65th anniversary of the Great Victory: 100 thousand of ribbons of St. George in Komi Republic

Komi Republic ordered 100 thousand of ribbons of St. George. It is 40 thousand less than last year but the number should satisfy the requirements of municipalities, said Komi Republic Head Adviser Alexander Pasechnik.

According to him the first lot of ribbons will arrive to the Republic until the end of March.

‘The number of 100 thousand should be enough. We are very glad that this year the ribbons are ordered not just by 20 municipalities (8 thousand each in average) but also the private enterprises. They will be distributed by activists’, - said Mr. Pasechnik.

In Syktyvkar the ribbons will distributed primarily among the participants of the Parade dedicated to the 65^th anniversary of the Victory as well as through youth and other organizations, - he added.

According to the President Deputy of Komi Republic organization ‘Afghanistan veterans Russian Alliance’ Sergey Bystrov the organization will distribute the ribbons among the veterans’ organizations representatives and schools including the ones which graduates served in Afghanistan.

Komi has been participating in the action for four years now.

The ‘Ribbon of St. George’ action was invented by ‘Novosti’ Russian Information Agency and ‘Students community’ in 2005, the year of the 60^th anniversary of Victory. In four years of the action over 45 million ribbons had been distributed around the world. Among the most active countries which supported the idea – Greece, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, France, Italy, Germany,  Belgium, Great Britain, USA, China, Vietnam, Afghanistan.