Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in unveiling the memorial plaque to the Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant General Gani Safiullin in Kazan

On 4 January Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in unveiling the memorial plaque of the Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant General Gani Safiullin in Kazan.

The event coincided with the 80th anniversary of the crushing defeat of the German-Fascist troops in the Stalingrad battle and, speaking at the event, Tatarstan President said that the memorial plaque of the Hero of the Soviet Union Safiullin is paying homage to him. “His feats will be remembered forever,” he said.

Rustam Minnikhanov also reminded about the Hero’s museum complex opened in his house in the Iske-Kishit settlement in the Arsk region of the republic and the Volga federal district cadet school after him in Nizhnekamsk.

“On 2 February our country celebrates 80th anniversary of the crushing defeat of the German-Fascist troops in the Stalingrad battle. We remember and venerate memory of heroes of our country,” he concluded.

Participants of the ceremony paid a minute's tribute of silence to the memory of fallen heroes.