Tatarstan President takes part in opening of new kindergarten “Umka” in Kazan
30 August 2014, Saturday
On August 30, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, representatives of regional ministries and agencies took part in opening of new kindergarten “Umka” in Kazan. It is the only kindergarten in the republic with artificial ice rink.
The guests were shown around the kindergarten. Rustam Minnikhanov checked the quality of ice on the skating rink and took a picture with young hockey players.
Speaking to parents, children and builders, Rustam Minnikhanov said that Umka is a unique kindergarten and 56 new kindergartens for 10.5 thousand places will be built next year.
“We will try to do our best to make children happy, healthy and help them getting ready for school,” Director of the kindergarten Ekaterina Repina said in her turn.
The kindergarten is for 220 places and 11 groups. Recreation, cold water treatment and sport are the priority areas. Children will also learn to play hockey and figure skating under supervision of experience coaches. The arrangements have already been reached with “Ak Bars” hockey school. There are also orthopedic and psychologists rooms, sports and music halls in the kindergarten.
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.
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On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .