April 2000
-We had times when disabled WW2 veterans were sent away from the public eye
Fighting the destiny. It may sound too pathetic but how else we could name a story about disabled athletes?
St. Petersburg Elks talk about themselves with quite a bit of irony, which became currently their favorite remedy helping them to stay cool and cheerful while fighting the indifference of the society they live in. Russia today is a country where the amount of victims of ecological and technological disasters constantly rises.
We had times when disabled WW2 veterans were sent away from the public eye. One of the most famous centers for the disabled was located on the island of Valaam , on Lake Ladoga, not far from St.Petersburg, in a former Orthodox monastery. Out of sight - out of mind.
Last 20 years were filled with wars, or how they are called now - "local conflicts", and a new generation of disabled veterans was left without support.
