The solemn even was held yesterday in Yoshkar-Ola, being attended by the Head of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of the Tatars Danis Shakirov.

Here medals of the World Congress of the Tatars “For great services to the Tatar people” and Certificates of Honor of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan were awarded. Also, the Republican Center of Tatar Culture was presented with a certificate for the purchase of a laptop and a multifunctional device.

Mars Tukaev, First Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars, also arrived to congratulate the compatriots.

Among the guests of the event were: First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Mari El Mikhail Vasyutin; Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Ildar Gilmutdinov; , Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Mari El Fanuz hazrat Salimgareev; leaders and representatives of the Tatar centers of the Ulyanovsk, Nizhny Novgorod regions and the Republic of Chuvashia.