The Minister of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan Artyom Zdunov participated in the festive events devoted to celebration of the 70 anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

On May 9 in Naberezhnye Chelny passed the festive events dated for the 70 anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Festive actions began with a flower-laying ceremony to a monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Musa Dzhalil. The Minister of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan Artyom Zdunov, the head of executive committee of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny Nail Magdeev, other officials, the military personnel and representatives of the public participated in a ceremony.

Then the Minister of Economics took part in solemn procession of Parade of the Victory which took place on the square at the memorial Motherland complex. Participants of solemn procession observed a minute of silence in memory of the dead during war. On the last blows of a metronome in the sky 70 white pigeons flew up.

Further festive actions proceeded at Stroitel stadium. Artyom Zdunov from a scene of stadium addressed to the public and gave to residents of Naberezhnye Chelny a congratulation of the acting the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

Together with veterans the Minister of Economics tried dishes of a field kitchen, communicated to veterans, thanked them for a victory. In turn, veterans shared with the memories of terrible years of war, of joyful May, 1945, thanked the leaders of the republic and city for the constant attention paid to generation of winners.

Upon termination of an afternoon performance at Stroitel stadium Artyom Zdunov and Nail Magdeev celebrated veterans in a recreation center "Energetik".