“Gabdulla Tukai is a successor of cultural traditions of Tatar people who brought to world civilization such people as Kul Gali, Mukhamediar, Mardjani, Nasyri”, - RF Minister of culture Aleksandr Avdeev announced at a festive event dedicated to 125th anniversary of Gabdulla Tukai.

The event was held in M.Jalil theater of opera and ballet (Kazan) with participation of RT President Rustam Minnikhanov.

By words of Russian Minister of culture, Tukai is one of founders of Tatar literature and modern Tatar language who favoured development of all arts – Tatar music, painting, theatre. Today Tukai is the greatest, the beloved and popular poet of Tatar people. Representing Eastern culture and Islamic civilization, Tatars were the first among Muslim peoples which started adopting European cultures. Now, a century after, we see the real power of Gabdulla Tukai era. At that time Tatar society was characterized by intensive religious life, spreading of progress and reformation ideas, emergence of national press, literary criticism, national journalism and new areas of national culture, such as Tatar theatre, composer and visual art.

Later on performance of opera by R.Akhiyarova «Love of poet» took place in M.Jalil theater of opera and ballet.