On the threshold of 70th anniversary of Victory in WWII Ildar Khalikov hands over medals to veterans of defence enterprises

On March 11, Tatastan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov handed over medals to veterans of defence enterprises on the threshold of 70th anniversary of Victory in WWII. The event was held at Kazan aviation plant named after S.P.Gorbunov.

Ildar Khalikov congratulated veterans on the 70th anniversary of Victory in WWII and told that 700, 000 Tatarstan citizens went to the war, half of them never came back home. More than 300 citizens were given the title of the “Hero of the Soviet union”. Medals and orders were given to 200, 000 citizens of the republic, he said.

“We have a lot to be proud of. Our republic was an important region producing war equipment. Plants and factories started producing weapons,” Khalikov said. He told in details about such plants as Kazan aviation plant named after S.P.Gorbunov, Leningrad aviation plant (now Kazan helicopters plant), and the only film producing factory in the country that started producing aerofilm for air intelligence.

Ildar Khalikov noted that during the war Tatarstan industrial enterprises produced 600 different products: combat planes, weapons, artillery ammunition, rocket ammunition for Katyusha multiple rocket launchers and other war equipment.

Ildar Khalikov thanked veterans for their heroic deed and wished many years of life.

Medals “70th anniversary of Victory in WWII” were handed over to 35 veterans of Kazan strategic enterprises – Kazan aviation plant named after S.P.Gorbunov, PAO “KVZ”, OAO “KMPO” and Kazan state gunpowder factory.