In Tatarstan, in the city of Laishevo, a monument was unveiled to the fallen participants of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It bears 195 names.

      The republic ranks second in the country overall for the number of established war casualties in the war against Ukraine. In the city of Laishево, located less than 60 km from Kazan, a monument to the fallen participants of the Russian invasion of Ukraine was unveiled on May 7. This is reported by "Business Online," which specifies that this is "the first memorial in Tatarstan to the soldiers of the Special Military Operation, which the authorities of Russia are obliged to call the full-scale invasion of Ukraine." The monument is a granite wall with a full-length bas-relief of a soldier. Nearby is a memorial wall with the names of the fallen participants of the war. The monument was created with funds from the charitable foundation "Sokrovennoe." The cost of the work exceeded 4.1 million rubles, reports "Tatar-Inform." "Idel.Realii" calculated that there are 195 names of fallen soldiers on the memorial wall. "Tatar-Inform" writes that it concerns the "fallen heroes from Laishево." The population of the city of Laishево is about ten thousand people. The population of the Laishево district is nearly 72 thousand people. "Business Online" also reported that yesterday, May 7, the head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, was presented with concepts for a future memorial zone dedicated to the memory of participants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is to be established in Kazan's Victory Park. How many residents of Tatarstan are participating in the war against Ukraine is not reliably known. In February of this year, the head of the Tatarstan branch of the "Defenders of the Fatherland" fund, Guzel Udachina, reported that this is classified information. However, earlier — in mid-July of last year — Rustam Minnikhanov stated that about 45 thousand residents of Tatarstan had gone through the war with Ukraine or are participating in it. A few months prior, in March 2025, Minnikhanov announced figures regarding the number of contract soldiers and mobilized individuals from the republic for the war in Ukraine — 38,169 people. Tatarstan ranks second in the country overall (after Bashkortostan) for the number of established war casualties in the war against Ukraine. According to calculations by "Idel.Realii," since February 24, 2022, at least 8,700 natives of the republic have already died. Subscribe to our channel on Telegram.