OREANDA-NEWS. July 2, 2008. As part of ten-day cruise along Volga, organized by Head of RAO "UES Russia" Anatoly Chubais as thanking the eldest power engineers of country, over 70 veterans came to capital of Tatarstan.

At Kazan river station the guests of Republic were met by First vice -premier of Tatarstan Ravil Muratov and General Director of "Tatenergo" Holding Ilshat Fardiev. On behalf of government and residents of Tatarstan they greeted the power engineers of Russia and thanked for their labor for development of the biggest industry.

As part of visit to Tatarstan veterans visited "Tatenergo". For the it was a tour to the "power system heart" – Central control board. Power engineers got interested in technical refurbishment of the companies in structure of "Tatenergo" holding, reforms in the company, and emphasized the good technical refurbishment of Dispatch Center and each entity of the Holding.

The delegation of legends of power engineering industry of former Soviet Union, included those who directed the construction of power engineering business of the country. The fate of Nizhnekamsk HPP that works under its capacity is in their focus. "Unfortunately, some hydro power plants till now work under the projected capacities.

And hydro power engineering being the most environmentally safe and beneficial method of electricity generation, has to be further developed", - said the veteran Victor Ivanovich Borisov, former Deputy Minister of Power Engineering Industry of the USSR.

The guests seen the architectural monuments of the town: ancient mosque bearing the name of Shigabutdin Mardzhani, Kazan Kremlin and the "holy sanctity" Kazan Godmother icon.