President of Tatarstan visits new house constructed under social mortgage program
2 August 2012, Thursday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin have visited a multi-dwelling house in Kazan that was built under the social mortgage program.
A nine-storey house with 72 flats on Maximov street (the Aviastroitelny district, Kazan) has been built within a year. The general contractor was OAO Kazancentrstroi. Total cost of construction has made 124 mln roubles. The house was commissioned in June 2012.
Today, the president has met with residents of a new house. They thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for an opportunity to purchase high-quality housing. New dwellers especially appreciated children’s playground in the yard.
Residents of neighboring houses asked the Tatarstan President to assist in including their housing in the capital repair program. Rustam Minnikhanov assured that realization of the program will be continued in republic. It is planned to allocate 4,5 bln roubles yearly at the expense of owners, municipal and republican budgets.
Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin noted that lately many efforts have been applied for developing the Aviastroitelny district. New kindergarten, school and sports complex have been built, and the metro station will soon be constructed.
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