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 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.