January 26, a solemn funeral ceremony of laying wreaths at the monument to Motherland as part of celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade took place at the Piskaroyvskoye memorial cemetery. The ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin and Constitutional Court judges, St. Petersburg Governor ...

January 28, 2014, in the concert hall of the A.S. Pushkin State Museum, on her birthday, the famous singer-songwriter, Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan Flora Vafina held an unusual concert – a creative evening of author’s songs, "Music for Two. Confessions of a woman's soul".

Onstage of G. Tukai Tatar State Philharmonic, among his closest friends and admirers a singer Salavat Fatkhetdinov celebrated his 54 birthday. The fans brought him on….. empty chest to a crowded room of the Tatar Philharmonic, Tatarstan media reports. Photo: Shamil Abdushev

This past Sunday, Tatars in Adelaide (Australia) celebrated Sabantui.

December 15, in the Tatar capital of Australia – Adelaide, Tatar traditional holiday Sabantui was held. On the fete organized by the Tatar-Bashkir Association of Australia gathered more than 300 people. Guests on holiday were blessed by Imam of Adelaide Tatar Mahalla Bulat Hazrat Ishmukhammetov. The representative of the Government of South Australia Jack Sellin was among the special guests. ...

December 5, celebrations were held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Baltasinsky Great Mosque. The event attracted many well-known public, spiritual and government figures. Among the guests there were deputy mufti of Tatarstan Rustam Hazrat Khairullin, head of RT municipality of Baltasinsky municipal region Ramil Nutfullin , Rector of Russian Islam university, professor Rafik Mukhametshin , deputy of the ...

November 22, 2013, at 14.00, an exhibition “To Hay Market came I once again…” dedicated to 105th anniversary of G. Tukai, a satirical poem “Hay Market or New Kisekbash”opens in the Tukai Literary Museum. Collections of the RT National Museum houses many exhibits, which shed light on the heroes of “New Kisekbash” and those parts of Kazan where the events ...

As previously reported, the 10th Republican contest of young performers of Tatar song “Tugan Tel” took place in Dyurtyuli ( Bashkortstan). This year, a jury assessed the performance skills of young talents in two categories: professional and amateur artists. The winner of the Grand Prix became the only one performer – a student of Academy of Arts of Bashkortstan named ...

On October 17 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with compatriots living on the territory of the European Union. Co-chairman of “Tatari Germanii” Venera Vagizova introduced activists of Tatar community to Tatarstan President and noted that Tatars from Germany, Lithuania, Great Britain, Czech Republic and France arrived to meet with compatriots from the republic. Board Chairman of the European Alliance of ...

A Dinner party dedicated to Id al-Adha (Kurban Bai) took place in the national- cultural center “Kazan”. It was organized by the World Forum of Tatar youth, Muslim Youth Movement “Ikhlas” and the department for work with young people of the Religious Board of Muslims of Tatarstan. Large number of guests were present: shakirds of Kazan madrasah , students of ...