Memorial plaques to Gumer Usmanov and Fikryat Tabeev were opened in Kazan

(KZN.RU, August 29, Anton Nozdrin). Memorial plaques to Gumer Usmanov and Fikrat Tabeev, state figures of the Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic, were opened in Kazan in a solemn ceremony. Signs of memory appeared on the facade of house №65 on Bolshaya Krasnaya Street. It was the house where leaders of Tatarstan lived for many years. Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, Alexey Pesoshin, the prime minister of the RT, Farid Mukhametshin, the chairman of State Council of the RT, Mintimer Shaimiev, the state councilor of the RT, Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, heads of republican ministries and departments, relatives, friends, and colleagues of G. Usmanov and F. Tabeev took part in the ceremony.

R. Minnikhanov noted that G. Usmanov and F. Tabeev created the base that allows Tatarstan to be competitive. “We should always remember people who have made a huge contribution to the development of our republic. The huge contribution made by Gumer Usmanov and Fikrat Tabeyev allows us to solve large-scale tasks”, said the President of Tatarstan.

M. Shaimiev reminded that the century of Tatarstan's formation will be celebrated in 2020. “Usmanov and Tabeev worked side by side. They laid all the hardships of that political life and social system upon themselves and were able to defend the interests of the republic. They made it all possible. They laid the foundation for all the main industries, which today are crucial for the further development of Tatarstan”, said the state councilor of the RT. M. Shaimiev noted that G. Usmanov and F. Tabeev were able to defend the interests of the petrochemical production development, implemented the construction of the Kama Automobile Plant. “It is very difficult and is worth a lot. Many people sought to defend the interests of their republic, and Usmanov and Tabeev were successful in it”, M. emphasized Shaimiev and urged to follow their steps.

Members of the families of statesmen made a speech in return. Diana, the granddaughter of F. Tabeev, thanked the audience on behalf of the whole family. “My grandfather lived in this house a very bright part of life, recalled it often. This time was full of important events not only for our family but for the whole region. We are proud to wear the name of the Tabeevs and are grateful that you are commemorating the memory of him”, she said. Svetlana, the daughter of G. Usmanov, also thanked the leaders of the republic for the good memory of her father. She said that her father lived in this house for 42 years, here, he had both joyful moments (the birth of grandchildren) and sad ones (the death of his wife). “It is symbolic that two plaques open at once. Gumerov and Usmanov worked side by side in Kazan for about 15 years. Together they did a lot for the republic, its economic potential, and cultural life. They remembered each other for the rest of their lives”, said Svetlana.

After the solemn ceremony, the participants laid flowers to the memorial plaques.

For reference

F.Tabeev, the first secretary of the Tatar Regional Committee of the CPSU (1960-1979) played a leading role in the development of machine building, oil industry of Tatarstan. New oil fields were explored and put into operation under his leadership, Nizhnekamsk was founded, and the Kamsky Automobile Plant in Naberezhnye Chelny was built. The “Kazanorgsintez” was launched in Kazan, new districts of Gorki and Savinovo, the circus, the Sports Palace, the stadium, the building of the State Council were built.

The construction of the KAMAZ, the “Nizhnekamskneftekhim”, and the “ElAz” was active during the years of Gumer Usmanov's work as the first secretary of the Tatar Regional Committee of the CPSU (1982-1989). The concert hall of the Kazan State Conservatory, the new building of the Tatar State Academic Theater named after G. Kamal, the HoC “Himikov”, the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of the RT were built.