The social project “Bibliobus” was presented to Ilsur Metshin in the Aksenov square

(KZN.RU, August 12, Mikhail Chentsov). Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, visited the Vasily Aksenov square, where the X Anniversary Literary and Music Festival “Aksenov-fest” will be held in September. Head of the city was told about the success of the project “Bibliobus”, and also shown the layout of the sculpture, which will be installed in the square named after Vasily Aksenov, the famous Russian writer and a native of the city.

According to Rezeda Ismagilova, the director of Centralized Library System of Kazan, the mobile library complex is in high demand among the citizens. The project has a very important social dimension, because “Bibliobus” travels to villages where there are no libraries. On the question of the mayor about the justification of such a format (library on wheels), Reseda Ismagilova said that the project is very popular, and young people become more aware of contemporary prose. “Once the format is justified, we will expand it”, concluded the Mayor.

Also I. Metshin visited the courtyard of the Tatar literary publishing house and the exhibition “Sushka”, dedicated to the history of Russian cinema, in the square. The Mayor bought a few books: poetry of G. Tukai in Russian and Tatar languages and one of Shaukat Galiev works, well known Tatar children's author.

Next Ilsur Metshin inspected the layout of the sculpture, dedicated to Vasily Aksenov, which will be located in the square to the start of the X Literary and Music Festival “Aksenov-fest”. Art object will be cast in bronze. The Mayor praised the project design, developed by the architect Irina Aksenova.

Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, Igor Kulyazhev, the deputy head of the Executive Committee and the chairman of the Committee of Improvements, Andrei Lobov, the head of the Vakhitovsky and Privolzhskiy districts administration, Tatiana Prokofieva, the chief architect, Azat Abzalov, the acting head of Culture Office, and others escorted the Mayor ​​during the site inspection.

The Aksenov Square is located at the intersection of Lesgaft and Dostoevsky streets, behind the building of the cinema “Mir”. Landscaping of the square is dedicated to the memory of Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov,  famous Russian writer. The opening of the renewed park last year was the final note of the festival “Aksenov-Fest-2015”. Central alley named after Aksenov is the main compositional axis of the square. Art festivals are the main scenario of the functioning of the green zone, including “Aksyonov Fest”, film screenings, musical evenings, readings, and weekend exhibitions. X Anniversary Literary and Music Festival “Aksenov-fest” will be held in Kazan from 2 to 5 September.