DUSHANBE, May 5, 2015, Asia-Plus – Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev has signed a decision on providing extraordinary grants to veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and persons equated to them on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II (WWII).
716,000 somoni have reportedly been allocated from the city budget for providing extraordinary grants to war veterans, spouses of the servicemen who died in the Grate Patriotic War of 1941-1945, WWII home front workers, the Leningrad siege survivors, Afghan war veterans, the Chernobyl cleanup operation invalids, and spouses of those who died while defending the constitutional order in Tajikistan living in Dushanbe.
According to the Dushanbe mayor’s office press center, 95 veterans and invalids of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, three widows of the servicemen who died in the Grate Patriotic War of 1941-1945 will receive 1,000 somoni each, while WWII home front workers, the Leningrad siege survivors, Afghan war veterans, the Chernobyl cleanup operation invalids, and spouses of those who died while defending the constitutional order in Tajikistan will receive 700 somoni each.
Victory Day marks the end of World War II in Europe, specifically the capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies (the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France, the United States and other principal Allied nations) on May 8, 1945.
In Russia and other countries of former Soviet Union, the day of Victory over Nazi Germany was celebrated on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender actually entered into force (May 8, 1945 at 23:01 CET), it was already May 9 by Moscow Time. Post-Soviet countries have continued the tradition.
