Mintimer Shaimiev meets Faizi Galiev

On July 2, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counsellor met with labour and WWII veteran Faizi Galiev to congratulate him on his 90th anniversary.

Faizi Galiev is twice Cavalier of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the order “Of merits for the Republic of Tatarstan”, honoured agricultural worker of the Republic of Tatarstan and Russian Federation, deputy of TASSR and Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated Faizi Galiev on his anniversary and thanked him for his long service. He said that Faizi Akhmetovich liked people and always cared for wellbeing of agricultural workers.

Faizi Galeev thanked for the honour given by Tatarstan leadership. He noted that he went through difficult times he was happy and proud to achieve improvement of life in the country, reach mutual understanding with leadership of the region, industry and republic, in particular with the Tatarstan President, who contributed to his success.

Mintimer Shaimiev wished the veteran strong health, wellbeing and good luck.

Faizi Galiev is a member of the Tatarstan Union of Writers, the author of 5 books. His new book , “Our time” was published this year.