Special issue of TYURKSOI magazine dedicated to Tatarstan published

International organization of Turkic culture published a special issue of magazine TYURKSOI  dedicated to Tatarstan,  jointly  prepared   with RT Ministry of culture

The  Republic of Tatarstan  – one of the subjects of the Russian Federation, being an active member-observer of International organization of Turkic culture. 41st  issue of the magazine  TYURKSOI contains  materials about cultural policy in the sphere of culture and art, reports and interview, analytical  articles and sketches.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov  shared out his vision in an interview to the magazine   on perspectives of cultural cooperation. We remind that during  his visit  to head office of TYURKSOI in May 2012,  he offered to announce Kazan a Cultural capital of Turkic world in  year 2014.  First President of Tatarstan  Mintimer Shaimiev  told in detail on the pages of magazine about the experience of implementing Complex project  «Ancient Bolgar and island - town  Sviyazhsk».  Interview of  Tatarstan minister of culture  Airat Sibagatullin  is dealing with cultural traditions of Kazan, its historical connections with Turkic world.

The outcomes  of Gabdulla Tukai Year  (2011) have proved again that creativity of the great poet, as usual, is close to all Turkic nations. Special materials of the issue  contains analysis of year’s results and tells about  Days of Tatarstan culture in Turkey, having become traditional ones.

Thematic range of special issue is  broad and reflects ,diversity of the republic’s culture.

Nauruz and Sabantui  – ancient folk festive, whose roots lie deep in history  Turkic nations. Nauruz in Tatarstan  – this is, first of all,  international festival  and forum of Turkic language theatres, review of which is written by  a theatrical critic Niyaz Iglamov. Material of ethnographer  Raufa  Urazmanova allows to  look at the history of Sabantui,  to value its meaning for contemporary culture of Tatars .

The most important element of  national culture is cuisine. Among the well-known  to all Turkic world Tatar   dishes, a special place belongs to «belish». About   « crown of Tatar cuisine», which symbolizes  prosperity, welfare, accord  in people, tells KFU docent  Raushaniya Nurmukhametova.

The special issue has been  published in Turkish, Russian and English  languages,  contains 104 pages, over  80 illustrations, TYURKSOI representative Lilia Sattarova informs.

Press-service, RT Ministry of culture