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 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
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .