Exhibition dedicated to 5th anniversary of “Revival” Foundation opened in Bolgar
17 February 2015, Tuesday
On February 17, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of “Revival” Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev, Deputy Chairman of State Council, CEO of “Revival” Foundation Tatyana Larionova, Head of Spassky region Kamil Nugaev, Deputy Minister of Culture Svetlana Persova took part in the event dedicated to the 5th anniversary of “Revival” Foundation in Bolgar.
Upon arrival in Bolgar, the guests visited the Museum of Bolgar civilization and opening of the exhibition “revival of ancient Bolgar” dedicated to the 5th anniversary of “Revival” Foundation.
Photos of construction stages and restoration of objects such as Khan’s palace, White Mosque, and Museum of bread, and drawings of pupils of Spassky region were presented at the exhibition. Mintimer Shaimiev liked the drawings and asked children about their future plans. Larionova noted that all drawings will be presented at a regional contest dedicated to Bolgar and Sviyazhsk.
Shaimiev was interested in the project developed by pupils of secondary school №2 “Welcome to Bolgar”, a business campaign on organization of quest excursions in Bolgar and production of photo frames symbolizing the ancient town of Bolgar.
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.