A monument to Gabdulla Tukay is unveiled in Sergach, Nizhny Novgorod region

A monument to the Tatar national poet Gabdulla Tukay has been unveiled in Sergach, in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Taking part in the opening were Vasil Shaikhrazdiev, Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan and chairman of the National Council of the World Congress of Tatars; Ekaterina Solntseva, deputy chair of the regional government; Oleg Radaev, head of the Sergach district; and Timur Sharafutdinov, executive director of the regional Tatar national-cultural autonomy.

Representatives of the World Congress of Tatars, cultural and religious figures and the sponsors who backed the project attended as well. The Congress said Tukay has become a symbol of preserving the Tatar people's national traditions, native language and cultural heritage.