A T-34 tank leaded the festive run of military historical equipment in Kazan

Participants of the convoy congratulated 93-year-old Illarion Lyapustin on the 75th anniversary of the Victory and held a concert near his home.

A festive run of military historical equipment was held today in Kazan. The convoy of seven vehicles stopped along the way at the houses where veterans of the Great Patriotic War live, the participants of the run congratulated them on the occasion of Victory Day.

A T-34 tank, called Kolkhoznik of Tartary, leaded the convoy. The legendary tank was assembled during the war at the expense of home front workers and restored this year by cadets of the Kazan Tank School. The convoy also included a IS-3 tank, a famous Katyusha, a ZIS car with a gun model, a ZIS-5 truck, a BA-20 armored car and a GAZ-67 with a gun model.

Military equipment was run by cadets of the Kazan Tank School and members of the republican public organization Autoretroclub-21.

Along the way, the convoy stopped at the houses where veterans of the Great Patriotic War live. So, at one of the yards on Pavlyukhin street, participants of the run congratulated 93-year-old Illarion Fyodorovich Lyapustin. After graduating from school in 1943, he was drafted into the Soviet Army, where he served as an artilleryman in the defeat of German troops in Romania.

“Illarion Fyodorovich, we bow our heads in respect to your resistance and courage, for your immortal exploit and the will to live”, - cadets addressed the veteran. Then the combined choir of the school held a small concert with the wartime songs in front of his home.

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Military historical equipment run was held on the streets of Kazan