At the old Tatar village Azeev, the Yermishinsky rayon of the Ryazan Region, the museum has been inaugurated in honor of a native of the village Azeevo, a major statesman of the Soviet epoch, the great son of the Tatar people Fikryat Akhmetzakievich Tabeev. For the opening ceremony numerous guests from Moscow and Kazan, Ryazan and Kasimov, Sasovo have arrived: Deputy Chairman of RT State Council Rimma Atlasovna Ratnikova, Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Tatarstan in Moscow Azat Chulpanovich Akhtareev, Head of Religious Board of Muslims of the Ryazan region Rashid Hazryat Bultachee, Chairman of MROM Kasimov Ravil Safeevich Teregulov, Chairman MROM Sasovo Jura Hazrat Turaev, Chairman of the Tatar autonomy Sasovo Nurgayaz Kamilyanovich Garipov.

The guests expressed their warm words to the villagers, the initiators and sponsors, who made possible the creation of the museum, gave gifts and exhibits. Deputy

Chairman of RT State Council Rimma Atlasovna Ratnikova read a welcome address from the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov. Head Yermishinsky rayon Tamara Charuyskaya read out poems by Sergei Yesenin, who on this day would have turned 120 years old.

After the official opening, the guests gathered around a large table, where, according to Muslim tradition, the imam-muhtasib of the Ryazan region Rashid Hazrat Bultacheev read verses from the Holy Quran, and asked the Almighty to address remuneration for reading to soul of Fikryat Akhmetzakievich; He wished health and well-being of their living relatives and friends, development and prosperity of the village. Hazrat Rashid added that the opening of the museum is a very important step in a life of the village, “it is especially important for the younger generation, for pupils, who can witness the life and work of Fikryat Tabeev, touch the objects of everyday life. Seeing what has been made by their countrymen, they will have a huge incentive to learn and develop further. ”

The museum presents items and subjects of everyday life of villagers, and F.A.Tabeev’s personal belongings and photographs, weapons, coins, religious, national literature. The initiator of the museum – a native of the

village, now a resident of Moscow, a public figure, philanthropist and honorary officer of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, colonel of the reserve – Rashid Khamidovich Bekbulatov.

For such a significant event the son of Fikryat Akhmetzakievich -Iskyander Fikryatovich with his family arrived.

We remind you that the September 23, 2015 – the eve of Kurban Bayram in Moscow, the grand opening of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque after its reconstruction. Moscow Cathedral Mosque was built in 1904 at the expense of the Tatar businessman and philanthropist Yusupovich Salih Erzin – a native of the village Azeev (now Yermishinsky rayon of the Ryazan region). The Mosque on Vypolzov lane for many decades has been the only Muslim working temple on the vast expanses of the Central European part of Russia. The Moscow Cathedral Mosque today – the main mosque of the country. On Eid al-Adha, next to the newly opened on the eve of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque about 80 thousand believers have gathered.

Press service RBM of the Ryazan region