Farid Mukhametshin paid tribute to memory of Great Patriotic War soldiers

09.05.2013

On May 9, on the Great Victory Day, Chairman of the RT State Council Farid Mukhametshin and members of the Tatarstan Parliament laid wreaths and flowers to the monument of the Soldier at the Kazan Archangelskoye cemetery.

The Anthems of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan were performed during the wreath laying ceremony followed by a musket volley in salute. Ceremony participants also laid flowers to the place of burial of foreign soldiers who died in Kazan hospitals. Mayor’s office representatives, the activists of the All-Russian political party “United Russia” and school students came to honor the memory of the Soviet soldiers who fell in the Great Patriotic War.

The Chairman of the State Council congratulated the Tatarstan citizens on the Day of Victory “This is a special holiday. 68 years have passed since the end of the Great Patriotic War but the memory of the war is still alive in our hearts. This is neither political nor religious holiday…this is celebration of freedom and independence of our multi-ethnic country. We all honor, remember and thank our grandfathers and fathers for this great victory”, Farid Mukhametshin said.


Administration of the RT State Council