Over 156 thousand people from Tatarstan participated in All-Russian Running Day
21 September 2009, Monday
Over 156 thousand of Tatarstan people participated in the All-Russian Running Day on September 20. 21578 Kazan citizens took part in the Cross-Country of Nations-2009. 135 thousand running fans all over the republic participated in Tatarstan Cross-Country. This data was provided by Tatarstan Youth Affairs, Sport and Tourism Ministry leading adviser Yelena Vasilenko.
Only one Tatarstan city – Kazan was included in the official application of the Cross-Country of Nations. Other cities and regions of the republic organized Tatarstan Cross-Country.
Over 21.5 thousand runners – schoolchildren, students, sportsmen, staff members of government and public organizations became participants of the Cross-Country of ations-2009 in Kazan.
VIP-lap of the Cross-Country of Nations in Kazan was 2013 metres long in honour of organizing the World Universiade-2013 in Tatarstan capital. Head of one of Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers’ departments Ayrat Khairullin became the winner at this competition.
The disabled also took part in the Cross-Country of Nations in Kazan this year.
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.
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