Rustam Minnikhanov visited Tatar school № 27 in Kazan on The Day of Knowledge
1 September 2012, Saturday
Today the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited Tatar school № 27, where he took part in the solemn meeting, dedicated to the Day of Knowledge.
The event was also attended by the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan Albert Gilmutdinov, RT Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Irek Faizullin, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and others.
"The leadership of high school № 27 pay a lot of attention to the tradition, the history of the Tatar people and learning the native language - said Ilsur Metshin. This building has all conditions to continue this high-minded work. " The mayor of Kazan thanked the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov on behalf of students and parents for the opportunity to be trained in repaired school.
"Every time I passed throw this school, i felt myself a shade uncomfortable " - confessed to the head of the republic. Now, after a major overhaul, the school refreshed.
Rustam Minniihanov also paid attention to the fact that it is the high school with the study of the Tatar language. "We always have to think about the people, their traditions, and such schools should exist in the country " - he said. Tatarstan President wished the students success and presented the school director Lucy Khusnutdinova certificate for the purchase of interactive complex.
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