Mintimer Shaimiev visits Regional historical museum in Varna (Bulgaria)

Today’s evening Tatarstan’s State Counselor, Chairman of Board of trustees of the Republican Foundation for historical and cultural monuments revival Mintimer Shaimiev visited Regional historical museum in Varna. Director of the museum Valentin Pletnev arranged an excursion for the Tatarstan delegation.

Mintimer Shaimiev saw the biggest collection of flint tools and arms which were used in Stone Age in South-Eastern Europe, the richest collections of ancient terracotta, grave relief, lamps and glass jars. Unique exhibits of Hellenistic, Roman and late ancient ages were presented to the guests.

Mintimer Shaimiev visited all six halls and saw the exhibition of 150 icons (ХIV–ХIХ centuries).

The Varna archaeological museum is the second museum in order of importance after the National historical museum in Sofia.

Mintimer Shaimiev noted that the visit to such a world-known museum was very interesting and useful. “We should adopt and use the rich experience of Varna museum in organisation of exposition and location of exhibits in creation of the Museum of Bolgar civilization in Bolgar and museumification of island-town Sviyazhsk,” he said.

President of the RT Academy of sciences Akhmet Mazgarov, Director of the Institute of history named after Sh.Mardzhani Rafael Khakimov, Director of the institute of history of the Kazan federal university Ramil Khairutdinov participated in the excursion.