Veterans of Great Patriotic War from every municipal district of Tatarsayn meet in Kazan on 9 May Victory day

8 May 2018, Tuesday

An annual festive event dedicated to the 73th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War has been held today in Tatar Musa Jalil State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet.

The event was opened with the speech of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov: Victory Day – the 9th of May has long been not only a national holiday marking the end of the most terrible and bloody war in human history, it is an integral part of our civic identity, a vivid symbol of resilience, courage and greatness of spirit of the multinational people of a great country. The Victory Banner planted by the Soviet soldier-liberator on the defeated Reichstag, today encourages us to military and labor feats. “And turned its benefits honor to our soldiers. So many victories ahead of it! Only the first victory in 1945!” the poet Feliks Chuev exactly noted.

In the end of his speech the President noted that all the participants of the Great Patriotic War and people equated to them living in Tatarstan will be awarded the medal of the Republic of Tatarstan “For Valorous Labour”.

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