Rustam Minnikhanov visits exhibition “French impressionists and their age”
14 October 2013, Monday
On October 14 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the exhibition “French impressionists and their age” that opened in the centre “Hermitage-Kazan” at the Kazan Kremlin on October 11, 2013. Works of outstanding impressionists form the collection of State Hermitage are presented at the exhibition.
Director of State historical and architectural museum “Kazan Kremlin” Zilya Valeeva said that many pieces of art were brought from the Hermitage for the first time. She added that 2.5 thousand people visited the exhibition the previous weekend.
Most famous pictures of Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, and other impressionists were presented to Rustam Minnikhanov. He was also told about impressionist movement and its history.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that the exhibition is a concentration of world-famous masterpieces.
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.