The event was held by the Community of Afghan War veterans of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences of KazNU of the Faculty of History, Archeology and Ethnology of the Department of History of Kazakhstan, veteran of the Afghan War Bolat Saylan.

Special guests of the meeting were Deputy Speaker of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant-General V. Bozhko (Astana city), deputies of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, National Hero B. Ertaev (Astana city), chairman of the community of veterans of the Afghan War «Veterans of Kazakhstan» B. Smagul (Astana city), veterans of the Afghan war, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor B. Saylan (Almaty city), Zh. Makhashev (Astana city). During the meeting, topics related to the calamities of the Afghan war and the heroic deeds of the people of Kazakhstan in this war were covered. At the end of the meeting, Bolat Saylan was awarded the Order of “Kurmet”.

chair of history of Kazakhstan - Sailan B.S.