Mintimer Shaimiev holds meeting on issue of installing the sculpture “Guardian” in Bolgar

State Counselor of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of Supervisory board of the Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev held a meeting on issue of installing the sculpture “Guardian” in Bolgar in the context of project “Cultural heritage of Tatarstan: old town of Bolgar and island town Sviyazhsk”.

The meeting was initiated after the decision about installing the sculpture of a winged panther (the symbol of statehood of Volga Bulgars) created by a talented and world-known master Dashi Namdakov arose stormy discussion in the Internet.

Chairman of RT Muslim religious board Ildus hazrat Faizov, Director of the history institute named after Sh.Marjani of RT Academy of sciences Rafael Khakimov, Director of State history and architecture art museum “the Kazan Kremlin” Ramil Khairutdinov, Director of the department of history of Kazan (Volga) Federal University of RT Academy of sciences Indus Tagirov, chief of academic department of RT Muslim religious board Valiulla Yakupov, Chief research worker of the Center of archeological research of the history institute named after Sh.Marjani of RT Academy of sciences Fayaz Khuzin, member of the World Congress of Tatars Rimzil Valeev attended the meeting.

After discussion the attendees of the meeting came to the conclusion that the sculpture would be installed outside the area where Muslim sacred objects are located, on the bank of the Volga River, on the observation area of the Museum of Bolgar civilization.