President of Bashkortostan visits Universiade Village and Kazan university
22 September 2011, Thursday
Bashkortostan delegation led by the President Rustem Khamitov has visited several Universiade objects and Kazan federal university. Guests were accompanied by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.
Rustem Khamitov firstly visited Universiade Village. Head of Bashkiria inspected one of the buildings where all facilities meant for students and participants of the Games were presented to him. He talked to Bashkir students living on campus who said they were very satisfied with living conditions.
Rustem Khamitov visited as well swimming-pool “Burevestnik” and Academy of tennis. By his words, he watched Davis Cup match between Russian and Brazilian teams held there last weekend with great pleasure.
At Kazan federal university President of Bashkortostan visited museum and Lobachevsky memorial hall. Guests met with Bashkir students and scientists participating in scientific chemical congress.
Rustem Khamitov assured scientists that Bashkortostan authorities would continue stimulating development of scientific relations between the regions.
On finishing his visit to Kazan federal university Rustem Khamitov made a picture with scientists and students and left a memorable note in a book of honorable guests of the university.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials