Contest for the best name of hotel complex in Bolgar
11 August 2015, Tuesday
On August 11, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev held a meeting on construction of the hotel complex in Bolgar historical and archeological museum. The construction works started in April 2015. Major oil companies of the republic, Tatneft and TAIF are investors of the project.
A unique hotel will comprise a bathhouse, the replicate the White Chamber, a 16th century monument, a public bathing house during the Golden Horde age, SPA area, gym, swimming pool, tennis courts, playground, and underground parking. President of Korston group Anatoly Kuznetsov and Director of OOO “Korston Kazan” Rais Mubarakzyanov took part in the meeting.
Mintimer Shaimiev informed participants of the meeting about the contest for the best name of the hotel complex in Bolgar.
The contest is organized by the State Committee on Tourism of the republic, Tatmedia regional agency, Spassky region, Korston Hotels & Malls, and Revival Foundation.
Everyone willing to take part in the contest can send no more than three names in three languages to pr.tourism@yandex.ru, post photos on Instagram, Vkontakte (https://vk.com/visittatarstan), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/tourism.tatarstan)
Shaimiev also took part in the annual charity campaign “Help to prepare for school”.
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.