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Fulfilling a dream 89-year-old defender of Stalingrad
Veteran Tajikistan Hakim Halimov finally saw again the place for which once fought
Today, August 8, Volgograd from Tajikistan arrived 89-year-old participant in the Battle of Stalingrad Hakim Halimov. A dream come true thanks to the support of veteran President and the Government of the Volgograd region. It is asking for help in organizing a trip to Volgograd, Hakim Halimov addressed to Vladimir Putin during a military parade on May 9th.
Advanced age did not prevent the defenders of Stalingrad alone climb the stairs to the foot of Mamaev Kurgan Motherland. He laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame in the Pantheon of Glory and to the tomb of the commander of the 62nd Army Vasily Chuikov. According to Hakim Halimova, see revived Stalingrad was his only dream.
In the coming days will be a meeting with the Acting guest head of the region, Hero of Russia Andrey Bocharov. Just scheduled to visit a veteran factory "Red October", the shop which Hakim Halimov defended in 1942.
According to the press service of the regional government, Hakim Halimov was born in 1925. In 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army. Already in December 1942, held a baptism of fire young Red Army at Stalingrad. In heavy fighting, he was wounded and bruised, but after treatment in the hospital back to the front. Since 1949, Hakim Halimov lives in Dushanbe, where until his retirement worked as a bricklayer.
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