President of Tatarstan meets with Yamal Tatars
8 September 2012, Saturday
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Tatars living in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district during his working trip to the district. Governor of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district Dmitry Kobylkin took part in the meeting.
He informed that about 200 ethnic groups live in Yamal. 28 000 Tatars live and work in the district. They take an active part in economic, public and cultural life.
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked leadership of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district and personally the governor for attention paid to life of Tatars. According to head of republic, Sabantui is celebrated every year in Yamal, mosques and public organizations are functioning in the district.
At the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov and Yamal Tatars discussed problems of preserving the native language, developing traditional trends in Islam and counteracting religious extremism.
Yamal residents addressed Rustam Minnikhanov with request to organize visits of the Tatarstan culture and art figures to the district. The Tatarstan President and Governor of Yamal Dmitry Kobylkin supported the idea. Head of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district promised to provide all conditions for cultural exchange with Tatarstan.
Finally, Rustam Minnikhanov and Dmitry Kobylkin made pictures with activists of the Yamal Tatar community.
He informed that about 200 ethnic groups live in Yamal. 28 000 Tatars live and work in the district. They take an active part in economic, public and cultural life.
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked leadership of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district and personally the governor for attention paid to life of Tatars. According to head of republic, Sabantui is celebrated every year in Yamal, mosques and public organizations are functioning in the district.
At the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov and Yamal Tatars discussed problems of preserving the native language, developing traditional trends in Islam and counteracting religious extremism.
Yamal residents addressed Rustam Minnikhanov with request to organize visits of the Tatarstan culture and art figures to the district. The Tatarstan President and Governor of Yamal Dmitry Kobylkin supported the idea. Head of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district promised to provide all conditions for cultural exchange with Tatarstan.
Finally, Rustam Minnikhanov and Dmitry Kobylkin made pictures with activists of the Yamal Tatar community.
RT President press service, Mikhail Mironov
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