Rustam Minnikhanov hands in jubilee medals marking the 70th anniversary of victory in the World War II to veterans
21 February 2015, Saturday
On February 21, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov handed in jubilee medals marking the 70th anniversary of victory in the World War II to veterans.
Minnikhanov congratulated the veterans on the upcoming holiday.
“On the Defender of the Fatherland Day we honour those who guard our multinational country, protecting it from external and inner threats. We remember the heroes, honour our fathers and grandfathers,” Minnikhanov noted. According to him, the Russian history knows a great deal of examples of devotional service to the motherland.
“The paid a high price for the victory. More than 700 thousand people went up the line from the republic. Almost half of them never returned. We - the heirs of the winners - will never forget those who defended our country against invaders, selflessly worked in hospitals, factories and plants. We will cherish this memory,” he said.
Tatarstan President expressed his appreciation and gratitude to veterans and wished them a long life, good health, prosperity and handed in jubilee medals marking the 70th anniversary of victory in the World War II.
Medals were awarded to more than fifty veterans. Among them are Hero of the Soviet Union, Boris Kuznetsov, Chairman of the Public Organization of War Veterans and Military Service of the republic Akhat Yulashev, Chairman of the Public Organization of the former juvenile prisoners of Nazi concentration camps of the republic Rakhilya Abdullina, Chairman of Kazan city public organization "Veterans of the Great Patriotic War - residents of besieged Leningrad" Antonina Rukhlova and others.
On 24 February during his working trip to Zelenodolsk region of the republic, the Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a joint meeting of the Council of Zelenodolsk Municipality and the Council of the town of Zelenodolsk dedicated to results of social and economic development of the region in 2024 and tasks for 2025 and held in the Center of Cultural Development of Zelenodolsk.
On 24 February during his working trip to Zelenodolsk region Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin together with the Head of the region Mikhail Afanasyev took part in a ceremony of handing in medals “80 years to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WWII)” to two war veterans, a residents of the blockaded Leningrad and the home front worker living in the region.
On 24 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin came on a working trip to Zelenodolk region of the republic to take part in a joint meeting of the Council of Zelenodolsk Municipality and the Council of the town of Zelenodolsk dedicated to results of social and economic development of the region in 2024 and tasks for 2025.
On 18 February during his working trip to the Village of Verkhniy Uslon Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin had a meeting with the home front worker Khazyar Shaykhlislamova, who was born on 26 December 1929 and during all years of the WWII worked as a milkmaid in the Izmerskiy sovkhoz, and handed her in a jubilee medal dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.