Aleksey Pesoshin lays flowers at the military burials at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan

On May 9, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin laid flowers at the military burials of the World War II at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan.

Pesoshin welcomed the war veterans who arrived at the ceremony and congratulated them on the Great Victory Day.

The participants of the event laid flowers at the “Soldier-Winner” monument and had a minute of silence, which was broken by a three-times volley gun. The anthems of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan were played.

Then Prime Minister of the republic laid flowers at the “Sorrowing Soldier” monument and paid tribute to the memory the Hero of the Soviet Union – legendary pilot Mikhail Devyataev and the Hero of the Soviet Union Boris Kuznetsov.