All schools in occupied Yalta to be named after Russian 'heroes'

All schools in occupied Yalta will be named after USSR and Russian heroes by mid-2026. This was stated by collaborator Natalia Gladchenko, who holds the position of 'Head of the Department of Education and Youth Policy of the Yalta City Administration'. She explained these plans by the need to "preserve historical truth" and noted that "patriotic" education is a key priority in the educational system in the occupied territory.

This was reported by Holos Kryma.

She noted that stands "Faces of Heroes" were solemnly opened in all educational institutions as part of the all-Russian action, and members of the "Svo" and liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are invited to meet with students. In addition, weekly 'Conversations about Important Things' focus on imposing 'Russian spiritual and moral values'.

It is noteworthy that Gladchenko herself, a native of Khmelnytskyi with a degree from Chernivtsi University, became the head of the education department in February 2025. Prior to that, she was the director of Yalta School No. 15, which has a symbolic history: before the occupation, it was named after the Ukrainian classic <b>Stepan Rudansky</b>, and then was renamed by the occupiers in honor of the Soviet ''hero'' <b>Ivan Managarov</b>.

Earlier in Crimea, at a so-called conference , the racists discussed the protection of the rights of the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine and other European countries. They proposed to create a UN resolution and prepare legal mechanisms to counteract "discrimination" against Russians.

Participants of the so-called "XVI Yalta International Conference" of the Russian magazine "International Life", held in occupied Yalta, prepared proposals for the development of a resolution for the UN General Assembly with the assistance of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the "inadmissibility of discrimination against the Russian and Russian-speaking population in historical places of residence", in particular in Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia.

Катерина Глушко