On October 20, the IV (XX) All-Russia archeological congress opened in Kazan. Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of Regional fund “Revival” Mintimer Shaimiev, Co-chairman of the Russian Historical Society, Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Derevyanko, Minister of Culture of the republic Airat Sibagatullin, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Makarov, Rector of Kazan Federal University Ilshat Gafurov, Director of the Institute of International Relations, History and Oriental Studies of Kazan Federal University Ramil Khairutdinov and others took part in a plenary session.

On October 18, at a weekly video conference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, it was reported that the programme of capital repair of multi-apartment houses 2014 was completed in Tatarstan.

On October 17, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Director General of Agency for Strategic Initiatives Andrei Nikitin, who is taking part in an educational seminar opened today in Kazan on National rating of investment climate in Russian regions.