Ildar Khalikov lays flowers to Monument to Soviet soldiers fallen during Great Patriotic War

On May 9, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov honoured the memory of Soviet soldiers fallen during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Head of Tatarstan Government laid flowers to the monument "Soldier-the winner" at Arsk cemetery. The military orchestra played anthems of Russia and Tatarstan, and soldiers wearing uniform of those years marched in front of participants of the ceremony.

Flowers and wreaths were also laid to the monument to the fallen “The mourning soldier”, the burial place of a legendary pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, honoured citizen of Kazan Mikhail Devyataev.

Aide to Tatarstan President on social issues Tatyana Larionova, Deputy Prime Minister – Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers Shamil Gafarov, Head of Kazan executive committee Denis Kalinkin, veterans and participants of Great Patriotic War, Heroes of the Soviet Union Sabir Akhtyamov and Boris Kuznetsov, servicemen took part in the event.