The VII regional festival of national cultures "We live in the Urals took place at the Sverdlovsk Oblast State Folklore Palace.

At the initiative of the Imam-mukhtasib of Balashovsky region Hazrat Ilyas Yunkin with Saratov Muslims headed by Mufti of the region Mukaddas Hazrat Bibarsov made a day trip to the Tatar village Engurazovo of the Uvarovsky region of the Tambov oblast.