Kazan accepted the relay of the fire of the Krasnoyarsk Universiade-2019
Denis Gordiyko
(KZN.RU, November 10). Today the
lighting ceremony of the city fire cup of Universiade was held in Kazan. The
XXIX World Winter Universiade-2019 will take place in March of next year in
Krasnoyarsk. Rustam Minnikhanov, Alexander Uss and Ilsur Metshin took part in the ceremony. The fire of
the Student games was delivered to Kazan from Arkhangelsk.
The torchbearers carried the main
symbol of the Krasnoyarsk Universiade through the Kazan streets and the iconic
objects of the capital of Tatarstan: the Palace of Culturologist, the
Resurrection Tower, the Syuyumbike Tower, the Annunciation Cathedral, the
Kul-Sharif Mosque, the Museum of Natural History of the RT, the National Museum
of the RT, and the National Library of the RT. The route ended near the main
building of the KFU where the final celebration took place with the lighting of
the city fire cup.
The fire of Universiade-2019 will go
to Yekaterinburg where the next stage of the relay will be held on November 17.