On 8 October the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov together with his wife Gulsina attended the first night of Hamlet performance in Kazan Academic Russian Drama theatre named after Kachalov.
The great tragedy by William Shakespeare appeared in the theatre repertoire in April of the current year on the eve of the 450th birthday of the play writer.
The Kazan Drama Theater was established in 1791 and is one of the leading theatre teams of the country and an important center of Russian theatre culture.