On June 28-30, Ulan-Ude hosted the international scientific conference "Historical Experience of Interaction between Peoples and Civilizations: on the 350th anniversary of Buryatia's entry into the Russian State". The conference was organized by the Government of the Republic of Buryatia, the Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the support of the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation. The conference featured 224 oral and poster presentations from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Irkutsk, Chita, Elista, Abakan, Makhachkala, Yakutsk, Ufa, Ulan-Ude, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Hohhot (China), Beijing, Lanzhou (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (Korea), Calcutta, Delhi, Sarnath, Varanasi (India). A wide range of issues related to the history of interaction of the Buryat ethnic group and the peoples of Russia and Central Asia with the ethno-cultural and confessional diversity of the regions, with the peculiarities of their linguistic, ecological and political landscapes were discussed. President of the Republic of Buryatia V. V. Nagovitsyn addressed the conference participants with greetings. He noted the importance of this event for Russia as a whole and especially for the peoples of Buryatia and Transbaikalia, who have chosen the path of development in line with the Russian multi-ethnic and multi-confessional civilization. The plenary session was opened by the report "Voluntary entry of Buryatia into Russia: historical experience of interaction" by the Director of the Institute of Corresponding Members. RAS B. V. Bazarov. The annexation of Buryatia to Russia, he noted, was of historical significance for the Buryat people. With the establishment of state borders, the Buryats ' earlier migrations to Mongolia became more orderly and virtually ceased. As a result, within the framework of the Russian state, the Buryat tribes completed their consolida ... Read more