Kayum Nasyri Institute education and culture centre opens in Astrakhan

An education and culture centre of the Kayum Nasyri Institute opened in Astrakhan on 15 October, at the base of the Dostlyk Tatar National Culture regional public organisation. The institute belongs to the Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of Kazan Federal University. The Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science press service reported the opening.

The ceremony was attended by Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science Ilsur Hadiullin; Ramil Mirzahitov, dean of the Gabdulla Tukay Higher School of National Culture and Education at KFU; Alfiya Yosypova, professor and doctor of philology; Leysan Khabirova, associate professor and candidate of philology; and education officials from the Arsk, Laishevo and Pitryach districts of Tatarstan.

The centre will be supplied with textbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries. It will host free Tatar language courses, lectures on Tatar literature by Kazan teachers and scientific conferences, the ministry said. The ministry noted that the institute's centres have been organised since 2014 within Tatarstan's state programme for preserving, studying and developing the state languages and the languages of other peoples living in the republic.