Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the National Council of the World Tatars Congress V.G. Shaikhraziev continues working trips to the federal districts of Russia. Next in turn is the North-West Federal District. Already today Vasily Shaykhraziev is expected in Kaliningrad.

A round table discussion "Preserving  unity of the Tatar nation during the 2020 census" was held at the Moscow Tatar Headquarters. The round table speakers were Kazan and Moscow scientists, journalists, public figures

At  the library of the Tatar Cultural Center of Moscow, an evening of memory was held dedicated to the 114th birthday of the famous Tatar poet, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lenin Prize laureate Musa Jalil.

The leader of the conversation club Shafikov Rinat at each event holds games, dialogs or skits to learn the native language of our Tatars. February 15 gathered more than 20 people, 5 of whom for the first time.

The presentation of the first published translation of the Tatar heroic epic “IDEGEI” into the Estonian language in adapted version (prose and runic verse) was held at the large hall of the Tallinn Central Library. Participation in the event was attended by  Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tatarstan in the city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region Renat Valiullin.

Today in Chelyabinsk the Congress of Tatars held a ceremony dedicated to the 114th anniversary of the birth of the great Tatar poet, Hero of the Soviet Union Musa Jalil.

On February 18, the «Ak Bars» hockey club will host the «Tatarcha Match», a home game against «Avanguard» dedicated to Tatar culture.

During the visit to the Kostroma region,  Chairman of the National Council Vasil Shaykhraziev visited the Tatar settlement in Kostroma. According to documents, it was founded in 1680, on the very banks of the Volga. More than 200 people were resettled here from the Roman Tatars from the Romanovsky district of the Yaroslavl province. At one time, a mosque worked here, also a madrassah.                             

On February 18, a gala concert of the II International Literary Contest "Jalilov Readings" will be held at the Saydash Cultural Center. The competition was held by the World Tatars Congress with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Today, within the framework of the program of a working visit to the Kostroma region,  Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the National Council of the VKT, Vasil Shaykhraziev met with the leaders and representatives of the Tatar public organizations of the Central Federal District.