Mintimer Shaimiev and expert Kalev Sepp visit Bolgar and Sviyazhsk

Tatarstan’s State Counselor and Chairman of the Board of trustees of the Republican foundation “Renaissance” Mintimer Shaimiev and the expert, consultant in the sphere of natural heritage preservation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Kalev Sepp have visited Bolgar museum reserve and Sviyazhsk island-town.

Kalev Sepp is a professor of the Estonian University of Social Sciences, preservation and management of natural and cultural landscapes and natural heritage, Dean of the faculty “Ecology and nature management”.

His visit to Tatarstan was organised in the context of work on inclusion of Bolgar and Sviyazhsk in the UNESCO World heritage list.

Mr Kalev Sepp is especially interested in Sviyazhsk island-town since it was announced the landscape complex as well as the historical – cultural complex. Therefore, before considering its inclusion in the UNESCO World heritage list it must be approved by an expert of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the UNESCO consulting organisation.

The day before Kalev Sepp had visited Sviyazhsk island-town where he studied the unique nature of the island-town. Today, Kalev Sepp and Mintimer Shaimiev went to Bolgar museum reserve.

The Memorable Sign with the world’s biggest printed Koran, the Eastern mausoleum, the Khan Palace, the Doctor’s House, Black and White Chambers, the memorial to Ashabs, and Khan’s tombs were shown to Kalev Sepp.

The White Mosque and the Museum of bread were the last objects he saw.