The anniversary of G. Tukai to be celebrated in a large scale in Kazan
April 26, Kazan will held celebrations dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of G. Tukai and the Day of Mother Language. More about this was told at a press conference in IA "Tatar-Inform" RT First Deputy Minister of Culture Elvira Kamalova, head of the National Education Directorate of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan Flera Saifullina, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan Daniya Zagidullina, director of the Institute of Language, Literature and Art after G.Ibragimov of the RT Academy of Sciences RT Kim Minnullin, chairman of the Union of writers Rafis Korban.
As Elvira Kamalova told, every year in April for Tatarstan - special month. April 15 - the day of the death of Gabdulla Tukai, 26 April - the day of his birth, in addition, on this day, the Day of Mother Language. This year, the events dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of Tukai, held in all cities and districts of Tatarstan, as well as in other regions of the Republic of Tatarstn and the countries of near and far abroad.
As part of the events will be concerts, meetings, conferences, round tables, exhibitions, action "We read Tukai", lectures in libraries, clubs, etc. April 26, at 9.00 Kazan will lay flowers at the monument of the poet on the G.Tuaki square in the Pushkin Street, all the interested persons may take part in the event.
At 10.00 will take place fixing of a memorial plaque of G.Tukai on the building of the Kazan Youth Theatre. In this building, October 14, 1908, for the first time publicly the great poet read out a poem "Hay market, or New Kisekbash".
At 11.00 festivals will be held with the participation of the Republic of Tatarstan folk groups near the monument to G. Tukai in front of the M. Jalil Tatar theater of opera and ballet. At 12.00, the traditional poetry festival will be held near the monument to G. Tukai in front of the M. Jalil theater with a live broadcast on the TV channel "TNV".
At 14.00 a gala concert by masters of arts of Tatarstan and the awarding of the RT State Prize named after G.Tukai to workers of culture and art at the M. Jalil Theater of Opera and Ballet im.M.Dzhalilya.
"The cycle of events has been launched since the beginning of April. From April 24 to 26 Kazan will host the IV World Forum of Tatar women. Also, the Kazan Kremlin will host an exhibition devoted to the works by G. Tukai not only in April, but for the whole year, we will celebrate the anniversary of Tatar poet in the republic. In Kazan, the republic and a lot of memorable places, where the poet lived and worked, will also open the plaques of G. Tukai ", - Elvira Kamalova said.
Flera Saifullina in her speech said that in educational institutions a decade of native language has been announced, in which events are held, dedicated to the art of G. Tukai. Among them - a conference for students, teachers, competitions and festivals.
The speaker noted that the activities take place also at national and international level. In March, a master class was held for teachers of the native language, which was attended by teachers of the Tatar, Chuvash, Russian languages from different regions of Russia.
April 12 in Kazan a competition for young writers "Ilham" was held. It was dedicated to the anniversaries of the great poets of the Tatar people - the 130th anniversary of Gabdulla Tukai and the 110th anniversary of the birth of Musa Jalil, and the participants were more than 2.8 thousand students of 1-11 grades.
Also, these days in Kazan the finals of the IV International Olympiad on Tatar language and literature is being held. About 500 pupils and students, who have demonstrated the best command of the Tatar language and knowledge of Tatar literature in absentia round, and selected from more than 11 thousand participants are competing in the intellectual and artistic contests. Among the finalists - pupils and students from Japan, Turkey, Belgium, Finland, Belarus, France, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Australia, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as from 24 regions of Russia.
Kim Minnullin said that the past five years, the event dedicated to the G. Tukai are held at a very high level. This period was the most fruitful for scholars, literary critics, Tukai specialists. By the 125th anniversary, the first volumes of the six-volume edition of the works by G. Tukai of the academic edition came out. Today have published 5-6 volumes. Poetry lovers can buy these books.
On April 25, Kazan will host the International scientific-practical conference devoted to the 130th anniversary of Tatar literature classic. The collection of materials of the conference "G. Tukai and the Turkic world" was published, which included 150 authors from near and far abroad countries, regions of Russia.
By the 130th anniversary, textual collection of Tukai "Spiritual heritage: search and discovery." The publication covers the Archeology, Paleography, codicology, textual, epigraphic and others has been issued .
Also, the book "Gabdulla Tukai in Pictures" was released. It is dedicated to the study of photographs taken during the poet's life, as well as photographers who filmed him.
In addition, the second edition of "Fenni Tatarstan" magazine devoted to G. Tukai. The encyclopedia of G. Tukai with illustrations is under preparation.
Rafis Korban added that Tukai’s poems will be translated into Turkish, which was not done since the 60s. It is also preparing to publish a collection in Azerbaijan, which will include not only Tukai poems, but also by his contemporaries.
"Tukai not only genius, but a prophet. He foresaw the future of his people and set out in his poems. His poems are immortal. Written 100 years ago, and now his verses are relevant and will be the future ", - said Rafis Korban.
IA "Tatar-Inform"