Aug 29, 2012 Russia_Putin visits Russian republic of Tatarstan

Russian President Vladimir Putin was in the Russian republic of Tatarstan on Tuesday.

The president visited Bolgar State Historical-Architectural Reserve -- an abandoned Golden Horde's town of the 14th century, which was the first place in Russia to officially recognize Islam -- and a center of Orthodox culture, the city of Sviyazhsk.

In Bolgar, Putin awarded state decorations to the families of Muslim leaders who were recently attacked in Tatarstan. Valiulla Yakupov was shot dead in Kazan on 19 July and Ildus Faizov was wounded by a car bomb the same day in a different part of the city.

Putin also traveled to the ancient city of Sviyazhsk, where he had a look at archeological excavations and reconstruction works.





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