Dear senior citizens! 01.10.2011
We extend our most sincere and warm congratulations on World Senior Citizens Day!
Despite the fact that it’s a realtively new holiday, Senior Citizens Day today is a recognition of generation continuity and preservation of national traditions and culture.
The indisputable truth goes that a individual’s years but by the state of soul and deeds for good cause of the society.
On such a glorious day it’s especially pleasing to show respect to the older generation, to people that invested their efforts, knowledges and expertise in youth’s upbringing. Through your experience, wisdom and hard work you’ve made an invaluable contribution to the prosperity of the Republic of Tatarstan and all Russia.
I would like to express words of gratitude to you, since your life and work road is a worthy example for young people, your followers and successors.
On such a festive occasion, we wish you to have a good health, enjoy mutual understanding and respect, live a long and interesting life, always have optimism and stay young in soul.
Vladimir Leonov,
Director General of Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate
