5,500 veterans of the Great Patriotic War live in Kazakhstan
17:27, 26 December 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - At the present time 5500 veterans of the Great Patriotic War live in Kazakhstan, said the Deputy Chairman of the central council of the public association "The organization of veterans of Kazakhstan" Bekbolat Mukushev.
"At the present time 5500 veterans of the Great Patriotic War live in Kazakhstan. As you know, 1 million 200 thousand Kazakhs participated in this war, and only half of the returned home," said in a briefing B.Mukushev in the service of the Central Communications under the President. According to him, the public fund, with the support of "Nur Otan" party and "Samruk-Kazyna" fund will hold a series of events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory.