The veneration of war relics is an immutable tradition among the military, and as part of the celebration of the Day of Defenders of the Motherland, flowers were laid in the territory of the Halk Hakydasy memorial complex, at the foot of the Baky Söhrat and Milletiň Ogullary monuments, erected in honour of the soldiers who perished during the Great Patriotic War, national heroes who sacrificed their lives defending the Motherland. There, at the foothills of the Kopetdag Mountains, political education classes are held for servicemen and cadets of the Military Institute and of the Ashgabat military school.

The military and patriotic action took place in Berdi,muhamed Annayev Specialised Military School 1. The name of this teacher and warrior, winner of the medal “For Courage”, the grandfather of the President was given to the school in 2014. Later, a bronze bust was installed in the foyer of the main building of the educational institution, which is part of the military campus of the administrative and educational buildings of the Ministry of Defence. Last year, the school accepted for storage archival documents and the battle banner of the unit where he had served during the Great Patriotic War. It now stands near the bust against the wall on one side, with a replica of the Banner of Victory on the other one. There, on the morning of January 27, in a solemn atmosphere, with the participation of senior officers of the Ministry of Defence, representatives of law-enforcement and security agencies, teachers and cadets of the Military Institute and cadets of the Ashgabat military school, a flower-laying ceremony took place.