Konstantin Vasilyev

Konstantin Vasilyev was a gifted student so he could make a great career but he decided to become a defender of his Motherland. He was a part of his country, a man with clear and strong spirit.

The whole world knows about the terrorist attack in Moscow in 2002. Terrorists took 912 hostages including 100 kids. People who had come to the theatre for one evening stayed there for 56 hours. The aim of that terrorist attack was to frighten the whole Russia. Millions of terrified people waited for the news about hostages. But there was a person who was not frightened. Konstantin Vasilyev, a Russian officer, was not at work at that time. He went to the theatre and asked the terrorists to take him as a hostage instead of some kids. He was 35 years old; he had a wife and a daughter. The terrorists didn't believe that a Russian officer could sacrifice his life to save some children. They killed him.

Some people think that it was useless sacrifice. But Konstantin Vasilyev always followed the principal "God is not in power but in truth". He thought that the most important thing for a patriot was the spirit. Because of the "Russian spirit" we survived a lot of invasions.

Konstantin devoted his free time to children. He taught them to love their country and trained Russian dogfight. To say that he just loved Russia is to say nothing. Russia lived in his heart. His heart suffered with its troubles and rejoiced with its success. His friends recall that they wanted to learn from him how to love God, Motherland and friends.

There is a certain price of our love to the Motherland. Konstantin's price was the price of his life and his deed proved the words "No greater love than this that a man lay down his life for his friends".