Astana held a minute of silence in honor of Kazakh soldiers fallen in Great Patriotic War
12:41, 9 May 2011
ASTANA. May 9. KAZINFORM /Gulnara Zhandagulova/ Prime Minister Karim Massimov, Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Astana Mayor Imangali Tasmagambetov participated in the flower-laying ceremony to the Otan Korgaushilary Monument (Defenders of the Fatherland) in Astana dated to the 66th victory in the WWII.
The state officials held one minute of silence in remembrance of the fallen soldiers.