On May 8-9, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev will pay a working visit to Russia, the press service of Akorda reports.
In the Tver region, the president will visit the Rzhev memorial and honor the memory of the Kazakh soldiers of the 100th and 101st rifle divisions who died in one of the largest battles of the Great Patriotic War.
The head of state will also visit the mass grave in the village of Trubino, where his uncle Kasym Boltaev is buried. Participants in the battle of Rzhev were about 22,000 soldiers and officers called up from Kazakhstan.
On May 9, at the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will take part in the parade dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
According to the press service of the president, the Russian side invited the leaders of the CIS countries to the solemn event.
