Mintimer Shaimiev and Vladimir Vasiliev watch ballet “The Golden Horde”
25 February 2014, Tuesday
On February 25 State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, a famous ballet dancer, ballet-master, choreographer, theatre director, People’s Artist of the USSR Vladimir Vasiliev and representatives of a French company Telmondis, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of major cultural events, watched a ballet “The Golden Horde” at Musa Dzhalil Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
To the point, the first night took place last September. The performance “The Golden Horde” was prepared under the auspices of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov for three years.
Director General of Telmondis Denis Morlière and its President Antoine Perset, who are interested in live broadcasting of the ballet “The Golden Horde” on a famous European cultural television channel “Mezzo”, also watched the performance.
Last year in March Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with the company’s representatives, when they agreed on live broadcasting of the opera and ballet gala-concert “Shalyapin. Nuriev. Kazan” on European channels.
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.