Mintimer Shaimiev: we are improving our activity in Bolgar
13 January 2012, Friday
A Presidium session of the International expert council of the Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments dedicated to restoration of certain objects in an ancient town of Bolgar in the context of geological aerospace and magnetic exploration was held in Kazan Kremlin on January, 13.
The session was chaired by Mintimer Shaimiev, RT State Counsellor and Chairman of guardian council of the Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments.
Works on preserving historical monuments should be implemented on the highest level, Mintimer Shaimiev stressed. He believes it is necessary to study world and domestic experience to realize the set goal and much attention should be paid to museumification of objects.
By words of Mintimer Shaimiev, Bolgar does not have prototypes anywhere in the world in terms of antiquity and historical value.
The Head of national centre of archeological research at the Institute of history named after Sh.Mardzhani of RT Academy of sciences Airat Sitdikov told about main conceptual approaches and proposals in relation to the schedule of measures on invesetigation and museumification of Bolgar town in 2012-2014.
The Pro-rector on scientific activity of Kazan federal university Danis Nurgaliev presented space photos of Bolgar. Aerophotographs let seeing the object with the accuracy to 10 cm, advanced technologies make possible defining the location of excavations and provide 3D visualization of objects. Danis Nurgaliev also told about results of geophysical research, gravity survey paleobiological analysis.
Deputy minister of culture Svetlana Persova reported on conservation and museumification of studied archeological objects of Bolgar town in 2012.
On 20 January in the evening Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and congratulated him with his birthday. During the conversation Vladimir Putin stated that he is happy to hear bright voice of Mintimer (Sharipovich) and wished him good health and all the best.
On 20 January, congratulating Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev with his birthday, the Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin wrote in his telegramme: “Being a famous and political leader, you have made a substantial contribution into modern development of Tatarstan and have earned the deep respect and gratitude of residents of the republic.
On January 20, the First President of Tatarstan, State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev celebrates its 89 birthday.
He received numerous congratulations from the state and regional leaders, public figures, figures in science, education and culture and residents of the country and Tatarstan.
On 16 October in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiev, who is also the Chairman of the Trustees Council of the regional Revival Fund, had a meeting with the Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, who came to Kazan to take part in a ceremony of opening a new exposition “The Yusupovs. Luxury across the Centuries” at the Hermitage Kazan Exposition Center and which has been prepared especially for the 20th anniversary of the Hermitage’s first representational centre established in 2005 by celebrations of the Kazan Millennium.