International conference «Socio-economic and cultural aspects of interaction between the Slavic and Turkic peoples of the USSR: results and prospects» (May 26-27, 2022)

International Conference «Socio-economic and cultural aspects of interaction between the Slavic and Turkic peoples of the USSR: results and prospects» it will be held at Altai State University on May 26-27 as part of the project «Turkic world of Greater Altai: unity and diversity in history and modernity» with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The conference was co-organized by the Association of Asian Universities, the Russian Historical Society, and the Kyrgyz National University. J. Balasagyn. The conference is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the USSR.

Scientists from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan will make presentations at the conference. Among them is – chief researcher at the Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences Tamara Krasovitskaya, professor at Karaganda State University Zauresh Saktaganova, Professor of the Kyrgyz National University. Zh. Balasagyna Ainura Arzymatova, professor at the Western Caspian University Adgezal Mamedov and other experts.

According to the head of the REC of Altaistics and Turkology «Big Altai», professor at Altai State University Sergei Zemlyukov, the purpose of the conference is to comprehend the results of the national policy of the USSR, to evaluate the unique historical experience of interaction between the Slavic and Turkic peoples of the Soviet state in the economic, social, cultural spheres, and, most importantly, – to apply this experience to modern international processes taking place in the border areas of the countries of Greater Altai and Central Asia.

Doctor of Historical Sciences from the Kyrgyz National University. Zh. Balasagyna Ainura Arzymatova I appreciated the relevance of the conference topic:

– The 30-year history of existence without the USSR showed what we have lost. We have lost a unique country model of unity and interaction between different peoples and nations, as a result of which a new spiritual community «the Soviet people» was formed on the principles of collectivism and «culture of cooperation», which Western society, based on the principles of extreme individualism and spiritual disunity, lacks. It was this spiritual «Soviet community» that saved the whole world from the global catastrophe of the victory of Nazism in World War II.

According to Professor Ainura Arzymatova, the Soviet period is the most important in the history of the Kyrgyz people. At the conference, the scientist plans to make a report on how Kyrgyzstan has traveled the path of all the peoples of the USSR in its historical development. «By the time of the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan had a high level of urbanization, a diversified industry with a predominant share of heavy industry and a 100% educated and cultural population with strong confidence in the future», – said Ainura Arzymatova.

According to the leading researcher at the Scientific Center for Altaic and Turkic Studies, professor at Altai State University Yulia Lysenko, at the conference it is expected to discuss issues of the history of Soviet education, national-territorial demarcation of Soviet republics, interethnic communication of the Slavic and Turkic peoples during the years of collectivization and industrialization, as well as during the military and perestroika years of the existence of the USSR.

Applications for the conference are accepted until May 10 on the website «Greater Altai» Altai State University.