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The meeting of the Republic of Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and Princess of Kent was held on Friday, October 22. Princess of Kent and her spouse Michael Kent, Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II cousin are sponsors of dozens of charity projects in Russia. Princess of Kent is a famous architect, interior designer, as well as well-known historian, author of some historical books and a series of lectures on the role of women in the European history.
A meeting of the Republic of Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and representatives of fellow-countrymen from China was held at the Kazan Kremlin on October 21.
Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Turkish Republic to Russia Aydin Sezgin.
October 13 saw the 13th meeting of the Tatarstan Stat Council of the 4th convocation taking place at the Salikh Saidashev Gand Concert Hall. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov delivered the Annual Address to the Tatarstan State Council at the meeting.
The opening ceremony of the UNESCO executive council 185th session was held in Paris on October 11 at the UNESCO headquarters. Representatives of 58 countries, including Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, took part in the event.
October 8, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev met with Director General of the intergovernmental organization dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage worldwide ICCROM Mounir Bouchenaki at the Kazan Kremlin.
Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev visited the large-scale reconstruction works in the Sviyazhsk island-town on Thursday, October 7.
The event to mark Teachers’ Day was held at the Pyramid Convention Complex on October 4. Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev attended the event.
The complex project “Cultural heritage – Sviyazhsk island-town and the ancient town of Bolgar” for 2010-2013 have been approved.