defend the Motherland!” The code of honor for the post-war generation, for our mothers and fathers, and, most importantly, for us is the image of Ivan Barabbas from the film “Officers,” the condolence statement says.
According to her, when Vasily Semyonovich sang the song "From the Heroes of Bygone Times", then "we heard not a voice, no ... but how he was tearing his soul ...".
"And we, as long as we are alive, listening to this song, by some inner order of our hearts ... we will get up ... The roles performed by Vasily Semyonovich Lanov became a monument to him during his lifetime," emphasizes Zassseva.
"A monument to the heroes of the film" Officers "- isn't it a monument to him?! And the memory of the hearts of millions of people is not a monument to him?! The ranks of the" Immortal Regiment "were replenished with another ... real Officer. He endlessly loved his people. He carried the memory of the" Immortal Regiment " "in the heart. He became a legend during his lifetime. He has passed away, but left the Light illuminating the columns of the" Immortal Regiment ". Thank you, on behalf of the living! We have the honor of!", the condolence telegram says.
