muslim ethnic group they have lived in touch our stand a republic within russia for centuries peacefully coexisting with russians and many other ethnicities. within the walls of the citadel in class on the republic's capital a mosque and church side by side symbolize a long history of balancing local custom with the majority culture. although there republic lost its special status the tarceva always been viewed as autonomy s. in russia and that independent. streak has not gone unnoticed in moscow a year ago president vladimir putin demanded that schools in tatarstan only teach russian as a required language no more tatar the decree came as a shock to the tartarus michel your shake love is the chairman of the society of the russian culture of tatarstan he thinks the touch r.'s have too many rights in their republic which could lead them to split off from russia. touch heart is