The meeting with veterans at the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The working day at the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan started with planting of a memorial birch near the administrative building.  The invited veterans of forestry laid flowers to the portrait sculpture of the First Minister of Forestry of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Alexander Gulyaev, a participant of the Great Patriotic War who fought as part of the Black Sea Fleet and was awarded for military achievements with various National awards.

The veterans were greeted by the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, Nail Magdeev – in the course of a tea-party he told about his recent visit to the Republic of Crimea where memorial parkways were established just before the Victory Day. Foresters of two Republics participated in them, which became the symbol of imperishable unification and cooperation between the peoples of Russia.