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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.
On November 20, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev met Turkish Ambassador to Russia Umit Yardym, who was appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Russia on October 1, 2014.
On November 20, speaking at a session of the Tatarstan Presidential Anti-Corruption Council, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the republic has put a lot of effort into anti-corruption work, but much remains to be done to overcome existing problems in a number of areas. Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, heads of ministries, agencies, and heads of municipal regions took part in the online session.
On November 14, the international research-to-practice conference “Historical, Cultural and Spiritual Heritage of Sviyazhsk” opened in Kazan within the framework of the Year of Culture. Tatarstan State Counsellor and Chairman of the Trustee Council of the Revival Regional Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev, Minister of Culture of the republic Airat Sibagatullin, Rector of Kazan Federal University Ilshat Gafurov and other officials attended the conference.
Director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of Siberian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Derevyanko sent a letter of gratitude addressed to Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of Regional Foundation of the Revival of Historical and Cultural Monuments Mintimer Shaimiev saying that the archeological congress was successfully held in Kazan. 600 scientists from many regions took part in the event.
On November 11, at a commemoration event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of a famous Tatar stage director Marsel Salimzhanov, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev read out Tatarstan President’s Edict on establishing the Republican theatrical prize named after Marsel Salimzhanov:
Director of the Institute of Archeology of Russian Academy of Sciences, academician Nikolay Makarov expressed his gratitude on behalf of organizing committee and participants of the IV (XX) All-Russia archeological congress that was held on October 20-25 in Kazan to Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of the Regional Foundation of Revival of Historical and Cultural Monuments Mintimer Shaimiev for support in holding this important professional event in Kazan.
On November 6, the Republic of Tatarstan, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed the agreement at the Kazan Kremlin.
On November 6, Tatarstan State Counsellor, a member of the Board of Guardians of Russian Chess Federation Mintimer Shaimiev met President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the Kazan Kremlin.