Spring tour concerts by pop stars of Tatar Ensemble "Kazan" began with performances in Volgograd.

The Tatar Cultural Education Center is set up in Volzhsk town of the Volgograd region, under humanitarian Institute (branch) of VolSU.

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

Last Saturday, the Centre of Tatar culture again hospitably opened its doors to young people - here a second time the evening party of acquaintances of "Aulak oi " took place

The town in Saratov Oblast Petrovsk held a festive evening devoted to the Tatar culture.

The Tyumen Regional Scientific Library named after Mendeleev held a presentation of the book by the poet Nicholai Shamsutdinov "Poetry of Tyumen Tatars."

The Great Hall of the RCNC in Prague hosted an evening of culture of the Turkic peoples. The event was prepared by Tatar Association in Prague (Kitap), with the support of Rossotrudnichestvo in the Czech Republic.

February 15, 17.00, at the Tatar State Academic Theatre after G.Kamal takes place the anniversary evening of Ilham Shakirov. On this day, People's Artist of Tatarstan turns 80 years old.

In Orsk they plan to erect a monument to the classic of the Tatar literature Zakir Ramiev.

The Tatar publishing house published a book-album "Tufan Minnullin."