People in 69 regions of the Russian Federation will take part in the All-Russian mass ski races 'Ski track of Russia 2009' on the coming Sunday.
This year, Kazan is the only official participant of the Ski track of Russia in Tatarstan. It will start in the square of the children's complex 'Zarechye' in the Kirov district of Kazan.
Last year, as many as 100 thousand people took part in the event in Tatarstan.
'Ski track of Russia' has been held each year since 1982 and has become a major winter holiday. The number of participants has been growing. With six cities of six federal districts in 2004, there were 140 Russian cities taking part in event with 800 thousand officially registered participants in 2008.
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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