February 12, 2007 in Zhitomir, in the hall Philharmonic, a gala winners VIII Polisky regional literary and music festival honoring the soldiers-internationalists "Shot Youth".
The festival was founded by writer, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, Zhytomyr professional lyceum director of Food Technology, Security Service colonel in the reserve Anatoly Nikolayevich Shmalyukom to the revival of national identity and civic and patriotic education of youth in the best samples of poetry and song creation associated with the "Afghan "themes and creating the conditions for creativity especially young people.

Writers and directors-directors of the festival here is the sixth year is the duet "Red and Black" in the laureate of international competitions and festivals Valentina and Yaroslav Teplyh.Vony and have been leading this action.

This year the qualifying rounds of the festival attracted over 60 teams and individual participants from all over the Zhytomyr region, as the authors of works and performers in vocal and choral genre, the genre of declamation.

Festival "Shot Youth" - a festival - Requiem for those who died a heroic death in war and not returned to his native threshold. Festival "Shot Youth" - a festival - a hymn. Anthem feat zvytyazi and those who returned faithfully doing his duty.
Festival "Shot Youth" - a great lesson of courage for the young generation.

The program of the festival took part vocal-instrumental group USVA "contingent" in Poltava.

Festival organizers: labor and collective administration of Zhitomir Professional Lyceum of Food Technology, artistic formation "Red and Black", Zhytomyr State House of artistic and technical creativity, Zhytomyr Oblast Organization of All-Ukrainian association "Lemko", Zhytomyr Oblast Organization of the National Union of Journalists, the Council of Great Patriotic War veterans the 8th army corps, Zhytomyr Regional Fund for Social Protection of Disabled Persons of Ukraine, Zhytomyr oblast and city of the Ukrainian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan (soldiers-internationalists) (USVA).