Ilsur Metshin expresses his gratitude to the police officers at the final meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kazan
read more-
During the New Year holidays, the Kazan hotels were 79% loaded
-
Ilsur Metshin opens the largest city polyclinic in Salavat Kupere
-
«Residents have been waiting for this for 55 years» – traffic on the second stage of the Voznesensky highway has been launched in Kazan
-
Residents of Lisichansk and Rubezhnoye receive 18 tons of tangerines as a gift from Kazan on the eve of the New Year
-
From December 25, special fire safety regime has been implemented in Tatarstan
-
Ilsur Metshin said: «We are a team united by love for our city»
-
Ilsur Metshin to mothers of special children: «Each of you deserves gratitude and admiration»
-
Rustam Minnikhanov and Ilsur Metshin look round the new MAZ-303T22 trolleybuses of the third generation
-
«There is no finish line in this work»: How are digital technologies being integrated into the work in Kazan
-
Construction of a dam has begun on the Novaya Portovaya
-
Seventeen public spaces in Kazan will be decorated for the New Year
-
Art in the City: an interactive map of art objects has been created in Kazan
The monument to Shigabutdin Mardzhani was opened on the embankment of the Kaban Lake
(KZN.RU, November 20). Today, the monument to Shigabutdin Mardzhani, the famous Tatar theologian and scientist, was opened on the embankment of the Kaban Lake in Kazan. Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, Mintimer Shaimiev, the State Counselor of the RT, Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, Kamil Samigullin, Mufti of the RT, and others participated in the ceremony.
Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated with holiday Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif, the observance of the birthday of Islamic prophet Muhammad. "In this day we open the monument to Shigabutdin Mardzhani, a great son of Tatar people, a theologian and a philosopher. Due to his work he made a great contribution to education of Tatar people. I want to thank all those who participated in realization of this project", - the President emphasized.
Mintimer Shaimiev added that Shigabutdin Mardzhani was the world's famous personality, his work would study for a long time. "Shigabutdin Mardzhani is our pride, treasure of our people. It is necessary to tell about him more, acquaint people with his many-sided activity, and contribution to history. This is particularly relevant to today's increase of tourist flow to Kazan", - he noted.
The installation of the sculpture was held within the celebrating of the 200-anniversary of Shigabutdin Mardzhani's birth. The monument is made of white marble on the project of Baki Urmanche, a great Tatar sculptor. The theologian's statement "True and just path are above all else" is engraved on the tombstones.