Award for the active participation in patriotic education of citizens and the dealing with social and economic problems of veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 has been given in Government House during meeting on preparation and celebration the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War led by the TR President Rustam Minnikhanov. It is necessary to notice that 72 723 veterans of the Great Patriotic War live in Tatarstan.