Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev met with the First president of Tatarstan, State Advisor of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Republican chairman of the Foundation Board of Trustees of the revival of monuments of history and culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, on the eve of his 80th birthday.

Today in Kazan on the facade of the house № 3 on the Galaktionov street a plaque dedicated to Tatar writer Nabi Dauly has been installed.

The X inter-regional competition of the Tatar folk art named after Sardariya Nigamatova has been carried out in the framework of the Agreement between the Republic of Tatarstan and the Sverdlovsk region on cooperation in trade, economic, scientific, technical, environmental, humanitarian, cultural and other spheres for the 2015-2017 years, in accordance with the basic plan of events of the Sverdlovsk state regional Palace of folk art for the year 2017 in conjunction with the MUK "National cultural complex in Arakaevo".

January 15, 2017, the ex-chairman of the national-cultural autonomy of Tatars in Togliatti Rashid Ravilovich NURMUKHAMETOV died.

March 3, at the gymnasium № 10, in Zelenodolsk, the XV International Research Conference named after Kayum Nasyyri to be held.

Another issue of Tatar-speaking popular science magazine "Beznen Miras» (№ 12, 2016) with the publications of scientists of the Institute of History of RT Academy of sciences after Sh. Mardzhani was published.

A single Center of Tatar history and culture will be opened in mid-January in Moscow.

January 19, young Tatar composers and poets are going to present their best works at the Kamal theater.

All the participants of the Olympiad have been awarded certificates, and winners - with diplomas and valuable gifts.

On December 4, the Permanent Representation of Tatarstan in Azerbaijan hosted a memory evening l dedicated to the birthday of the great Tatar composer Salih Saidash.