Annotation

The Open Republican Television Youth Festival of Pop Art “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” (hereinafter, the Festival) is a large-scale national festival movement in contemporary pop art which contributes to the realization of creative talents of children and youth. Due to high appreciation of the groups and performers taking part in the festival movement by the public and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Festival is held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan.
In 2003, the Pop Art Festival received the Grant of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation after winning a contest of projects and festivals of youth art within the subprogram “Development of Art Creativity of the Youth” in the framework of the Federal Target Program “Youth of Russia (2001-2005)”.
The Festival was on the list of forty best projects of Russia submitted to the Federal Grand Exhibition of the G8 Summit in July 2006 in St. Petersburg.
In 2007, the Open Republican Television Youth Festival of Pop Art “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” became a winner of Jalil Republican Prize.
In 2009, the “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” was awarded the National Prize of Public Recognition “Family of Russia” in the nomination Social Partnership for the establishment of a program that supports and developments children and teenagers’ artistic creation.
In 2010, the Open Republican Television Youth Festival of Pop Art “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” won the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of culture.
The participants and winners of the Festival are worthy successors of cultural and spiritual heritage of Tatarstan. Due to this movement gifted children of Tatarstan have an opportunity not only to show their talents to the public, but also to grow and develop creatively. The “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” Festival opens a way to professional self-determination in the field of pop art, raises the prestige and status of teaching.
Over 70,000 gifted children and young people of the Republic of Tatarstan enter the Open Republican Television Youth Festival of Pop Art “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” annually. The television audience of the Gala Concert of the “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” Festival on TNV Channel is about 41 million viewers.
Taking into consideration the social importance and great public interest to the annual festival, as well as in view of consolidation of the state bodies and public organizations that support the talented youth, the First President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev signed Decree No UP-165 “On measures to support the national festival movement “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” on 29 April, 2006.
On August 20, 2012, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov signed Decree No UP-682 “On Amendments to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan “On measures to support the national festival movement “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk”.