Russian folk festival “Karavon” opened in Tatarstan
23 May 2015, Saturday
On May 23, the Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Chief federal inspector in the Republic of Tatarstan Renat Timerzyanov, Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President's Administrative Office Asgat Safarov, Tatarstan Minister of Culture Airat Sibgatullin and other officials took part in solemn opening of XIII Russian folk festival “Karavon-2015” in Nikolskoe village of Laishevo district.
Having arrived in the village, Rustam Minnikhanov and the delegation looked around the site of folk craft items, History Museum of Karavon Festival and watched a performance “Treasure of folk spirituality – Karavon holiday of Nikolskoe village” dedicated to 70th anniversary of Victory in WWII.
Head of Laishevo district Mikhail Afanasiev welcomed guests at opening of the festival and noted that more than 160 groups from different regions of Russia came to the festival this year.
Rustam Minnikhanov addressed guests and participants of the event: “Being very popular, Karavon is becoming more and more beautiful. Such folk holidays as Karavon, Sabantui are distinctive traditional features of our republic that are transmitting to younger generations and should be preserved”.
Within the framework of the festival , Rustam Minnikhanov presented a number of Honorary titles and Gratitude Letters. Certificate for 500,000 roubles were handed over to two groups “Sudarushka” and “Karavon”.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.