Kazakhstan to make film about Kazakh Heroes of the Soviet Union

"We wanted to make a documentary about our heroes long ago. 3-9 minutes of the film will be devoted to heroes of the Kazakh SSR, participated in World War II. We call upon the authorities of all provinces and archivists to help as now we need information about the number of streets and villages named after the heroes", said R.Kaidarov. According to the veteran, there have been already collected data on 510 Kazakhstan-born heroes of the Soviet Union. Interior Ministry involves police inspectors. R.Kaidarov noted that World War II involved 72 states. Sixty million people were killed and 110 million injured. Kazakhstan sent 1.2 million people to the front line. 111 Heroes of the Soviet Union were from East Kazakhstan region. According to these figures, you can judge how great Kazakhstan's contribution to the protection of the homeland was.