MOSCOW RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES

On November 25-26, 2010, the international scientific and practical conference "Memory of the World: Historical and Documentary Heritage of Buddhism"*was held. The organizers were the University-wide Educational and Scientific Center for the Study of the Culture of the Peoples of Siberia and the Department of History and Organization of Archival Affairs of the RSUH Historical and Archival Institute.

The main purpose of the conference was to discuss the following topics: the history of collecting Buddhist historical and documentary heritage; preservation of Buddhist archives, description and use of archival Buddhist heritage; history of the largest repositories of Buddhist manuscripts; creative heritage of outstanding Buddhologists of the XIX-XX centuries. - their personal funds, Buddhist monasteries as cultural and educational centers, museums as centers for collecting and storing the historical and documentary heritage of Buddhism.

It was in Russia that the academic scientific direction was formed and sources on the history of Buddhism were accumulated. Russian Oriental studies centers, manuscript departments of museums and libraries were purposefully engaged in the collection, storage and study of written monuments. However, this tradition was interrupted in the 1930s. It was only in the early 1990s that the scientific study of this heritage was revived. Analysis of scientific work on collecting and studying the documentary treasury of Buddhism, generalization of its results and further promising directions in this area became the main topic of discussion at the conference.

The conference was attended by experts in the field of religious studies - scientists from Buryatia, Tyva, Kalmykia, St. Petersburg, Samara, as well as from Mongolia, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, and France. For the participants and guests of the conference, the RSUH Scientific Library organized an exhibition of literature on the history of Buddhism and Buddhist studies in Russia, which aroused great interest. The conference received an address from the head of the XXIV Traditional Buddhist Sangha, Pandito Hambo Lama Damba Ayushev. "The study of Buddhism, he noted, is equally important for everyone, since Buddhist culture is not only the universal Memory of the world, but also the universal Memory of the blessed World."

The plenary session of the conference began with a report by the RSUH Vice-Rector for Research V. V. Minaev, who outlined the main directions for identifying and studying the historical and documentary heritage of Buddhism in Russia: collections of documents stored in monasteries, objects of worship and art; documents stored both in federal archives (RGADA, RGIA, GARF, etc.) and in regional archives, museums, libraries and repositories; personal archives of prominent Buddhologists and learned lamas. The speaker also praised the work of the University-wide Center for the Study of the Culture of the Peoples of Siberia, which has begun to create a database on the history of Buddhist culture based on the federal archives of Moscow. E. V. Starostin (Moscow) analyzed the role and place of church archives in the structure of historical and documentary memory of society. The report of I. V. Kulganek (St. Petersburg) was devoted to the problems of preserving and using the archival heritage of Buddhism. She suggested a method of searching for sources on the history of Buddhism. A. A. Bazarov (Ulan-Ude) highlighted desk and field research of Buddhist book collections conducted by the Center for Oriental Manuscripts and Woodcuts of the IMBT SB RAS. Orlova (Moscow) analyzed the Buddhist book heritage in the repositories of Kalmykia - the scientific archive and library of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanitarian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the National Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

* The conference was supported by RGNF grant No. 10-01-14051.

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M. S. Maadyr (Kyzyl) introduced the conference participants to the book collections of the Buddhist monasteries of Tyva. Interest was aroused by the report of the Scientific Secretary of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences N. Hishigt (Ulaanbaatar), which examined the current state and activities of Mongolian Buddhist monasteries.

Further, the conference was held in three sections: "Historical and cultural heritage of Buddhism"; "Historical and documentary heritage of Buddhism (archives, funds, collections)" and "Personal funds of Buddhologists: problems of studying, describing and publishing".

V. T. Tepkeeva (Elista), based on Russian sources stored in the RGADA, clarified the time of arrival of khutugta Zaya-pandita Namkaijamtso to the Volga Kalmyks and the number of accompanying persons who arrived with him. D. N. Muzraeva (Elista) N. L. Zhukovskaya (IEA RAS) spoke about the 600 Oirat and Tibetan written monuments that were identified during the expeditions that took place in Kalmykia in 2006 - 2007. She focused on the field diaries of ethnographers as important sources that capture a large amount of materials containing information about the life of various peoples. Myarsp Lyaenemets (Estonia) highlighted the "white spots" in the biography of the outstanding buddhologist O. O. Rosenberg concerning the last weeks of his life, his unexpected disappearance from Petrograd in the autumn of 1919, and the circumstances of his death. S. G. Batyreva (Elista) presented an overview of the composition of the pantheon of paintings and sculptures from the museum collection of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanitarian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Report by K. N. Maksimov (Elista ) It was devoted to historical sources that reflect the repressive policy of the Soviet state in the 1920s and 1930s against the Buddhist clergy. E. U. Omakaeva, D. B. Gedeeva, E. E. Khabunova and Ts. B. Seleeva (all by Elista) L. B. Chetyrova (Samara), based on the report of A. M. Pozdneev's trip to the Orenburg, Terek and Ural Kalmyks, introduced the conference participants to the religious beliefs and everyday life of the Kalmyks. I. V. Kulganek (St. Petersburg) analyzed the handwritten heritage of the Mongol historian V. D. Yakimov (1904-1941), and also considered the use of the archival heritage of the Soviet Mongol historians-historians of the 40s of the XX century E. P. Bakayev (Elista She drew the attention of the conference participants to the following points: the official date of the adoption of Buddhism in Russia (decree of Elizabeth I of 1741), linking this event with the arrival of Kalmyks-Buddhists in Russia at the beginning of the XVII century; the need to create a database of church archives, including Buddhist ones.

The work of the conference and its results will contribute to solving current problems in the study of Buddhist archives, as well as expanding the source base of scientific research.

K. V. ORLOVA

PEOPLES ' FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA

On October 28-30, 2010, the second international conference "The World of Islam: History, Society, Culture" was held, organized by the Marjani Foundation and RUDN University in cooperation with the Institute of Asian and African Countries of Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RSUH and the State Museum of Oriental Art.

The conference was attended by about 150 researchers from Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey, Great Britain, Holland, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Poland, etc.

Among the participants were famous Orientalists and Islamic scholars: D. Y. Arapov, M. Al-Janabi, M. Kemper, N. S. Kirabaev, S. A. Kirillina, M. S. Meyer, I. R. Nasyrov, M. T. Stepanyants, A. Y. Khabutdinov.

Opening the conference, RUDN University Vice-Rector for Research and Co-chairman of the conference Organizing Committee N. S. Kirabayev stressed the importance of holding such events in terms of developing and strengthening the dialogue of cultures and civilizations, which is an essential part of the university's mission.

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Sherif Helmi, the honorary guest of the event, Rector of the Egyptian-Russian University (Cairo), drew attention to the fact that scientists from Arab and Muslim countries are taking part in the current conference, which is of great importance for building new and strengthening existing scientific and cultural ties between Russia and the countries of the Middle East and the Islamic world.

Director of Scientific Programs of the Marjani Foundation I. L. Alekseev noted that this conference brought together representatives of leading scientific and educational centers dealing with Islamic issues.

R. R. Rakhimov, Chief Researcher of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg), greeted the audience on behalf of colleagues from the banks of the Neva River. On behalf of the management of the MAE RAS, R. R. Rakhimov expressed the hope that such events, which are extremely necessary for the development and strengthening of domestic and international scientific ties, will be continued.

I. Z. Mukhamedzhanov, coordinator of scientific and cultural programs of the Russian Scientific and Educational Center "Al-Wasatyya (Moderation)", welcomed the participants and guests of the conference. The mission of the center, which promotes the ideas of Islamic moderation and interreligious peace, is an important part of the confessional policy of the Russian state, which relies on the active support of Russian Muslim leaders and intellectuals. Scientific Islamic studies contribute to the development of the creative potential of Islamic culture. The speaker emphasized the relevance and necessity of developing research on the intellectual and spiritual heritage of Russian Muslims, reflecting the historical experience of constructive interaction between faiths that has developed in our country.

During the first day of the conference, a number of plenary reports were presented, as well as a presentation of scientific, educational and publishing programs of the RUDN University Center for Arab Studies, the Marjani Foundation and the Marjani Publishing House.

In the report "Islamocentrism and philosophy of the future" M. M. al-Janabi (RUDN University) considered the prospects of philosophical understanding of Islam and its role in world civilization. Stating the crisis of the Eurocentric worldview, he pointed out the possibility of replacing this paradigm with a kind of "islamocentrism" as an alternative worldview. According to al-Janabi, nations always have large spiritual paradigms, and these paradigms can be combined with each other and provide mutual understanding, but only if they are integrated in a way that does not involve abandoning their specific centrisms.

Dmitry Arapov (Moscow State University) in his report "Muslims of Russia under Peter I" highlighted the situation of Islam and Muslims at the dawn of the Russian Empire, showing how and under what circumstances the paradigmatic foundations of the state policy towards Islam were laid, which in its main features was implemented until 1917.

In a report on the Byzantine understanding of Islam, Tarek Mansour Muhammad, Professor at Ain Shams University (Egypt) and Taif University (Saudi Arabia), examines the interpretation of the main Muslim invocation " Allahu Akbar!" ("God is great!") by medieval Eastern Christian theologians highlighted the problem of mutual understanding of hermetic religious cultures, which rely in their perception of the" other " only on their own conceptual resources and dogmatized stereotypes.

M. Kemper (University of Amsterdam) presented a report on the history of Soviet and post-Soviet Islamic studies, highlighting the fundamental methodological problems that faced Soviet researchers of Islam in the past and are still relevant to their colleagues in Russia and the CIS. The polemical pointedness of M. Kemper's report caused a lot of criticism and objections during informal discussions at breakout sessions and on the sidelines of the conference.

A. Y. Khabutdinov, editor - in-chief of the Islamic studies almanac Pax Islamica (The World of Islam), showed the role of the Islamic factor in the formation of the national consciousness of Kazan Tatars in the XVIII-early XX centuries and the reverse influence of Tatar nationogenesis on the transformation of Muslim ideas and institutions in the Russian Empire, Soviet and post-Soviet Russia.

The first day of the conference ended with a lecture-report by a member of the Union of Cinematographers A. A. Shakhov "Islam and cinematography", followed by a demonstration of the film "Rizala" about the life of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, a Syrian-American

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directed by Mustafa Akkad (in Russian translation, the film was released under the title "Muhammad-the Messenger of God").

The second and third days of the conference were held as breakout sessions and round tables. Special attention was paid to such issues as the philosophical and political thought of the Islamic world, the history of Islam in the former Russian Empire, the history of Islamic societies in Eurasia, Islam in the Golden Horde, ethnographic and anthropological study of Muslim cultures, problems of Islam-Christian interaction in the history of the Middle East and Russia. Over the course of two days, participants and guests of the conference, depending on their field of specific interests, could immerse themselves in a range of discussions and reports in the following sections and round tables: "Philosophy of the Muslim World", "Islam in the Imperial and (post-) Soviet space: documents, practices and Interpretations", "Mysticism in the Modern World". Islamic World: theory and Practice", "Anthropological (ethnographic) approaches to the study of Muslim communities: theory and practice", "The Islamic economic model and the specifics of its development in the post-Soviet space", "Political language and language policy in Muslim societies of the Middle East and South Asia", "The cult of saints and holy objects in Russia". the myth of the spiritual tradition of Islam. Islam in the Golden Horde and the Jochid States: Sources and interpretations", "Ethno-confessional situation in the Middle East in Modern Times", "Islam in the Modern political life of Muslim countries", "Actual problems of Arabic philology and methods of teaching Arabic as a foreign language", "Islamic Internet", "Round table" of Pax Islamica magazine "How to study Islam today?".

At the final plenary session, the heads of the thematic sections summed up the results of the section work. The moderators noted the high productivity of the discussions and expressed their wishes to hold such conferences on a permanent basis, transforming the conference into a permanent international congress of Islamic scholars.

I. L. ALEKSEEV, P. V. BASHARIN

Nizhniy Novgorod

On May 27-29, 2010, an international conference "Confessions in the Mirror" was held, dedicated to interfaith relations in the Volga-Ural region. It was organized by the Franco-Russian Research Center in Moscow, the Ministry of Internal Policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the N. A. Dobrolyubov Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University (NGLU) with the support of the Government and administration of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the French Embassy in Russia. The conference was held as part of the"Year of France in Russia and Russia in France".

The main scientific goal of the conference was to study interreligious relations on the example of cultural and religious diversity in the Volga-Ural region from the end of the XVIII century to the beginning of the XXI century. The significance of this region in the socio-economic and political history of Russia was crucial: for centuries, here, on the border of Europe and Asia, various peoples, cultures, religions have peacefully coexisted and various religions - Orthodoxy, Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, etc. - have closely interacted.

The conference was attended by leading experts in the field of religious studies and interfaith relations from Russia, Austria, the USA, Japan, France, and Turkey.

Report by A. Kappeler (Austria) " How did Russian sources classify the ethnoreligious groups of the Volga - Ural region in the 16th-mid-19th centuries?" It is devoted to the classification of the non-Russian population of the Volga-Ural region according to certain criteria: social group/class, religion/religion, ethnic group/language, space/region and lifestyle. P. Werth's speech "Estates and foreign confessions in the system of the Russian Empire" focuses on non-Orthodox confessions in Russia. Based on archival materials, the scientist outlined the role and place of ministers of non-Orthodox confessions in the class hierarchy of the Russian state. The report of O. N. Senyutkina (N. Novgorod) "Confessional diversity of the Nizhny Novgorod Volga region under the influence of state management policy (late XVIII-early XXI centuries)" examines the features of inter-confessional relations in the Nizhny Novgorod region against a broad background

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historical events. Naganaua Norihiro (Japan) analyzed the fight against Pan-Islamism and its impact on local government in her report "The Policy of Trustworthiness: The Fight against Pan - Islamism and its Consequences in the Volga-Ural region, 1905-1917". The Mamadysh uyezd of Kazan Province was chosen as the object of research not by chance: the number of Muslim population and clergy in this uyezd was the highest, in addition, there were baptized Tatars and Udmurts who were able to convert to Islam again after the decree "On strengthening the principles of religious tolerance" of April 17, 1905.

Xavier Le Torrivellec (France) in his report "Religious borders and religious policy of two Councils in the multi-confessional Volga - Ural region (1958-1965)" described the work of two Councils: the Council for the Russian Orthodox Church, founded in 1943, and the Council for Religious Cults, which began its activity eight months after the Council was established on the affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church (1944). The main focus was on their activities in the Volga-Ural region, where all the diversity of religious systems is represented. S. Dudoignon (France), based on press materials, examined the multiconfessional nature of Volga Muslims through the prism of the Iranian and Turkish revolutions of 1906 and 1908. V. Mobek-Pichugina (France) spoke about the Kazan Roman Catholic Parish. T. L. Molotova (Mari El) paid attention to the religious factor in the culture of the Eastern Mari people. N. G. Yurchenkova's report (Mordovia) examines the transformation of the traditional worldview under the influence of world religions on the example of Mordovia. The topic of A. K. Salmin's speech (St. Petersburg) is the interaction of the Chuvash religion with Orthodoxy. He attributes the mass baptism of the Chuvash people to the beginning of the XVIII century. Orlova (Moscow) made a presentation on the integration of Kalmyks into Russian society on the example of their Christianization. F. A. Dorofeev (Nizhny Novgorod) described Orthodox fraternities in the Nizhny Novgorod region that covered various aspects of public life, including education and missionary work. Novgorod) considered the topic of Orthodoxy in the Nizhny Novgorod region in the context of modern religious processes. K. A. Morgunov (Orenburg) studied the dynamics of the number of Muslim religious organizations in the Orenburg region at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, which allowed him to identify stages and analyze trends in the development of state-church relations. Yu. N. Guseva (Samara) analyzed the causes and consequences of migration of Middle Volga Muslims. Among the main reasons, she identified a combination of socio-economic, demographic and religious factors. In the context of this report, researcher Ismail Turkoglu (Turkey) also spoke about the migration from the Volga-Ural region to the Ottoman Empire in 1876-1914.

Thus, the conference showed a positive experience of intercultural and interfaith interaction in the Volga-Ural region. The peculiarity of this conference is that regional research centers were widely represented and, according to the organizers of the conference, this approach supports the interest of Western historiography in regional issues, as well as deepens and develops cooperation between researchers.

K. V. ORLOVA

Kazan

"Russia - the Middle East: History and Modernity" was the theme of the All-Russian scientific and practical conference held on November 26, 2010 at Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (KPF). The participants included not only students of Kazan and Moscow universities, but also two guests-a leading researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences A. B. Podtserob and Doctor of Historical Sciences A. Z. Egorin.

Opening the conference, J. Zainullin, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of KPHU, assessed the importance of the event, especially for those Kazan colleagues who deal with the Middle East and its problems.

Students presented reports on the problems of history, politics, economics, and international relations in the Middle East.

We will highlight the reports that caused the most active discussion.

I. I. Baskakova, a 4th-year student of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, in her report "France's Middle East Policy during the Presidency of Jean-Claude Juncker". Chirac

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(1995-2007) " noted that Paris, always defending its interests, responds flexibly to Arab initiatives, while linking its own and their political initiatives with economic, cultural and other problems of our time.

A. M. Khamidullin, a 2nd-year student of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, devoted his speech to Russian-Iranian relations in the XXI century. In her report "Turkish-Israeli relations at the beginning of the XXI century", fourth-year student of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation A. Shakirova noted that Turkey has never been interested in aggravating relations between the Arabs and Israel. The deterioration of the situation in the Middle East in recent years has followed Israel's intransigence, not only refusing to call the territories seized from the Arabs "occupied", but also disavowing peace-loving initiatives coming from the Arabs and the international community. In her report "The evolution of Egyptian-Israeli relations in the mid-1970s and the Camp David accords," D. O. Mishina, a 4th-year student of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, stated that the use of force by both sides did not benefit anyone and logically led to the revival of the idea of a peaceful settlement, which was done with the mediation of the United States at Camp David.

Graduate student of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences O. V. Nelina in her report "The US fight against international terrorism at the beginning of the XXI century and the Middle East conflict" paid attention to the politicization of this most dangerous trend of our time. The United States seeks to consolidate its position in the Middle East by imposing its own schemes for solving problems, including the Middle East conflict. In fact, the United States, while advocating joint efforts, supports Israel, albeit with reservations, essentially freezing the road map leading to the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

A. B. Podtserob and A. Z. Yegorin, participating in the discussions, gave recommendations to the speakers on the use of appropriate terminology in describing certain phenomena on the world stage, as well as shared their experience from their diplomatic practice.

A. B. Podtserob made a report "Russia in the Arab view: a political aspect". He cited a survey of Arab public opinion on the role of Russia. For example, between 1993 and 2003, students of the Mohammed V University in Morocco were interviewed. In the early 1990s, the majority of respondents viewed the Soviet Union as a militarily powerful state with a strict regime. At the same time, many admired the achievements of science and the conquest of space. In the 1990s, 48% of the citizens surveyed associated the Russian Federation with poverty, crime, and alcoholism, but for 52%, Russia was still a great power. As the speaker noted, the Arab world is now evaluating Russia's role on the world stage positively. The Arabs believe that our country has the potential necessary to ensure a balance in international affairs.

A. Z. Yegorin considered the question of Russia's place in the world in the fields of science and culture. In particular, he cited the statement of the President of the International Committee for Intellectual Cooperation Yuri Magarshak that " Russia remains one of the world's leading intellectual powers. And there is no doubt about it."

In conclusion, A. Z. Yegorin and A. B. Podtserob highly appreciated the students ' performances.

The conference was lively and interesting. In a short time, the students managed not only to discuss the current situation in the world, but also to look at themselves in a different way. The future, in fact, belongs to them, and this is the main result of the scientific forum.

N. B. BADYKSHANOVA, E. A. DESNIN

TASHKENT

The international conference "Actual problems of literature of the peoples of the Foreign East and literary source studies", held by the Department of Literature of the Countries of the Foreign East of the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, was dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the department's formation. However, the foundation date of this teaching and research structure can be rightly called November 1918, when the Turkestan Institute of Oriental Studies was organized in Tashkent - the first Oriental higher educational institution in Central Asia. Its task was to train qualified specialists in various branches of Oriental studies both for Turkestan and for neighboring countries (out of more than 200 students, only 16% were children of local residents). Among

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The subjects studied are history, ethnography, geography, local history of Turkestan and neighboring foreign eastern countries, history and law of Islam, as well as languages and literature of Eastern peoples. In 1924, the Turkestan Institute of Oriental Studies was merged into the Central Asian State University (now the National University of Uzbekistan) as a separate faculty, and the first dean of the Oriental Faculty was the famous Arabist and Islamic scholar A. E. Schmidt (who was at the origins of Oriental studies in Central Asia). However, the Eastern faculty did not operate for long: it was transformed into a pedagogical faculty, and in 1930 it was closed. But in 1944, the Central Asian State University reopened the Oriental Faculty, which in 1965, among others, created the Department of Literature of Eastern countries, which initially dealt with the work of the Persian-language poet of India, Amir Khosrow Dehlavi. In 1990, the Institute of Oriental Studies at Tash was established on the basis of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Tashkent State University.State University, which was reorganized on July 15, 1991 into the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies (Tash. GIV) Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Department of Literature of foreign countries of the East Tash.GIV gradually expanded its activities in the field of teaching and scientific study of Oriental literature, including the literature of Arab countries, Iran, India, Afghanistan, China, Japan, Korea and Turkey. Over the past 10 years, literature from Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam has been included in the educational and scientific process. Research works of the department are mainly conducted in the following areas:" Actual problems of medieval literatures of the Eastern countries"," Actual problems of modern literary processes in the Eastern countries"," Literary relations of Central Asia and foreign Eastern countries","Problems of poetics of literatures of the Eastern countries". In the Specialized Council at Tash. In the specialty "Literature of the peoples of foreign countries of Asia and Africa", PhD and doctoral dissertations are regularly defended at the University, including by literary critics from Arab countries, India, China and Kazakhstan. The department conducts lectures and practical classes in bachelor's and master's degrees in more than 50 disciplines of Oriental literary studies.

The conference "Actual problems of literature of the peoples of the Foreign East and literary source studies" was held on October 27-29, 2010. By the beginning of the conference, a 232-page volume was published, in which 53 articles were divided almost equally on the topic of problems of classical literature and modern literature of the East. The articles are written in Uzbek (more than half), English and Russian.

The conference was opened by the rector of the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, a well-known Afghanist A.M. Mannanov. In addition to the plenary session, the conference was held in two sections: "Problems of classical literature of the East" and "Problems of modern literature of the East". About 40 people spoke at the plenary and breakout sessions. As the author of the article "A literary fairy tale as a guardian of the cultural heritage of Turkey" noted in the proceedings of the conference E. Larionova (Dip. acad. Russian Foreign Ministry), in the light of the cultural globalization of recent decades, the positive aspect of which was the increased interest in traditions and the desire to preserve cultural identity, one of the most pressing problems of modern Oriental studies is the problem of cultural heritage and its role in literary development. M. S. Imamnazarov (Tash.He opened the plenary session with a presentation "Literature and Spirituality", in which he considered a new approach to the periodization of the historical development of classical literature (in three languages - Arabic, Persian and Turkic) in the VIII-XV centuries. in comparison with the stages of improving the national spirituality of the Uzbek people during the existence and development of a single Islamic regional culture, Y. Badmayeva (IMBT SB RAS) spoke about the textual features of the "Hidden Legend of the Mongols" (1240). Despite the huge number of works devoted to the study of this text, she noted, it is impossible to be completely sure either of its authorship, or of the dating, or of the accuracy of the published translations.GIV) told about the first encyclopedia in the entire Muslim East, in Central Asia - "Mafatih al-ulum "(X century), in which its author Abu Abdallah al-Khwarizmi gave a concise explanation of the most commonly used scientific terms of that time. nat. AN) assessed the degree of study in world historiography of the work of Muhammad-Rafi Ansari "Dastur al-Muluk", which recreated the history of one of the most powerful states of the medieval East - the Safavid state. G. Mutalova (Tash.GIV) made a message about

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the relationship between oral and written traditions in one of the first monuments of Arabic literature and historiography, "Ayyam al-Arab", - historical traditions of ancient Arabs about the life of nomads in pre-Islamic Arabia, which in the oral prose tradition were passed down from generation to generation until the end of the VIII-beginning of the IX century. special collections.

To. Sodikov (Tash.GIV) reported on the fragments of the Huastuanift, a Manichaean penitential prayer, kept in the Berlin Manuscript Fund, the original of which has not been found, and translations are available in two other lists, including the London (Manichaean letter) and St. Petersburg (Uyghur letter) handwritten funds of A. N. Shamatov (Tash.GIV) showed the synthesis of folklore traditions of South and Central Asia in the Middle Ages; U. Muhibova (Tash.GIV) investigated the influence of medieval religious and philosophical views on Bhakti literature; Z. Islamov (Tash. Islamic Institute) noted the unique sources of literature of the peoples of the East in the cycle "Golden Necklaces". Topic of A. Ibrokhimov's speeches (Tash.GIV) - ancient Indian didactic literature, by I. Bultakova (Tash.GIV) - one of the most popular genres of Arabic medieval literature (navadir); S. Rustamiy (Tash.GIV) - Ayatollah Husayni on "tashibs", M. Nasyrova (Tash.GIV) - the story of Adaba and Adaba Makhmud Zamakhshari, D. Zhalilov (Uzbek, Rep. Alisher Navoi Museum of Literature) - about the work "Guliston Gulshani". In a number of speeches that revealed the theme of classical poetry, the peculiarities of the poetics of the East were noted: S. Ganiev (Tash.GIV) "Poetry-the companion of good", A. Kuranbekov (Tash.GIV) "The symbol of "wine" in "Masnavi"", R. Khodaeva (Tash.GIV) "Arabic poetry during the Mamluk rule in Egypt and Syria", D. Abdullayeva (Andijan State University, Uzbekistan) "From the history of Oriental fable studies", M. Khasaniy (Institute of Oriental Studies named after Abu Rayhan Beruni of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan) "The tradition of compiling poetic dictionaries in the East". B. Nazarov (Tash.H. S. Yadav (Rao Birendar Singh College, Haryana, India) presented the methodology of teaching Vedanta in the Indian education system.

The following reports were devoted to the problems of modern literature of the East. M. Sharafutdinova (Uzbek State University of World Languages) on the example of the works of two authors whose work defined the newest era of Uzbek literature-A. Chulpan (1898-1938) and A. Mukhtar (1920-1997), emphasized the commitment of these cultural figures to tradition and at the same time to intensive interaction with world literature. Banit (St. Petersburg.GU) spoke about the rapid development of women's literature in connection with the increasing role of women in society and the actualization of the women's issue in Indonesia, and Sh. Akhmedova (Tash.GIV) - about the work of women writers in the context of the development of modern Kuwaiti short stories. M. Akbarova (Tash.D. Mukhiddinova (Tash. giv) - the process of globalization in Syrian short stories. Sh.Gaipova (Tash. giv) - the problem of modernization in modern Syrian literature.GIV) told about the origin and development of drama in verse in the literature of Egypt, and D. Muborakova (Tash. GIV) - about Sufi love in the novel by the Egyptian writer Jamal al-Gitani.GIV) compared the plot of the Arabic fairy tale about Sinbad the sailor in Naguib Mahfouz's novel "Nights of a Thousand Nights". T. Khodzhayeva (Tash.GIV) revealed the problems of the essay prose of the famous Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam. Devendr Kumar Chowbay (im. Jawaharlal Nehru, India) made a presentation on the development of literature in India, in particular women's literature and the participation in the literary process of representatives of different strata of India, including the "untouchables".G. Karimov (Institute of Oriental Studies named after Abu Rayhan Beruni of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan) spoke about the translations of modern Persian prose into Uzbek, and Sh. Ibrokhimova (Tash. GIV) - about displaying a portrait in the Turkish translation of the novels" The Treasury of Ulugbek "and" The Ancient World " by O. Yakubov.GIV) reviewed the history of studying Chinese literature in Uzbekistan, S. Nasimova (Tash.GIV) considered the theme of enlightenment in the works of Ding Lin, E. A. Sinetskaya (Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences) analyzed the problem of marriage in Chinese literary works.GIV) made a report on poetics and linguopoetic analysis, and N. Umarova (Tash.GIV) - about the influence of literature on the development of the literary language.

The first experience of the international forum at the department was successful and fruitful. However, it is a pity that there was no simultaneous translation from Uzbek, and the reports, judging by the declared topics, were of undoubted interest. It is also regrettable that the collection does not contain a summary in English or Russian.

E. A. SINETSKAYA

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From July 18 to 25, 2010, the international conference "The Anti-Manchurian struggle of the Mongolian people and the Khotogoyt Chingunzhav" was held, organized by the Institute of History of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences with the support of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, the Government of Mongolia and the administration of the Khubsugul Aimag of Mongolia. The following issues were discussed at the conference: Mongolia of the Qing period; sources and oral heritage on the history of Mongolia of the Qing period; the national liberation movement of the Mongols in 1755-1758; biography and activities of the Khotogoyt Chinguzhav; ethnic history and culture of the Khotogoyts. The conference was attended by over 60 scientists from Mongolia, Russia, Poland, Japan, and China. The conference was held in two sections: "The Manchu Dynasty and Mongols" and "Hotogoyt Chinguzhav: biography and activity".

At the plenary session, a greeting was read out on behalf of the Prime Minister of the Government S. Batbold. The conference participants were welcomed by the President of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia B. Enkhtuvshin. The report of the Director of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia S. Chuluun was devoted to the role and significance of Chingunzhav in the history of Mongolia. Acad. Zh. Boldbaatar devoted his speech to methodological aspects of the history of Mongolia in the 17th and early 20th centuries. Zh. Gerelbadrah (Mongolia) highlighted some issues of the Mongolian history in the 17th and early 20th centuries. I. Peshkov, a scientist from Poland, outlined approaches to colonial practices on the example of Mongolia of the Qing period, which makes it possible to study the issue of turning Mongolian lands into a colony for China with a special status. Li Bao Wen (China) spoke about the role of gegen Dzanabazar in the history of Mongolia. O. Oyunzhargal (Mongolia) highlighted the issues of cooperation between Mongolian noyons and the Qing government. Basuzhingo (China) told about an unknown manuscript on "todo bi-chig", which is kept in the library of Inner Mongolia of China. N. Nyamaa (Mongolia) spoke about the current legends about Chingunzhava, and E. Purevzhav and O. Kropotkin spoke about the history of Chingunzhava. Adyaa (Mongolia) - Chingunzhave in oral folk art. N. L. Zhukovskaya (Russia) devoted her presentation to data on ethnography about Hotogoits based on the research of Russian scientists-G. N. Potanin, A.M. Pozdneev, B. Ya. Vladimirtsov and others. E. Zhigmeddorj (Mongolia) Based on the material of the Mongolian archives, he characterized the position of the Mongol noyons in relation to the Qing Empire and came to the conclusion that the material support of the Mongol Noyons by the Qins influenced their position towards the Chingunzhav uprising. R. Sabirov (Russia) investigated the question of the influence of the Qing court on the spread of Buddhism in Mongolia in the XVII-XVIII centuries, Sh. B. Chimitdorjiev (Russia) spoke about the liberation struggle under the leadership of the Oirat Amursany and Khalkhas Chingunzhav against the Tsins, I. Saruul (Mongolia) - about the research of Academician N. Ishzhamts about Chingunzhav. Enkhchimeg (Mongolia) highlighted the issues of historiography of the Qing period and Chingunzhav in Russian historical literature. G. Myagmyarsambuu (Mongolia) spoke about the black banner of the Chingunzhav troops, which is now kept in the National Museum of the History of Mongolia. Khurtsbileg (China) considered some aspects of the history and culture of the Western Mongols of the Qing period, which are being studied by scientists of Inner Mongolia, China.

Then the conference was continued in the Khubsugul aimag. A delegation from Tuva headed by the director of the Tuva Institute for Humanitarian Studies under the Government of Tuva K. A. Bicheldey arrived there. Tuvan scientists examined various issues of the history of Mongolia in the Qing period. In particular, A. A. Samdan (Russia) spoke about the Tuvan Mongol-language chronicles, S. M. Orus - ool-about the Tuvan legends and legends about Chingunzhav and Amarsan, Z. B. Samdan (Russia) - about the anti-Manchu struggle of the Mongolian people and the Hotogoyt Chingunzhav based on historical legends, Ch. M Dorzhu (Russia) - about the historical and cultural history of Chingunzhav.B. Bataarhuu (Mongolia) and B. Bayarsaikhan (Russia) gave a joint report on the ethnic relations of Tuvans and Mongol-speaking peoples.

K. V. ORLOVA

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