December 22, 2017, one of the active leaders of the religious communities of the Moscow region, Rinat hazrat Sayfutdinov, passed away. He organized the construction of a mosque in the city of Shchyolkovo, which was opened in 2001, a Sunday school for teaching the Tatar language.

On December 22, after the Friday prayer at the Ezderbey mosque in Baku (Tatar mosque), the Tatar Diaspora of Azerbaijan met with the first deputy chairman of the Religious Board of the Muslims of the Russian Federation and the Council of Muftis of Russia, a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Khazrat Damir Mukhetdinov and the head of the CIS Department of the International Department RBM RF Nail Shakirov.

The best teacher of the Tatar language and literature of the Tyumen region lives in the Kazanka of the Vagaysky district.

December 8 at 15.00 in the Museum-Reserve "Old Sarepta" in Volgograd, the grand opening of the exposition "The dwelling of the Tatar peasant of the Lower Volga region of the late XIX - early XX century"  took place.

November 27, in Helsinki, a thesis has been defended  by Imam of the local Tatar mahalla Ramil hazrat Belyaev.

Within the framework of the visit to Nizhnevartovsk, the delegation of Tatarstan headed by the chairman of the National Assembly of the World Congress of Tatars, the vice premier of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan Vasil Shaikhraziev laid flowers at the monument to Musa Jalil

On November 17, the troupe of the Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theater named after Karim Tinchurin went on a tour to Germany with the play "The Picky Bridegroom".

Today in St. Petersburg, the VI International Cultural Forum, a unique cultural event of the world level, a discussion platform attracting several thousand experts in the field of culture from all over the world began: the stars of the drama theater, opera and ballet, outstanding directors and musicians, public figures, representatives of government and business, academic community.

Today at a meeting of the State Council, Rustam Minnikhanov commented on the situation in the republic  with the teaching and studying of state and native languages.

From  November  11 to 14 the troupe of the Kazan Tatar State Theater of the Young Spectator named Gabdulla Kariev will perform in Bashkortostan.