For many years now, the volunteer detachment of the agricultural and technical college "Kind Heart" has been helping the Great Patriotic War veteran Maria Marusevich. This time, the young residents of Lepel stacked firewood, quickly tidying up the yard.

As Maria Fyodorovna recounted, the young people completed the work in a couple of hours, which would have taken her two weeks.

- We have a large detachment, and the young people take turns helping those in need, - commented Svetlana Stelmakh, the education organiser of the educational institution. – And Maria Fyodorovna and I have a long-standing friendship.

During the Great Patriotic War, Maria Fyodorovna served in the 2nd Ushachi Brigade named after P. K. Ponomarenko, which operated in the Ushachi and Lepel districts. She worked in a military hospital, assisting wounded soldiers. Sometimes she carried out one-off assignments as part of a liaison group.

After the war, she worked as a seamstress at the household services combine in Lepel. She was repeatedly awarded certificates of merit and commendations for her conscientious and long-standing work.