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 October 18, at the Galiaskar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin took part in the farewell ceremony with the outstanding figure of theatrical art, People’s Artist of Russia and Tatarstan Rinat Tazetdinov.
On 1 October in the Kazan City Hall Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is the Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation, had a meeting with old stagers of the public service of the republic. The meeting dedicated to the International Day of Older Persons was held with participation of the Chairman of the regional State Council Farid Mukhametshin, the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Rais (Head) of the republic Asgat Safarov, the Chief of Staff of the Office of Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Shamil Gafarov and representatives of public old stagers organizations, and Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated public service old stagers with the holiday and thanked them for long painstaking work for the good of the republic.
On 8 September at a polling station in the Settlement of Borovoye Matyushino the Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in a ballot in the elections of members of the regional State Council of the VII convocation.
On 7 September in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev had a meeting with the Soviet and Russian Military Commander Colonel General Anatoliy Sergeev, who was the Commander in Chief of the Volga-Urals and the Volga military districts from 1991 to 2002 and retired in 2022.