On October 5-9, 1984, Leningrad hosted meetings of the members of the Organizing Bureau for Constitutionalization (within the framework of the IKIN) of the International Commission on the History of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Present were: from Austria-Prof. H. Haselsteiner, from the NRB - acad. H. Hristov, from Great Britain-Prof. P. Duke, from the GDR-Prof. F. Muchi, from the GDR - Prof. V. Ruge, from the USSR - Prof. S. S. Khromov, from the USA - Prof. A. Rabinovich, from Germany - Prof. D. Geyer. Unfortunately, representatives of the MNR, France, and Czechoslovakia could not arrive. The first meeting was opened by the Director of the Institute of History of the USSR of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR S. S. Khromov. On behalf of Academician-Secretary of the History Department of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the National Committee of Soviet Historians, Academician S. L. Tikhvinsky, the audience was greeted by A. O. Chubaryan. It was emphasized that the proposed commission should become another body of scientific cooperation and free exchange of opinions among specialists. Yu. I. Korablev read out an address to the participants of the meeting by the Chairman of the Organizing Bureau, Academician I. I. Mints: "Now that the threat of a nuclear catastrophe is looming over our planet, contacts between representatives of different peoples and different worldviews are especially important. I hope that the meeting of historians of the October Revolution from Europe and America, despite all the differences in their political and scientific positions, will promote mutual understanding and contribute to the preservation of peace on earth." S. S. Khromov addressed the audience with an introductory speech. Describing the organizational structure of the research development of the history of October in the Soviet Union, he noted that Soviet specialists have considerable experience in international cooperation on this issue, in particular, thanks to ... Читать далее