WWII veterans to receive 100,000 soms from President’s Fund

10:46, 27 апреля 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Meerimai ALYBEKOVA

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov signed a decree on providing one-time financial assistance to veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The press service of the head of state reported.

The decision was made taking into account the world-historical significance of the victory over fascism in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, as well as the celebration of the 79th anniversary of the Victory.

As of April 1, 2024, at least 41 veterans live in Kyrgyzstan.

According to the order, it was instructed to allocate 4,141 million soms from the President’s Fund to pay one-time financial assistance in the amount of 100,000 soms to the following categories of WWII veterans:

• Disabled Great Patriotic War veterans;
• Participants of the Great Patriotic War;
• Persons from among the minor prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of forced detention created by the Nazis and their allies during the World War II;
• People who worked at enterprises, institutions and organizations of Leningrad during the siege from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944 and were awarded the medal «For the Defense of Leningrad», and the people awarded the badge «Resident of besieged Leningrad».