Congratulation of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev

Dear farmers, dear agricultural workers of Tatarstan!

From all my heart I congratulate you on an outstanding achievement - gathering of 6 million tons of grain! From the harvesting area we gathered on average as much as 37.5 centners a hectare.

We managed to achieve such a good result thanks to state-of-the-art technologies employed in field crops cultivation and owing to selfless labour of our machine operators, effective work of heads and experts of agricultural entities, leading scientists who through uniting their efforts proved what our grain growers and our soil can if we make the best use of it and work wisely.

Bread is our wealth that means everyone is well-to-do. The state of the agricultural complex of the republic in many respects defines food security in Tatarstan as a whole, a standard of living and well-being of our citizens. This year's heavy crop allows us to continue strengthening the economy of our home republic.

I express deep gratitude for your work, I wish you good health, good spirits, happiness, family well-being and new work achievements!

Mintimer Shaimiev,
President of the Republic of Tatarstan
September 19, 2008