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On December 11, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of guardians of Regional Foundation of the Revival of historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev held a session at the Kazan Kremlin.
On December 8, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Senior Advisor to FIDE President, member of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Chess Federation Mintimer Shaimiev received a letter of thanks from the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for successful holding of the Russian Super Final Russian Chess Championship held from November 27 to December 7 in Kazan.
On December 6, at the Tatneft-Arena Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Russia’s Minister of Communication and Media Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’ Deputy Minister of Education and Science Alexander Klimov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, several thousands of students and employees took part in a solemn event dedicated to the 210th anniversary of Kazan Federal University.
On November 29, Tatarstan President accompanied by the State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, deputy of Russian State Duma Evgeny Grishin, Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President’s Office Asgat Safarov, Deputy Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Tatyana Larionova, Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Minister of Construction Irek Faizullin, and Head of Zelenodolsk region Aleksandr Tygin visited the island town of Sviyazhsk.
On November 28, Tatarstan State Counsellor, member of the Board of Guardians of Russian chess federation Mintimer Shaimiev and 12-time world champion, deputy of State Duma of the Federal Assembly Anatoly Karpov visited men’s and woman’s superfinal games of Russian chess championship at “Khazine” national art gallery at the Kazan Kremlin.
Results of the open regional youth contest of social ecological advertisement “Pure vision” organized by Tatarstan Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources were summarized at Kazan IT-park on November 28. The judges selected 15 projects in nominations social video, short film, video made on a gadget, social poster and photo project.
On November 27, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Aide to Russian President Igor Levitin, 12-time world champion, international grand master, honoured master of sport of the USSR Anatoly Karpov, President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and President of Russian chess federation Andrey Filatov took part in opening of superfinal of the 67th Russian chess men’s championship and 64th Russian chess women’s championship. The competitions will be held on November 27 - December 8 at Khazine gallery, the Kazan Kremlin.
On November 26, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and members of Tatarstan Government took part in the 4th session of Tatarstan State Council of the 5th convocation.
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, who visited Tatarstan within the framework of events dedicated to inclusion of Bolgar historical and architectural complex in UNESCO World Heritage List on August 20, 2014, expressed her gratitude to Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov for warm hospitality. Bokova also expressed gratitude to Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev.
On November 20, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Russia Umit Yardym, Tatarstan Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, Aide to Tatarstan President Leila Fazleeva, Chairman of the Committee of Tatarstan State Council on culture, science, education and national issues Razil Valeev, Director of the State historical, architectural and art museum “The Kazan Kremlin” Zilya Valeeva, and TURKSOY Director General Dusen Kaseinov took part in a solemn opening of the exhibition “Results of all centuries. The age of historicism in Russia. 1820-1890s” at “Hermitage-Kazan” center.