Mintimer Shaimiev and Nikolay Patrushev visit Bolgar Museum Reserve

On July 14 Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev and Secretary of Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev visited Bolgar State Museum Reserve.

Mintimer Shaimiev met Nikolay Patrushev at a new river station, presented expositions of the Museum of Bolgar Civilization and showed Bolgar town. He told about unique historical and cultural monuments and restoration works that were done in Bolgar under the project “Cultural heritage of Tatarstan: the ancient town of Bolgar and island town of Sviyazhsk”.

Nikolay Patrushev and his party looked around Commemorative Memorial that was mounted in honour of official adoption of Islam by Volga Bulgars in 922 and other historical and cultural monuments.

During his trip to Tatarstan Nikolay Patrushev is going to visit the island town of Sviyazhsk and competitions being held within the framework of 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.