For a year each resident of Kazan visited IKEA

The first year in Kazan and five years in Russia celebrated today the Swedish company on sale of furniture and accessories for a house. March 22, 2000, the firm "IKEA" opened the first shop in Russia in Khimki situated near Moscow The next four years, since December 2001 to December 2004, in Moscow and Saint Petersburg two more shops and two family trading - entertaining centers Mega appeared. The center IKEA - Kazan became the fifth object of the Swedish company in territory of the country and the first regional shop of IKEA in Russia.

Embodiment of dream of the IKEA founder Ingwar Kamprad - to start development of Russia - has named this event director of shop IKEA- Kazan, Peter Nilsen. For a year shop has been visited by 1,3 million citizens of Kazan, that is practically each city dweller.

First Deputy Head of Kazan administration Rais Mubarakzyanov participated in "IKEA- Kazan" birthday noted that today "IKEA" is budget forming division of the city, the republic and Russia. For 9 months more than 32 million roubles of taxes have been channeled in budgets of different levels by the shop. Upon commissioning the family trading - entertaining center “Mega – Kazan” which is under construction near to IKEA this sum increases 5 times. The third center in Russia “Mega” with the area of 113 thousand square meters will have start operating by December 2005 and becomes a worthy gift to the 1000-anniversary of city.