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.