Sapper settlement is a place worth visiting

Sapper settlement ... Have you ever heard of this place? No, this is not a simple settlement, it is something more. And many travelers and do call it a connecting thread between the present and the past.

Section 1. Sapper settlement. general information

Agree, the lessons of the war are too serious, and one should not forget about them. In many Russian cities and villages, historical monuments that testify to the victory over fascism in the 20th century during the Great Patriotic War are preserved.

A small village of Saperny (Leningrad region) belongs to the Kolpino district of St. Petersburg. It received its name due to the fact that before the revolution of 1917 , the Imperial Sapper Battalion was placed here. Today it is a very small settlement (about 1400 people). In the village there are only 2 streets: Dorozhnaya and Nevskaya.

Section 2. Sapper settlement. Film set for cinematography

Why is he so famous? The point is that recently the shooting of the film "Stalingrad" by Fyodor Bondarchuk was completed. The factory debris that survived here since the war, from the point of view of the cinematographers, proved to be very suitable for creating a picture of the destroyed Stalingrad on the screen.

After the shooting, the map "Village of Saperny" became quite popular in special trade outlets of our country. Why is that?

Lovers of historical reconstructions, tourists interested in new sightseeing objects, with great attention explore the locality, where the events of the terrible war are perceived not as belonging to the distant past: it seems that thanks to the action of the time machine it was possible to move to the real situation of the military Stalingrad.

More than 400 specialists worked on the creation of the scenery of the film "Stalingrad". The script of the film was written on the basis of diary entries of the participants of the hardest events of the battle for Stalingrad.

Section 3. Sapper settlement today

In 1955, there were barracks and barbed wire in Sapernoye. Such settlement of the village was explained by the fact that after the end of the war, these prisoners were occupied by German prisoners. From 1957 to 1968 the construction of peacetime facilities began. There were built residential houses, office, club, motor depot. Some people from among those builders are still alive today. The old-timers remember how happy it was that they were building new houses, what a wonderful kindergarten was, remembering the names of their teachers-bright, dear memories of childhood!

About the post-war life, the local residents retained only enthusiastic memories, despite the hard work, people lived like one family. We enjoyed the most common conditions for modern people: a good bath, a medical center.

The memory of the heroic feat of the people during the war years is carefully preserved. The former Lenspirtstroy plant is today a memorable place where the people lay flowers. Care for veterans is an important area of social work these days. In Saperny this is given much attention. Excursions, improvement of the village, sports events, maintenance of order on a small beach near the Neva are just some of the activities of local activists. One of the projects, which is sure to be implemented, is the construction of a chapel, where one can think about the sublime and leave for the time from everyday vanity.