The Mayor of Kazan inspected the readiness of the Victory Park for the celebration of the Victory Day on 9 May

In Kazan, one of the traditional locations for the festive events on the occasion of 9 May will become the Victory Park. In the run-up to the festive events that will take place here, the military equipment that required repair were put in order, in addition, the landscaping of the territory adjacent to the new monument to the Warriors- Internationalists is almost completed. The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin inspected the readiness of the park for the celebration of the Victory Day, and also invited residents of the city together with their children to visit the festive sites.

For more than a month, the cleaning works and landscaping of territories are carried out in the city, and on the eve of the May holidays, a citywide clean-up event was held in Kazan. “Traditionally, the city is preparing to celebrate the May holidays, especially the Victory Day. Now the landscaping works are being completed, we are starting to plant the first flowers,”- Ilsur Metshin noted.

To date, all fences at the Victory Park have been painted, granite tiles have been renovated, and some samples of military equipment have been repaired. The Soviet truck ZIS-5 requires more frequent renovation, which is very popular among young Kazan residents.

This year, special attention was paid to the part of the park where the new monument to the Warriors- Internationalists is located. The concept of the monument was chosen during the competition, the author of the project of the monument was a member of the Union of Artists of Russia and Tatarstan Alexander Kislov. The sculptural composition “After the battle” with a height of 3.2 m (with the rock-base – 4.5 m) is made of bronze. The monument is a composition of three Warriors-Internationalists-a wireman, a commander and a rifleman.

In addition, a small memorial alley was located next to the monument –with the names of the Afghan soldiers on the plaques.

According to experts, construction and installation works are completed by 98%, in the coming days the landscaping of the territory adjacent to the monument will be completed. Workers install paving stones on an area of 200 sq. m., as well as a rolled lawn on an area of 800 sq. m. Trees and perennial flowers will also be planted here.

“We invite all residents of Kazan with their children to visit all the festive sites. This is very important for patriotic education, to ensure that everyone remembers the great feat of our Soviet people. And, of course, our dear veterans and visitors of the capital are more than welcome,”- Ilsur Metshin addressed the residents of the city.

Together with the Mayor of the city, the territory of the park was inspected by Igor Salyakhutdinov, chair of the Committee for Land Improvement of the city, and Timur Alibayev, head of the administration of the Aviastroitelny and Novo-Savinovsky districts.

Last year, a new monument to the Soviet soldier was opened in the park, honoring of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory.