(KZN.RU, 1
September). First-year students of Kazan celebrated the Knowledge Day near the
walls of the Family Center “Kazan”, where the concert was held in honor of the
newly students. Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, and Ilsur
Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, attended the festive event.
The site
near the Chasha filled with hundreds of freshmen’s colorful umbrellas on this
rainy day; in spite of the bad weather, they clapped and sang along with the
performers and creative collectives. The President of Tatarstan congratulated the
future specialists on the holiday. He noted that much has been done in the
country in recent years in social terms, in terms of economic development and,
most importantly, in terms of the transformation of higher education. “We are
proud of our universities, and confident that the knowledge and specialization,
which you get at higher education institutions, will give you a high
competitive level. The main of the program-2030, which we set ourselves as a
priority, is a human capital”, said R. Minnikhanov.
The festive
concert program continued with performances of the rock band “Progulschiki”,
Aidar Suleymanov, and the dance theater “Saidashev”. The main surprise and the
headliner of the event was the popular rapper T-Killah, who was invited to
Kazan to the Knowledge Day. The rapper thanked all the participants for their
perseverance in this chilly weather and congratulated the students on the
occasion, performing his hits “Above Ground”, “Freezing” and others.
More than
20 thousand people will start their studies in 2016 in Kazan universities. The
Knowledge Day in the format of the concert was first held last year at the site
before the stadium “Kazan Arena”.
Asgat
Safarov, the head of the Office of the President, Leila Fazleeva, the assistant
of the President of the RT, Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the
Executive Committee, Guzel Gabbasova, the chief of the Kazan Registrar Office,
and rectors of Kazan leading universities also attended the festive event.