Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev presents the 5th volume of Book of philanthropists and gratitude letters of the Regional Fund "Revival"
23 January 2015, Friday
On January 23, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in a solemn ceremony dedicated to handing in the copies of 5th volume of Book of philanthropists and gratitude letters of the Regional Fund for Revival of Historical and Cultural monuments of Tatarstan Republic.
The Book of philanthropists was introduced by the Regional Fund "Revival" to perpetuate the names of companies and enterprises of all patterns of ownership and individual persons that contributed to monuments reconstruction under the project “Cultural heritage of Tatarstan: the ancient town of Bolgar and island town of Sviyazhsk”. All volumes of the Book contain the names of 38,000 philanthropists.
Famous historical places such as Kazan, Bolgar, Sviyazhsk and Yelabuga were shown in the video clip “Historical and cultural heritage of Tatarstan” presented at the ceremony.
Mintimer Shaimiev outlined that world-known directors and cameramen work on it and Tatarstan is represented through the video clip to the world, particularly 67 countries.
Tatarstan State Counsellor mentioned the inclusion of Bolgar historical and architectural complex in the list of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO as the greatest success and thanked all of the people for supporting the restoration of historical monuments of the republic.
Then, Shaimiev told about future plans of the Fund “Revival” and handed in copies of the 5th volume of Book and gratitude letters to the philanthropists.
On 15 December, speaking at a meeting of the competition committee of the regional public competition “The Manager of the Year” about its results in 2025, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the list of 155 participants (nominees), who are heads of enterprises and organizations from various industries and sectors of the economy, for the competition was formed based on recommendations from regional ministries and departments, city and district municipalities, employers' associations and the Federation of Trade Unions of the republic.
On 6 December speaking at a regional meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported about progress in implementation of the of multi-apartment houses capital overhaul programme.
On 5 December, congratulating volunteers with the International Volunteers Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva wrote in her address: “
Your boundless kindness, sincere desire to help others and active civic position deserve special recognition and deep gratitude. There are over 5,000 volunteer associations operating successfully in Tatarstan, with a total membership of over 220,000 caring people of all ages and professions. Every year the contribution of volunteers into public life of the republic becomes more noticeable.
On 4 December Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Shamil Gafarov, who is the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, took part in a strategic session on the establishment of an inter-university campus in the republic being held at the Kazan Aircraft University on 4-6 December with participation of more than 100 people and more than 40 experts in politics, economy, science, education and industry from all over Russia.