St. Petersburg celebrates the Day of Tatarstan

September 13,  2018

Today the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Tatarstan in the city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region  has  organized a a solemn event timed to the Day of the Republic of Tatarstan. The solemn event began with a book exhibition. Later, Tatarstan’s Permanent Representative in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region Renat Valiullin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the National Council of the World Tatar Congress Vasil Shaikhraziev, Chairman of the Committee on Interethnic Relations and Implementation of the Migration Policy in St. Petersburg Oleg Makhno, Chairman of the Committee on Local Self-Government, Inter-Ethnic and Inter-Confessional Relations of the Leningrad Region Lira Burak  welcomed the participants.

Also, during the official part of the celebration, Vasil Shaykhraziev rewarded the leaders and activists of the Tatar community.

After the official part of the celebration, the guests and participants of the holiday were presented with a new edition of the “Encyclopedia of Tukay” and the book “General of the Army Makhmut Gareyev” from the series “Tatars in the Service of the Fatherland”.