Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Tatars in Rostov region
8 November 2013, Friday
On November 8 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Governor of Rostov region Vasily Golubev met with activists of Tatar public organisations of Rostov region.
Tatarstan President thanked Vasily Golubev for the meeting. He noted that Tatars traditionally take part in public life of any region they live in, and Rostov region is no exception.
Vasily Golubev said that it is important to preserve the unique system of inter-ethnic communication. He added that there are 150 nations, including 18 thousand Tatars in the region.
Participants of the meeting told Rustam Minnikhanov about activity of Tatar public organisations.
Chairman of Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars Rinat Zakirov told about opportunities for establishing cultural contacts and learning the Tatar language.
Rustam Minnikhanov presented letters of gratitude to activists of Tatar public organisations.
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
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