(Kazan City KZN.RU, February 15). Poetic meeting dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the birth of the poet, Hero of the Soviet Union Musa Jalil is held in Kazan today. It began with the laying of flowers to the monument of the poet in the May 1 Square by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Head of the Executive Committee on Social Affairs Natalia Grechannikova, figures of culture and science of Tatarstan.
At this moment poetry meeting is held in the May 1 Square. Traditionally on this day the National Museum of Tatarstan holds a "Day of the script" when "Moabit Notebook" is taken out of the fund and represented to the public. These immortal works, written by the poet before his death in Berlin's Moabit prison, miraculously preserved and handed down to the present day, are among the most valuable exhibits. Only February 15 from 13.30 to 16.00 Kazan residents have a unique opportunity to see this historical works, exhibited in the National Museum.
As part of the commemorative events dedicated to the 110th anniversary of Tatar poet-hero M. Jalil, February 15-16 International scientific conference "Jalil readings" will be held. On discussion sites issues related to updating and translation of historical memory and the feat, literary heritage of the poet, a reflection of the fate of the characters in the museum expositions will be considered. This year 50 years from the date of receipt of them in the funds of the National Museum of Tatarstan are marked. At the opening of the conference All-Russian cultural action "We read Moabit Notebook" will get the start.
The first day of the conference will include a presentation of the documentary film "War of the Unforgiven," directed by Denis Krasilnikov, which ranked first among documentaries at the Festival of Muslim Cinema 2015.
The conference will be attended by researchers from Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Germany. The daughter of the poet Chulpan Zalilova, now living in Moscow, and director of the Institute of Caucasus, Turkestan and Tatar Research (Magdeburg-Berlin), Vice-President of the Society for Assistance to Eastern Europe Miste Hotopp-Rike (Magdeburg) will be among the guests of honor. The conference attended by researchers from Berlin, Prague, Moscow and Mustafino village - "small homeland" of the poet online.