Building of 18th-century pharmacy to be restored in Barnaul.

BARNAUL, the Altai territory, October 12 (Itar-Tass) - The building of
an 18th -century pharmacy, the first one in the Altai territory, will be
reconstructed in Barnaul soon. In the 18th century the pharmacy used to
supply medicaments to the workers of Demidov's plants and patients of the
nearby hospitals. The renovation works estimated to cost 12 million rubles
will be finished by 2011, a representative of the Altai Bouquet Company
that implements the project told Itar-Tass.
A mountain pharmacy, as it was called in those days, was built in
Barnaul in 1793-1794 by architect Andrei Molchanov. It's a historical
monument and is protected by the state. The mountain pharmacy had its own
land plot where the pharmacists cultivated about 400 types of medicinal
herbs. In 1942, the pharmacy was reorganized into a pharmaceutical
laboratory. The Barnaul pharmaceutical factory was set up on the basis of
the laboratory in 1975.
The old pharmacy's building has largely been unused in recent years.
After reconstruction the pharmacy will not only sell ecologically clean
phyto drugs but will also house a museum of pharmacy business. The
construction workers who are doing the renovation have found part of the
exhibits for a future exposition: they found a bag full of old recipes and
labels of medicines written in Latin on the old roof. Various flasks and
bottles from herbal portions, old pharmacy weights and even an
advertisement of one medicine have been preserved in the building.
In the 18th century, the workers of a copper plant owned by mine
owner Demidov were the main customers of the Mountain pharmacy. In 1730,
mine owner Demidov transferred 200 peasants to the Altai territory to
build a plant. Nine years later, Demidov launched the construction of a
copper and silver smeltery around which a future town grew.

. Russian, German presidents to discuss strategic partnership.

MOSCOW, October 12 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and
his German colleague Christian Wolf will meet in the Kremlin on Tuesday
Russian-German strategic partnership and urgent international issues, the
presidential press service reports.
Christian Wolf who's paying a state visit to Russia at the invitation
of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will also meet Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin. The German president will travel to Tver, St. Petersburg
(where he will visit a German military cemetery in Sologubovka) and
Ulyanovsk (with a visit to the Ulyanovsk State University) and will have
meetings with German entrepreneurs working in Russia, the press service
went on to say.
The Russian-German talks will focus on cooperation in new
technologies, the formation of technological alliances of Russian and
German companies in energy, automobile building, railway engineering, the
atomic industry, energy-saving, scientific and cultural cooperation. The
sides will continue a dialogue on new European security, including the
Russian initiative to conclude a new European security treaty as well as
other urgent questions of international and regional politics.
The high-ranking guest's visit will last until October 15. This is one
of Wolf's first foreign trips since he was elected German president in
June 2010.
His visit is taking place against the background of the general
upsurge of bilateral relations. This year Russia and Germany will mark
several important dates in their joint history: the 20th anniversary of
the Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany, the 20th
anniversary of Germany's unification, the 55th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Germany and the
20th anniversary of bilateral Treaty on good-neighbourly relations,
partnership and cooperation.

. Emergency department chief found dead in Primorye territory.

VLADIVOSTOK, October 12 (Itar-Tass) - Major-General Nikolai
Timoshenko, the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry department for
the Primorye territory, has been found dead with signs of a gunshot wound
tonight.
"His body was found in a fire-escape on the 7th floor of an apartment
building in Vladivostok in which he lived. A pre-investigation check into
the incident has gotten under way," said Avrora Rimskaya, senior assistant
to the head of the investigative department under the prosecutor's office
of the Primorye territory.
Though investigators are working on several theories, suicide is
considered to be the most probable cause of Timoshenko's death.
Nikolai Timoshenko, 52, was born in the Bryansk region. From August
1997 to December 27, 2004 he headed rescue teams in Kamchatka and was
later promoted to the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry department
for the Primorye territory.

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