This year it was the first time the Republic of Tatarstan took part in the All-Russian contest of professional craftsmanship “Wood chopper 2014” that was held at the end of June in Kirov.
Despite the debut of Tatar wood choppers and high competitiveness of experienced fellers who came from all regions of Russia, the national team of the State Budgetary Establishment “Forest” performed successfully. The Minister Nail Magdeev awarded Spartak Elivanov, team captain, Director of the State Budgetary Establishment “Nurlatles” and foremen from Saby forestry and the State Budgetary Establishment “Nurlatles” Stanislav Marinin, Nikolay Grishakov, Ramil Zakirov, Ivan Druzhkov and Valery Ivanov with the Letters of gratitude of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan and valuable prizes.