Res Colonel of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan V.V. Pomortsev met with students of the Alma-Ata Seminary

On February 7, 2024, with the blessing of Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, a meeting of students of the pastoral and regency departments with the res colonel of the armed forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan V.V. Pomortsev took place at the Alma-Ata Orthodox Theological Seminary.

The event is timed to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

The officer told the students of the theological university about military operations, everyday life in the army, the sorrows and joys of military service.

The commander of a motorized rifle company, senior lieutenant of the Soviet Army, Vladimir Pomortsev, as part of the Termez division, crossed the Amu Darya River at the end of December 1979 and entered the land of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. A bloody war began, which claimed the lives of about 15 thousand Soviet troops and from 670 thousand to 2 million (according to various estimates) Afghans.

Having received a gunshot wound in April 1981, the seminary guest underwent treatment for two years in hospitals in Kabul, Tashkent and Alma-Ata.

After recovery, he served at the military department of the Kazakh State University C.M. Kirov (now Al-Farabi Kazakh National University) as a teacher, head of the academic department and head of the department.