Fedor Bondarchuk tells Rustam Minnikhanov about work on new series about KAMAZ plant
8 April 2015, Wednesday
On April 8, at his meeting with Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in Kazan, film director Fedor Bondarchuk told about work on new series about the history of truck manufacturer KAMAZ.
According to Bondarchuk, the new film will tell about people who worked at the plant, the history of Naberezhnye Chelny and KAMAZ-master team.
Fedor Bondarchuk noted that the script is being written now in cooperation with authors of a popular TV series “Molodezhka”.
“The history of KAMAZ is unique. It is the history of people, town and overcoming of economic and political difficulties,” Bondarchuk said.
Bondarchuk asked Rustam Minnikhanov to help with organizing filming at KAMAZ plant and training sites of KAMAZ-master team.
Rustam Minnikhanov highly estimated the idea of shooting a film about KAMAZ and assured Fedor Bondarchuk that regional leadership will render necessary assistance.
Aide to Tatarstan President Leila Fazleeva, Minister of youth affairs and sport Vladimir Leonov, and Head of Tatarstan President’s Press Office Andrei Kuzmin took part in the meeting.
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.
On 2 March in her address on the occasion of the Mentor’s Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: “Since 2025 this holiday established by Russian President Vladimir Putin has occupied a worthy place in the calendar of significant dates of our country, emphasizing the high status and significance of the mentoring mission.