Tatarstan President visits a performance of the Theatre of nations in Kazan
20 November 2011, Sunday
On November 20 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and his spouse visited a performance of the Theatre of nations “Stories by Shukshin”. The guest performance took place in G.Kamal theatre in the context of official program of the VI international festival of modern art “Territory”.
The performance “Stories by Shukshin” is a laureate of theatre prize “Golden mask” in three nominations and of the prize “Crystal Turandot”. The stage director is Alvis Khermanis, the leading parts - Evgeny Mironov and Chulpan Khamatova.
The program of VI international festival of modern art “Territory” ends with performances “Stories by Shukshin” and “Poor Liza”. The festival took place in Kazan in the context of the project “Cultural Universiade”. Performances of modern Russian and foreign theatres, master classes and readings of modern authors, creative evenings were held in different venues of the capital within a week.
On 13 April in his congratulatory address on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: "Tatarstan has always been known for its generous and kind-hearted people who are ready to help the needy and support important social, cultural and educational projects. We all remember with gratitude the outstanding philanthropists – the Akchurin brothers, the Alafuzovs, and the Ushkovs, whose good deeds and generous donations contributed to the development of culture, education, and healthcare in our republic. The glorious traditions are continued by modern philanthropists and patrons of Tatarstan.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”