34 people perished upon wreck of “Bulgaria” vessel identified for 6 o’clock of July,12
12 July 2011, Tuesday
Of 55 people perished upon wreck of “Bulgaria” vessel 34 have been identified for 6 o’clock of July,12.
By and large according to the latest data corpses of 58 perished people were lifted up from water in disaster area (39 women, 5 children, 14 men).
The list of identified people according to the data for 6 o’clock of July,12 is given by RT Ministry of civil defence and emergency situations.
107 relatives of the lost came to identify the corpses. 70 of them arrived in Republican bureau of forensic medical examination (Kazan), 25 – to river port, 12 – to “Grand hotel Kazan”.
By and large 531 people, 119 units of equipment, including 44 specialists and 77 units of equipment of the Ministry of emergency situations were attracted for liquidation of consequences.
101 professional divers are carrying out underwater operations. To intensify search-and-rescue operations specialists from other RF regions are coming to Tatarstan. At night 2 vessels came from North-Caucasian regional centre, 39 specialists - from Southern regional center, 24 divers – from Ramenskoe of Moscow region.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
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.
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