The RT State Council held a meeting of the Coordination Council for the Affairs of Compatriots under the President of the Republic
December 21, RT State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin held a meeting headed by him the Coordinating Council for the Affairs of Compatriots under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. RT Minister of culture made a report on the work in supporting compatriots.
"Tasks for conservation and development of the Tatar language and culture, facing spiritual needs of Tatars living outside the Republic of Tatarstan, since 2014 are settled in the framework of program-oriented approach," said Airat Sibagatullin. According to him, every year funds for 4 state programs are directed to the implementation of more than 300 events of cultural, educational, academic, research and methodical character ("Development of international and inter-cultural cooperation" 25095.6 rubles., "Preservation of national identity of the Tatar people (in 2014 -2016 years) "- 29700 rubles .; and" The implementation of the state national policy in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014-2020 "42624 rubles - republican budget 18,449.4 rubles - federal budget.." the preservation, study and development of the state language Tatarstan and other languages in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014-2020 "182 100 rubles.).
"Today there is a high activity of Tatars outside the republic, the willingness to implement national projects. This positive attitude is largely due to a tangible state support from the republic ", - noted in his speech Airat Sibagatullin. In 2016, in 22 regions of Russia and abroad events have been held to mark the anniversaries of prominent figures of the Tatar people, monuments to the poet Gabdulla Tukai in Semey city of the Republic of Kazakhstan, singers Haidar Bigichev and Rashid Vagapov in the village Urazovka of the Nizhny Novgorod region were installed, the best creative teams visited on tour 14 Russian regions and foreign countries - Abkhazia, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Finland, China, Sudan, United Arab Emirates. Expected by Moscow Tatars the annual holding of the Days of Culture of Tatarstan in Moscow took place, for the first time in the last quarter of a century in St. Petersburg Tatar State Academic Theatre of G. Kamal toured. The boundaries of the Tatar Sabantui. continues to expand. This year it was held for the first time in Vienna. And it is only this part of the cultural life of our compatriots.
"By decision of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Program "Preservation of national identity of the Tatar people ", covering the period from 2014 to 2016, will be extended and for the next three years", - summed up his speech the Minister of Culture.