Rustam Minnikhanov visits historical and memorial complex “To Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” at Mamayev Kurgan
25 August 2013, Sunday
On August 25 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited historical and memorial complex “To Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” at Mamayev Kurgan during his working trip to Volgograd.
Accompanied by Governor of the region Sergei Bozhenov Rustam Minnikhanov and Tatarstan delegation looked around one of the most popular monuments to war heroes.
Deputy Director of the museum reserve “the Battle of Stalingrad” Vladimir Berlov told in details about the historical and memorial complex.
Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Square of heroes, the hall of military glory, laid flowers to the Eternal Flame and burial place of the Hero of the Soviet Union,
Marshal Vasily Chuikov, common grave of soldiers of 62nd army who protected Mamayev Kurgan during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942-1943.
In the evening Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a welcome reception on behalf of the Governor of Volgograd region Sergei Bozhenov.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.