Mintimer Shaimiev — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Mintimer Shaimiev, President of Tatarstan (1991–2010): birth in Anyakovo on 20 January 1937, study at the Kazan Agricultural Institute, Soviet posts, Tatarstan's sovereignty declaration (1990) and the 1992 referendum, his stepping down in 2010, co-founding of United Russia, chairmanship of the Yanarysh Foundation, honours, and the King Faisal Prize (2007).