IN SHYMKENT, VETERANS OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR WERE AWARDED 1 MILLION TENGE EACH

IN SHYMKENT, VETERANS OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR WERE AWARDED 1 MILLION TENGE EACH
Currently, 21 veterans of the Great Patriotic War live in Shymkent city. By the Victory Day-May 9, each veteran received social assistance in the form of an annual one-time cash payment - 360 MCI, that is 1,050 120 tenge. According to the Urban Employment and Social Protection Directorate, all funds are fully allocated to all accounts of all war veterans.
Also, by the decision of the city maslikhat, 3,307 home front veterans receive a one-time cash payment in the amount of 12 MCI, that is, more than 35 thousand tenge. In total, 115 million 758 thousand tenge was allocated to home front workers.
On the eve of the celebration of May 7 –  Defender of the Fatherland Day, citizens equated with war veterans, in particular those liable for military service, sent to Afghanistan, persons who participated in the elimination of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986-1987, persons who became disabled as a result of nuclear weapons tests at the Semipalatinsk test site, victims of radiation disasters and accidents, are transferred monetary assistance in the amount of 36 MCI (105,012 tenge).
In general, today the number of pensioners in Shymkent is 82,124 people, including 21 veterans of the Great Patriotic War, 3,307 home front workers and 1,728 citizens equated to participants of the Great Patriotic War.
 
Press service of Shymkent city mayor's office