Rustam Minnikhanov hands over order “Of merits for the Republic of Tatarstan” to Mikhail Piotrovsky
20 November 2014, Thursday
On November 20, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov handed over the order “Of merits for the Republic of Tatarstan” to Director of State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky at the Kazan Kremlin.
Welcoming Mikhail Piotrovsky, Rustam Minnikhanov noted that this year is special for Tatarstan, as Kazan Hermitage will celebrate 10-year anniversary.
“I am glad to hand over this order to such a great person. We always feel your support and we can do more together. Hermitage is a unique treasure of our country, and due our joint work not only residents of St. Petersburg can see works presented in the museum,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Mikhail Piotrovsky thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for the order and noted achievements of “Hermitage Kazan” center.
Mikhail Piotrovsky will also take part in opening of the exhibition “Results of all centuries. Russian art of historism of 1820-1890s” and deliver a lecture “Arabic studies and modern art”.
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.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.