Flower-laying ceremony to the monument of Gabdulla Tukai held in Kazan
26 April 2014, Saturday
On April 26 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, TÜRKSOY Secretary General Dusen Kaseinov, Acting Vice-Premier of Crimea Lenur Islyamov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, deputies of regional parliament, heads of regional ministries and agencies, representatives of artistic intelligentsia and guests visiting Tatarstan capital took part in solemn flower-laying ceremony to the monument of Gabdulla Tukai in Kazan.
“Tukai is a son of the Tatar people, a distinguished figure and representative of Turkic people. It is important for us that Kazan will be announced a cultural capital of Turkic world 2014 on birthday of the great poet,” Dusen Kaseinov said.
Lenur Islyamov shared his impressions about Kazan: “I visited Kazan in 90s. The city has greatly changed. I am glad to be here. I feel friendly atmosphere, just like in Bakhchisarai. Gabdulla Tukai wrote about freedom. We honour Gabdulla Tukai. We have Turkic origins, and we should keep and develop them.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.