Mintimer Shaimiev: we are improving our activity in Bolgar
13 January 2012, Friday
A Presidium session of the International expert council of the Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments dedicated to restoration of certain objects in an ancient town of Bolgar in the context of geological aerospace and magnetic exploration was held in Kazan Kremlin on January, 13.
The session was chaired by Mintimer Shaimiev, RT State Counsellor and Chairman of guardian council of the Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments.
Works on preserving historical monuments should be implemented on the highest level, Mintimer Shaimiev stressed. He believes it is necessary to study world and domestic experience to realize the set goal and much attention should be paid to museumification of objects.
By words of Mintimer Shaimiev, Bolgar does not have prototypes anywhere in the world in terms of antiquity and historical value.
The Head of national centre of archeological research at the Institute of history named after Sh.Mardzhani of RT Academy of sciences Airat Sitdikov told about main conceptual approaches and proposals in relation to the schedule of measures on invesetigation and museumification of Bolgar town in 2012-2014.
The Pro-rector on scientific activity of Kazan federal university Danis Nurgaliev presented space photos of Bolgar. Aerophotographs let seeing the object with the accuracy to 10 cm, advanced technologies make possible defining the location of excavations and provide 3D visualization of objects. Danis Nurgaliev also told about results of geophysical research, gravity survey paleobiological analysis.
Deputy minister of culture Svetlana Persova reported on conservation and museumification of studied archeological objects of Bolgar town in 2012.
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