On June 6, within the framework of events devoted to the Russian Language Day, Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov laid flowers at the monument to Great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.

The event was established by the United Nations in 2010 and celebrated on June 6, the birthday of Alexander Pushkin. In Russia the Day of the Russian Language is established by the Presidential Decree of 6 June 2011.

In Kazan, a poetic meeting devoted to the Day of the Russian language was held at the monument to Pushkin near the Jalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

First Deputy Minister of Culture of Tatarstan Irada Ayupova, Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of Peoples of Tatarstan Irina Alexandrovskaya, Tatarstan People’s Poet Renat Kharis and other officials welcomed the audience. Artists and workers of culture read poems and sang songs at the event.

After performances of folk ensembles, the ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Alexander Pushkin with participation of Rustam Minnikhanov was held.