First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan presented a program of events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

A briefing was held at the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan "On measures for  preparation and holding  of the celebration in the Republic of Tatarstan of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." It was attended by: Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic Leyla Fazleeva, First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Julia Adgamova, Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan Anna Zakhmatova, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan Alsu Asadullina, Deputy Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Welfare of the Republic of Tatarstan Natalya Butaeva .

In the Year of Remembrance and Glory, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan approved an Action Plan for  preparation and holding   celebration in the Republic of Tatarstan of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

According to Yulia Adgamova, meetings will be held with veterans of the Great Patriotic War in all municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan, gala nights and concert programs will be organized.

State theater and entertainment institutions will provide invitations to performances, concerts and exhibitions; more than 30 thousand people are expected to attend the event. In the year of the 75th anniversary of the Victory, theater and entertainment institutions prepared a number of new thematic events. In particular, the Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theater named after V.I. Kachalov will go for the first time to the districts of the republic with the charity event “To Remember ... The Road of Memory”. Spectators will be presented with the performance “Unforgettable. Women's voices of war. " The state folklore ensemble Kryashen «Bermyanchek»  prepared a military program «Ballad of the Mother». Tatar State Theater after  K. Tinchurina in May will give an interactive program in the Arsk nursing home. On May 8, a free screening of the play “Babailar Chuagi” (“Belated Summer”) will be organized for veterans at the Tatar State Academic Theater named after G. Kamal, ”she said.

Thematic events were also prepared by educational institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Culture. So, on May 4, a concert by students of the Kazan Musical College named after A. Aukhadiev will take place at the State Big Concert Hall named after S. Saidashev. The Almetyevsk College of Music named after F.Z. Yarullin will present the musical “War through the Eyes of Children” to young spectators. An exhibition of works by students of the Kazan Art College named after Feshin will open at the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan.

“Tatarkino GBUK RT will hold a retrospective screening of films about the war at  the Mir cinema and film institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as the movie and music festival“ Soldier's Cauldron ”at  the park after  V. Aksenov,” the speaker continued.

By the way, GBATU RT “Tatarkino” acquired 4 new films for showing: “The Soldier” (dir. V. Fanastina); “Cry of silence”, “Corridor of immortality” (dir. V. Potapov); “Save Leningrad” (dir. A. Kozlov), recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan for schoolchildren and students. In the spring, the Mir cinema, municipal cinemas and cinemas of the republic will host the traditional decade of military films, and film workers in municipal districts will organize film screenings at nursing homes and rehabilitation centers during the year.

Separately, Julia Adgamova focused on the campaign "Live Letters", which is traditionally held on the site of KidSpace.

“Famous people, including our artists, read letters from the war years. Students reading these letters live the history of that time. This year it is planned to expand this project with access to school facilities, ”she said.

For three years, more than 500 children — schoolchildren of primary and secondary classes, 60 readers — famous people of the republic, took part in the project “Living Letters”.

Thematic events are planned at  the museums of the republic. In May, the National Museum and its structural divisions will host the “Spring Week of Goodness”, “The Candle of Remembrance”, etc. March 1 at the Museum-Memorial of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The opening of the updated exposition will take place. In addition, the Center for  Development of Folk Art Crafts and Crafts of the Republic of Tatarstan in April organizes the exhibition "Enterprises and Crafts Artels during the Second World War."

Republican and municipal libraries during May organize thematic book exhibitions, meetings of generations, literary and patriotic conversations, presentations on the events of the Great Patriotic War. The National Library is preparing to publish the collection “Bөek Vatan sugyshi hatirәlәre, soldier of the hatlars: Җиңүнең 75 лылыгына”.

“As part of the perpetuation of memory, in May it is planned to open a memorial plaque to the people's artist of the USSR, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Haris Abdrakhmanovich Yakupov at the building of the Art Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan (62 Bolshaya Krasnaya St.),”  First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan said.