On the brink of millennia. We choose our century according to our height… (2001)

Kazan at night. M.Sh.

Shaimiev in his office. M.Shaimiev on the streets of Kazan, at an exhibition, at a construction site. M.Shaimiev (synchronously).

Celebration of the anniversary of Tatarstan's sovereignty. M.Shaimiev is greeted with bread and salt near the building of the Laishevsky orphanage. M.Shaimiev communicates with the pupils (synchronously).

Celebration of the 80th anniversary of the orphanage.

Concert.

Children board the bus presented by the president for the anniversary.

Hippodrome, horses harnessed to rocking chairs on the track.

Preparations for the celebration of the 220th anniversary of Buinsk.

Rehearsal of the festive concert in the Buinsk House of Culture.

Landing helicopter.

Shaimiev and his entourage get out of the helicopter, he is greeted with bread and salt.

Eternal flame.

People on the streets of the city.

Horse racing at the Buinsky hippodrome. M. Shaimiev (synchronously).

Tatar school.

Lesson in a Tatar school.

Break at school. R.Valeev (synchronously in Tatar).

The library reading room.

Children sing a song in Tatar during a lesson.

A Christmas tree in the square, a carousel, children sliding down an ice slide.

An old wooden house.

A new residential area.

Women in the kitchen preparing a holiday treat.

A family feast.

City streets.

Shaimiev (synchronously).

People in the street buying New Year's gifts.

A girl playing the piano.

The Davletshin family.

A family musical ensemble.

Kazan Drama Theater named after Kachalov.

A fragment of the play "Fiddler on the Roof".

Director A.Slavutsky (synchronously).

Rehearsal of the play.

Meeting of the Olympians with the President of the Republic.

Photos by S. Demina. S. Demina during training.

Kaltasy.

Village streets.

Celebration of the 70th anniversary of the village.

Shaimiev is greeted with bread and salt.

Barbecue is being grilled in the street.

The Zakirov family of entrepreneurs.

Birch grove.

Construction of a residential building.

The Zakirov bakery.

Grocery store.

The Radik store.

A landed plane.

People are descending the steps of the plane.

Kazan State Technical University named after A. Tupolev.

Students during classes.

A senior student (synchronously).

Aircraft plant.

Rally.

Shaimiev on the podium. M. Shaimiev (synchronously).

Christmas tree market.

Gorky Plant.

Plant shops. V.V. Shmykov - Marketing and Sales Director (synchronously).

Construction of a bridge across the Kama River. M. Shaimiev at the construction site. M. Shaimiev (synchronously).

Evening, New Year's Eve Kazan.