The scientific director of the Center for the Study of Mongolia at BSU, Professor Yuri Kuzmin, became one of the key speakers at the 13th International Congress "Mongolian Studies: Traditions and Modernity," which was held in Ulan Bator. The professor's report concerned the 300th anniversary of Irkutsk Mongolian studies.

At the conference "Russia and Mongolia: the path of good neighborliness and mutual assistance," the scientist revealed the topic of political and scientific cooperation through the fate of prominent graduates of Irkutsk universities - Yu. Tsedenbal and B. Shirendyba.

He completed the international block in Ulan Bator with a video report at the Genghis Khan National Museum about the first Soviet Mongolians A. D. Kalinnikov and V. A. Kazakevich.

For several months of this year, Yuri Vasilyevich took part in a number of international and all-Russian conferences, seminars and meetings held in Ulan Bator, Irkutsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Ulan-Ude, Kyakhta and the village. Aginskoye of the Trans-Baikal Territory.

In Moscow, at a seminar at the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the professor analyzed the role of the Irkutsk Diplomatic Chancellery at the beginning of the 20th century. In St. Petersburg, at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences, his speech was dedicated to Colonel A. D. Khitrovo and the development of military oriental studies. In Vladivostok, at the site of the Oriental Institute of FEFU, the scientist discussed the problems of historiography of modern Mongolian studies.

A significant block of speeches was devoted to the history of Buddhist culture and oriental education. At the International Buddhist Forum at the Agin Buddhist Academy, the professor spoke about the role of orientalist and diplomat Buddha Rabdanov in developing ties with the Buddhist world. At a meeting of the Academic Council of the IMBT SB RAS in Ulan-Ude, he presented a report on the creator of the military intelligence of Mongolia, I. A. Sorokovikov.

"Such a wide representation of BSU at international and all-Russian scientific sites testifies to the high recognition of the Irkutsk School of Mongolian Studies and the personal scientific contribution of Professor Kuzmin," said Lyudmila Sanina, Vice-Rector for Research and International Activities. - Yuri Vasilievich is a recognized expert at the Russian and international level in oriental studies, Mongolian studies, military history and international relations. Its active activity, including regular meetings on the basis of our Center for the Study of Mongolia, confirms the status of BSU as one of the leading research centers in this area and contributes to the systematic strengthening of international scientific ties."