Second reading of Anwar Khairy. National education and study of local history

Scientific-practical conference was held in Aksubayevsky region. It was attended by Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Guzel Sharipova, Deputy of RT State Council, chairman of the Committee on Education, Culture, Science and National Affairs Razil Valiyev, famous writers, scientists, educators and cultural workers.

"Anwar-aby Khayrullin - an outstanding figure of the Tatar nation" -  began  her  speech,  RT Deputy Minister of Culture. "He  is widely known outside the republic. Last year, the Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan, the Institute of History of Sh. Marjani initiated a scientific and practical conference in memory of Anwar Khairy. The first was held at the National Library of the republic. Thanks  of your interest, the active support of the region administration, the   II readings  are  being held  here. Prominent figures of culture and science of the republic arrived in Aksubaevo to discuss and continue the legacy  by  Anwar Khairy. I'm sure each of us today will come out of the walls of this school with new knowledge, inspired, more educated and cultured, "- said Guzel Sharipova.

The plenary session was opened by Fayaz Khuzin - a member of the editorial board of the Tatar Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Institute of Archeology  named after  O.H. Khalikov Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, a friend and colleague of the scientist. "Khairy -  is the first scholar,  who discovered Riza  Fakhretdin and Shigabutdin  Marjani as a historians. Tatar people are very grateful to him for that ", - said Fayaz Sharipovich. Several dozen books  about Tatar educators and writers of XIX-XX centuries saw the light thanks to Anwar Khairy. Overall, he has published 86 books  about 800 scientific works.

On the main work  by  Khairy told his teacher in Arabic Lena Tazieva. "The story of the journey of Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, written during a trip in  921-922 years to the Bulgarian state," she called "His swan song." This book is a unique source of information about the life, customs and traditions, history and culture of the peoples, who lived in the first quarter of the tenth century.

After the plenary part of the conference participants split into sections. The work of one of them, "The Village  Club - the center of culture in the life of the village" was attended by Deputy Minister Guzel Sharipova. Employees of rural houses of culture and libraries had a unique opportunity to ask  Deputy Minister of Culture and receive an answer.

Representatives of museums, librarians, historians participated in the "Historical memory and the history of  native land." Teacher ASOSH №2 Gennady Gorbunov presented his personal website and offered a virtual  methodical  help to teachers in studying   the history of Tatarstan.

In the "Creative Writer laboratory" Razil Valiev, Zinnur Husniyar, Nabirya  Gimatdinova met with the pupils. On  moral lessons according  to  R. R. Fakhretdinov  and A. Khairy talked  the participants of the fourth section.

Summing up the conference, the participants noted that it is the best tribute to the memory of the great scientist, and made a proposal to hold a third reading on a small home of  Anwar Khairy - in Scherbeni.

For reference:

Anwar Khairy – scholar  on Islamic studies specialist, textual, essayist, translator, writer, Honored Worker of Culture of Tatarstan, Honored worker of science of RT, a laureate of the Award  after  Kayum Nasyri, a member of the Union of Writers of Tatarstan, a laureate  of the International award  after  Kul Gali.