Kazan will join to All-Russian action "Candle of Memory"

(Kazan City KZN.RU, June 20). The capital of Tatarstan will join the All-Russian action "Candle of Memory", which will take place on 22 June. As it was noted by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin today at the Business Monday, Day of Remembrance and Sorrow is another reason to gratefully remember the fallen in war.

The acting chairman of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs Irina Bochkova told about what events are scheduled on this day in the city. She said that the beginning of the All-Russian action "Candle of Memory" is scheduled on June 22 in 2 a.m. "Since 2.00 a.m. till the hour of war beginning 4.00 a.m. a mourning procession with candles from the Eternal Flame in Gorky Park to the Eternal Flame in Victory Park will be held" - acting chairman of the Committee told. According to her, it is expected to involve more than 500 people in the Tatarstan capital. Last year more than 50 thousand people were participants across Russia.

On the same day in Victory Park at 10.00 a.m. memorial service is scheduled, after which graduates of Kazan schools will sent balloons into the sky in memory of their peers of 1941 year. Also on this day in the Glory Park opening of the monument to the outstanding Soviet intelligence officer Richard Zorge is scheduled. I. Metshin thanked MUE "Metroelektrotrans" for the installation of the monument and the landscaping of the square. "This is a good example to follow", - the Mayor said. In Sovietsky district the meeting will be held in the park near Said Galeev House of culture at 10.00 a.m.

In the Day of Remembrance and Mourning events will take place in the majority of institutions and enterprises of the city. "In the universities lectures with the participation of war veterans, in school camps - the memorable lines will be held," - I.Bochkova said. Students will conduct cleaning on military graves in the cemeteries at st. Okolnaya and lay flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers. Also student associations of youth movements will organize action "Arise, great country" and "Remember the heroes of those years" in the social networks.

"Attention should be paid to all veterans," - Ilsur Metshin addressed to the heads of departments. Mayor of Kazan said that the meeting will also need to be attended by as many young people as possible.