Baku/20.04.18/Turan: On April 20, the head of Azerbaijan, IlhamAliyev, signed an order to pay veterans of the Second World War lump-sum material assistance on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the Victory over fascism.According to the document, war participants will receive 1,000 manats (about $600).In addition, a one-time allowance of 500 manats (about $ 300) will be paid to widows who died during the war or who died later, to the workers of the home front, to workers of special formations, to holders of medals "For the Defense of Leningrad".For payments from the President's Reserve Fund, 5.9 million manat (about 3.4 million dollars) were allocated.May 9 is not a working day in Azerbaijan.Last year, 763 veterans of the war received benefits in the amount indicated, and 12,949 others.
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, affected almost every Azerbaijani family, and Baku oil played an important role in ensuring a military victory over fascism.
Every fifth inhabitant of Azerbaijan fought in the Second World War. With a population of 3.4 million people (in 1941), 681,000 (of which more than 10,000 were women) left for front. They were representatives of different nationalities, 250 thousand of them were killed.More than 400 thousand soldiers and officers were awarded with military orders and medals, 14 people became full knights of the Order of Glory, 123 - Heroes of the Soviet Union, 44 heroes - ethnic Azerbaijanis. -06D--
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