The work of the International Scientific and Practical Conference "The Great Tea Way - an International Humanitarian Corridor: Historical Experience and a Look into the Future" continues at BSU. The high status of the academic event is confirmed by the wide geography of participants and the powerful representation of the scientific, educational and business communities of Russia, China, Mongolia and Belarus.
More than 120 delegates take part in the discussion of topical issues, 98 of whom make full-time reports. Also, historians and researchers from different countries are actively involved in discussions in a remote format.
In total, the conference used the resources of 54 reputable organizations, including:
- 21 higher educational institutions;
- 14 research institutes and divisions of the Academies of Sciences;
- 7 public and business associations (including chambers of commerce and industry and friendship societies);
- 6 museums, archives and cultural centers;
- 5 bodies of state power and local self-government.
The high quality composition of the speakers emphasizes the deep academic level of the past discussions. The sections were attended by:
- 44 doctors of science;
- 22 PhDs;
- 25 young researchers - graduate students and students representing the future of international oriental science.
All participants focused on the potential of the Great Tea Way as a historical trade corridor in modern business realities, building new vectors of humanitarian and economic interaction. Expert discussions are held within four specialized sections.
One of them discussed the history of Russian-Chinese relations. Guest from Novosibirsk Oksana Polyanskaya - Cand. ist. Sci., Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences presented a report on this topic "Orientalists Pozdneevs and handwritten heritage on Russian-Chinese trade of the late XIX - early XX centuries."
Elena Nazemtseva - Dr. ist. sciences, leading researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chief researcher at the A. Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Abroad (Moscow) devoted her speech to the topic "Kyakhta in the photo album of Fleet Lieutenant General P.K. Glinka (1844-1902) "Types of Cupid.""
Director of the Scientific Research Center of Patriotic History of BSU, Dr. East. Sciences, Professor Lev Dameshek dwelled in detail on the theme of the Asian border and the foreign policy powers of the Governors General of Asian Russia. He also presented to his colleagues the collective monograph "Throw to the East," published in August under his scientific editing.
In the section on the role of the Great Tea Way in international processes and economic development, reports of leading researchers were heard. Representative of BSU, Cand. ist. Sciences, Associate Professor Natalya Gavrilova presented the results of a bio-bibliographic study on the role of Kyakhta merchants in the development of foreign economic relations between Russia and China. Cand. biol. Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Management and Service Viktor Kuzevanov illuminated the Great Tea Way as a bioeconomic corridor and revealed the innovative heritage of Irkutsk merchants.
The work of the section "Development of international business and innovation" began with a speech by Dr. Ist. sciences, professor, director of the School of Sinology of the Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk) Vladimir Datsyshen. His talk focused on "The Great Tea Way: From the Trade Route to the Linguocultural Concept."
Productive discussions unfolded in the section "Development of international business and innovation," moderated by Vitaly Baryshnikov, Chairman of the Commission on Historical and Military-Patriotic Work of the Irkutsk Society of Friends of Mongolia.
The work of this sectional platform was opened by Jiang Jing, a leading researcher at the Russian Economy Research Department of the Institute of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing). Her report was devoted to tourism cooperation and regional economic integration in the framework of the Sino-Russian-Mongolian Tea Way project. It is worth noting that BSU has established strong scientific and expert cooperation with Professor Jiang Jing. As part of the development of partnerships after a summer visit to BSU, the Chinese scientist plans to visit Irkutsk again in the fall to take part in the next large-scale international project of the university.
Based on the results of the conference, it is planned to publish a collection of materials. The organizers express their sincere gratitude to all participants for their fruitful work and wish them successful further interaction!