Ilsur Metshin and Valery Gerasimov laid flowers at the Eternal Flame in Victory Park

(Kazan City KZN.RU, August 21, Albert Murtazin). Mayor of Tatarstan Ilsur Metshin and Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Defense Minister Valery Gerasimov laid flowers at the Eternal Flame in Victory Park in Kazan today.

The ceremony was also attended by First Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Alexei Pesoshin, Head of Executive Committee of Kazan Denis Kalinkin, head of administration of Aviastroitelny and New Savinovsky areas Timur Alibaev, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the republic's leadership and the administration of Kazan.

The ceremony participants laid flowers at the Eternal Flame in Memorial colonnade of Fame, and then observed a minute of silence in memory of the fallen during the Great Patriotic War. After the wreath-laying ceremony Ilsur Metshin and Valery Gerasimov took a view at the military equipment exhibited in the park, in particular the legendary tank "T-34", which was established on the eve of the anniversary of the Great Victory.

Ilsur Metshin thanked the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the person of Valery Gerasimov for assistance in the search for the legendary tank. "On the eve of the anniversary of the Victory we turned to you, and you gave not just full cooperation and invaluable assistance. For us today it is not just an open air museum, which is of great interest of Kazan citizens and tourists. You see, how many children and young people come here - this is the most living example of patriotic education ", - said the Mayor.

In his turn, Valery Gerasimov expressed gratitude to Ilsur Metshin for the fact that the city supports the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War so actively.