Mintimer Shaimiev and Nikolay Patrushev visit island town of Sviyazhsk
15 July 2013, Monday
On July 15 Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of the Regional Fund “Revival” Mintimer Shaimiev and Secretary of Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev visited island town of Sviyazhsk.
Mintimer Shaimiev showed Nikolay Patrushev and his party historical monuments reconstructed under the project “Cultural heritage of Tatarstan: the ancient town of Bolgar and island town of Sviyazhsk”.
The guests looked around Trinity Church of the St John the Precursor Monastery, reconstruction works of the Cathedral “The Joy of all Who Sorrow”, and the hotel situated in the reconstructed house of the merchant Kamenev, and the State Historical, Architectural, and Art Museum “Island-Town of Sviyazhsk”.
Then the guests went to tourist ethnographical complex “Horse yard”.
Aide to Tatarstan President, CEO of Regional Fund for Revival of Historical and Cultural Monuments Tatyana Larionova told Nikolay Patrushev in details about activity of the Fund and archeological and reconstruction works.
Nikolay Patrushev noted that it was a pleasure for him to get acquainted with the island town of Sviyazhsk and its history.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.