«Tatars of the Year 2026» results announced: over 116,000 votes and winners in 25 categories

Tatar-inform announced the results of its «Tatars of the Year 2026» rating, run under the Milliard.Tatar project, on 14 November. Voting ran from 10 September to 12 November, with about 250 nominees in 25 categories. In total 116,481 votes were cast: 32,011 on the rating site, 34,244 on the Telegram channel and 50,226 on VK. Editor Arslan Minvaleev noted that almost half of the votes went to school and youth categories.

The best Tatar song is «Tatar kyzy» by Ilmira Nagimova and Guzel Urazova, the best athlete is swimmer Ralina Gilyazova from Naberezhnye Chelny, the best play is «Khyal artynnan» at the Tinchurin Theatre, and the best film is TNV's «Ai bulmasa, yolduz bar». The best Tatar school is «Yaktylyk» in Samara, and the best teacher is Gelsiren Abeydullova of the Shygyrdan school in Chuvashia. Imam Bulat Safarov, who restored the Rajab Mosque in Kazan, took «Hero of the Tatar ummah», and Khanisa Alishina of Tyumen, a researcher of the Siberian Tatar language, was named the most active Tatar outside Tatarstan.

Figure skater Alina Zagitova appears in two categories: the opening of her skating centre and school was named event of the year. Because she was already a finalist in 2023, she was left out of the public final. Ten individual finalists, among them Ralina Gilyazova, Bulat Safarov and Khanisa Alishina, will compete for the People's Choice title until 23 November on VK, Telegram and milliard.tatar.