At the celebration of Peter's Day, the Zains were awarded prizes.

      On the festive stage, the head of the district presented awards for contributions to the preservation of traditions and the strengthening of interethnic harmony and more.

      A solemn award ceremony took place during the celebration of Peter's Day in the Zainsk district. Letters of appreciation from the head of the municipality were awarded to cultural institution workers and creative specialists who ensured the celebration, as well as activists who made personal contributions to the development of joint projects and the strengthening of friendship between peoples. In addition, on this day, teams from different districts of Tatarstan were honored, who participated in the traditional Koryashen holiday of Pitrau in the Zainsk district. A good tradition of Peter's Day remains the congratulation of the older generation: words of gratitude were expressed from the stage to the jubilee celebrants, married couples with long family experience, and a family in which a firstborn was born this summer.

      Gratitude for fruitful cooperation, high professionalism, and invaluable contributions to the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Zainsk district was announced to the curator from the government of the Republic of Tatarstan, the chairman of the Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for the protection of cultural heritage sites, Ivan Gushchin, and to the deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, the chairman of the board of the Public Organization of Koryashen of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ivan Yegorov.

      For many years of active participation in the organization and conduct of the Koryashen Pitrau cultural holiday, the following were awarded letters of appreciation from the head of the Zainsk district: director of the Lower Bishyevsky rural House of Culture Natalia Valiakhmetova, head of the dance circle of the District House of Culture Zinaida Vladimirova, director of the Middle Bagryazhsky rural House of Culture Larisa Kuzmina, director of the Palace of Culture "Energetik" Evgeny Kargin, sound engineers of the Palace of Culture "Energetik" Ayrat Sakhabutdinov and Ivan Chebakov, accompanist of the District House of Culture Radik Akhmetshin.

      Also at the celebration, letters of appreciation from the chairman of the Koryashen Society of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ivan Yegorov, were awarded for active participation in the implementation of joint creative projects and personal contributions to strengthening interethnic and interfaith relations to the following residents of Zainsk: head of the executive committee of the Zainsk district Emil Galeev, head of the Kadyrov rural settlement Lyudmila Barsukova, head of the branch of JSC "Tatmedia" - "Zainsk-inform" Alexander Isakov, active members of the Koryashen Society of the Zainsk district Roza Valeeva and Vladimir Urazaikin.

      For courage shown while fulfilling military duty in the zone of the special military operation, active civic position, and personal contribution to the patriotic education of the younger generation, the following were awarded letters of appreciation from the head of the Zainsk district: Georgy Borisov, Ruslan Faizrakhamanov, Eduard Vasilyev, and Alexander Vysotsky, for whom the award was received by his wife Diana.

      For active participation in the implementation of joint creative projects and personal contributions to strengthening multinational and interfaith relations in the Zainsk district, the following were awarded letters of appreciation from the head of the district: Ilya Bataev, Anna Chekhova, Boris Knyazev, Leila Sabaeva, Vladimir Kashayev, Philipp Ayukin, Anastasia Kukina, Mars Gureev.

      For participation in the traditional Koryashen holiday "Pitrau-2026" in the Zainsk district, letters of appreciation from the head of the Zainsk district were also awarded to: the folk folklore ensemble "Mälkänay" of the Novomelkensky rural House of Culture of the Menzelinsky district, the folk folklore ensemble "Käläem" of the MBU "District House of Culture" of the Almetyevsky district, the folklore group "Asylbizäk" of the MBU "District House of Culture" of the Almetyevsky district, the folk (exemplary) dance ensemble "Älmätäm" of the Municipal Autonomous Institution of the Palace of Culture "Neftech" of the Almetyevsky district, the folk folklore ensemble of Koryashen "Karendeshlar" of the House of Friendship of Peoples "Rodnik" in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny.

      Irina Smirnova