Today the 131st anniversary of the birth of the great Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukay is marked. On this occasion, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov laid flowers at the monument to the writer in the park named after G.Tukai in Kazan. Tatarstan State Councilor of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of the State Council of RT Farid Mukhametshin, Head of the Office of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Asgat Safarov, members of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, heads of ministries and departments of the Republic of Tatarstan, deputies of the republican parliament, figures of art and culture of Tatarstan honored the memory of the Tatar classic.