May 20 saw an extraordinary event taking place in Tatarstan's National Museum. Princess Ksenia Yusupova, the representative of the famous aristocratic family, came to Kazan to take part in the presentation of the exhibition 'History of the family of princes Yusupovs. Kazan - Peterburg - Paris'.
The Yusupovs are an ancient dynasty with roots going to the East and a 350-year history of service to the Russian throne and 90-year biography in Western Europe (Paris and Athens) Princess Yusupova shared her impressions about the 1000-year-old capital of Tatarstan with journalists. "The visit to Kazan is o big importance for me. I love this city. It seems to me that I have lived here," the princess said in clear Russian. She went on to say that whet her granddaughters get older she will bring them to Kazan.
Ksenia Nikolaevna was moved by the tour of the Kazan Kremlin. "It is a miracle. Orthodox Christianity and Islam are combined here." She even said she felt herself Tatar in Kazan.
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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