On May 9, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov laid flowers at the Eternal Flame of the Colonnade of the Glory Memorial in the Kazan Victory Park.
Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, the veteran of the World War II, the Hero of the Soviet Union Boris Kuznetsov and other officials took part in the ceremony.
On May 9, at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin laid flowers at war graves and obelisk in memory of those, who fell in the World War II of 1941 – 1945.
Dear citizens of Tatarstan!
Dear war veterans and homefront workers!
From the bottom of my heart I congratulate you on the national holiday, the 74th anniversary of the Great Victory over the fascist invaders!