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Good afternoon, friends.

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My sincere congratulations on this wonderful event.

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This is a truly historic day because in different historical eras,

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including during the tsars’ reign,

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people dreamed of building this bridge.

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They came back to it in the 1930s,

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then the 1940s and the 1950s.

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Finally, thanks to your hard work and talents,

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this project, this miracle has come true. Thank you very much.

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I want to thank this project’s organisers, who, without exaggeration,

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put national interests above their personal and collective needs.

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I want to thank the bomb disposal engineers,

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who were the first to start working here, as we have just mentioned,

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as well as the environmentalists, archaeologists, scientists,

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designers, engineers and construction workers.

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More than 10,000 people are working at this construction site,

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and at peak times the number exceeded 15,000.

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Almost 220 contractor companies are involved.

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In fact, the whole country worked on this bridge.

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This is an excellent result that has made Crimea and the legendary Sevastopol 

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stronger and brought us closer.

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The bridge will mean faster and greater progress for the economy 

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of Crimea and Sevastopol, and will improve the quality of life here.

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We will continue to work on similar projects across the country.

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And when I say across the country, I mean it.

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 We will build more roads, bridges,

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airports and ports. We will make our peoples’ lives better and more comfortable.

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 And we will succeed by all means because we have 

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outstanding and talented people like you.

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Congratulations to everybody and good luck.

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Thank you.

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You are the best people and the best builders. Thank you very much.