President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minikhanov presented state awards named after G.Tukay
30 August 2012, Thursday
Today, on the Republic Day and the Day of the city, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov presented state awards named after Gabdulla Tukai to the winners of 2012.
The solemn ceremony was traditionally held in the square in front of the Tatar State Academic Theater named after G.Kamal. It was also attended by State Councillor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin, Culture Minister Ayrat Sibagatullin, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin.
This year the creative team of founders of the architectural complex of the mosque Kul Sharif got the main state award of Tatarstan in the context of Culture. Before the solemn ceremony, the head of the Republic of Tatarstan congratulated the citizens on the holiday - the Republic Day and the Day of the city.
The ceremony ended with the concert, which was attended by cultural figures Tatarstan. In addition, viewers became the witneses of a colorful gala-concert of the VI International Youth Festival of folk dance.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials