Day of oil industry workers celebrated in Almetievsk
6 September 2014, Saturday
On September 6, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Director General of OAO Tatneft Oil Company Nail Maganov, Head of Almetievsk region Mazit Salikhov, heads of Russian ministries and agencies, honoured guests from Tatarstan and Russian regions and heads of municipalities of the region took part in celebrations on the occasion of the Day of oil and gas industry workers in Almetievsk.
Solemn celebrations began with opening of a reconstructed culture centre “Iske Elmet” in the historic part of the city, and a spectacular performance about development of oil industry in Tatarstan.
Speaking at the event, Rustam Minnikhanov highly estimated the contribution of oil industry workers to economic and social development of the republic and congratulated everyone on the Day of oil and gas industry workers.
As the celebrations went on, the equestrian competitions and performance of famous Russian and Tatar artists took place.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
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