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On 29 August at their meeting in the Ceremonial Hall of the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is also the Chairman of the Guardian Council of the regional Revival Fund and the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in inter-cultural dialogue, and the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Salim bin Mohammed Al-Malik discussed issues of developing cooperation between the republic and ISESCO.
On 21 August at the Ceremonial Building of the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tatarstan Fund of Revival of Monuments of History and Culture, handed in Letters of appreciation from the Regional Revival Fund to participants and organizers of the festival “Renaissance: Epos in modern interpretation”. The festival organized by the regional Ministry of Culture and the Revival Fund was held on 15-23 July in the Bolgar Museum-Reserve with participation of theatres, creative amalgamations, folks craft masters, craftsmen and designers from regions of Russia, the CIS and Asia.
On 23 July in the evening the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the events of the festival “Renaissance: epos in modern interpretation” held in Bolgar.
Speaking to participants of the events, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked them for their coming to Bolgar and said that the festival is gaining momentum and ethnic culture becomes more and more popular every year. He thanked all organizes of the festival, saying: «It is hard work”.
On 22 July the State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the regional Revival Fund and the UNESCO Good Will Ambassador, took part in events of the international festival “Renaissance: epos in modern interpretation” , which he opened in the Bolgar Museum-Reserve a week ago.
On 21 July the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev took part an even held at the Cathedral of the Icon of the Kazan Virgin and dedicated to 444th anniversary of the Appearance of the Icon of the Holy Mother of God in Kazan.
On July 20, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev visited Rustem Khayrullin's photo exhibition “Nature. City. Spring”, opened at the Khazine National Art Gallery in the Kazan Kremlin in July.
Rustem Khayrullin, known throughout the republic as a doctor and Director General of the Interregional Clinical and Diagnostic Centre, appeared here in a new role as a photo artist. He is the winner of the Water of Russia photography competition, the Photo Prize International Competition, the 35AWARDS competition, and a participant of the projects of the Russian Geographical Society. The exposition presents 70 pictures, where the author captured views of nature, urban landscapes and spring transformation.
On 18 July the Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the regional Revival Fund, visited an exhibition of arts and crafts “Heritage and Traditions” which opened the day before in the Kazan Kremlin Chambers as a part of the International festival “The Renaissance: epos in modern interpretation.”.
The exposition was organized by the regional public organization “The Creative Union of arts and crafts artists”, and the Director of the Union Sergey Kolomiytsev and a member of the State Duma of VII convocation Natalya Pilyus told Mintimer Shaimiev about the exhibition history and participants.
On July 15, at the historical and archaeological complex, Tatarstan State Councilor, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Revival Fund and the UNESCO Good Will Ambassador Mintimer Shaimiev opened the festival "Revival: Epos in a Modern Reading, organized by Tatarstan Ministry of Culture and the Revival Regional Fund.
On 11 July in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev had a meeting with Consul General of Turkey in Kazan Ismet Erikan - the 12th Consul General of Turkey since the Turkish Consulate was open in Kazan in 1996 and who is completing his diplomatic work in Tatarstan.
On July 10, at Basket Hall sports complex in Kazan, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, the Chairman of the Sberbank Board of Directors German Gref and President of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak took part in the solemn ceremony of opening the XIV All-Russia Summer Sberbankiade.