In addition, at the online meeting, residents and guests of the city were congratulated by the Chairman of the Executive Committee-CIS Executive Secretary S.N Lebedev, Chairman of the Board of the Interstate Fund for humanitarian cooperation, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Russian Federation Polad Bulbulogly.
The baton of friendship was passed to the Consul General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Almaty, Bahodur Nazir. A symbolic caravan filled with 2,200 books, 2,200 tumars and 2,200 Tulip bulbs will travel along the silk Road to the Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan.
As part of the closing of the year of the Cultural capital, creative teams of 6 theaters, 5 libraries, a circus, a zoo, a center of customs and rituals, a house of culture and other cultural institutions held 48 performances, 99 online events, 7 mobile theater performances, 5 musical performances, a parade of life-size dolls in the images of poets, writers, and literary figures.
There was also an exhibition of young artists of Shymkent and a presentation of 7 murals on the facades of buildings.
Press service of Shymkent city mayor