The author of the book is a local historian from Penza Firdaus Tumerkina. The historical novel is written in the form of a popular science publication and published in Penza in 2021.

The guests of the event were greeted by the Head of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars Danis Shakirov.

-The presentation of books at the World Congress of Tatars is becoming our good tradition. We express our gratitude to you for this work. The documentary-fiction publication “In the footsteps of Shakir Pasha” is worthy of reaching a wide range of readers, said Danis Shakirov.

– I have been collecting materials for a book bit by bit for 40 years. There are the archives in the Penza region, information received from relatives and so on. The book is based on the historical stories of my grandmother Fatima Yavaeva (Kaneeva)  and the inhabitants of Kuteevka village, where the story of Shakir Pasha began, said the author.

Firdaus Tumerkina was awarded a letter of thanks from the World Congress of Tatars.