HISTORIANS AND SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL CONFERENCE: MYTH OR REALITY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL CONFERENCE "O.M. POL’ IN HISTORY AND CITY MEMORY OF DNIPRO, 2020")

Abstract

The information report is dedicated to the scientific-practical conference held in Dnipro. Reports of the conference participants, the practical component, which is strengthened by the role of local authorities of Dnipro, the ability of historians to influence the formation of historical and cultural landscape of the city, historical memory, the need to change the conference model of behavior at conferences designed for representatives of various sciences and practice are analyzed. The personal responsibility of historians who seek to go beyond academic offices into public space and the possible dangers in the formation of new images of "heroes" are emphasized. The conference is dedicated to the results of the search for the burial place and grave of a prominent man in the history of the Dnipro - Alexander Pol’. Church of St. Lazarus, near which in the late XIX century Pol’ was buried, was destroyed by Soviet authorities, the burial place was considered inaccessible for research. The interest of the community, local bloggers, caring historians, financial and organizational support of the mayor of Dnipro allowed to adjust the location of the burial place. Archaeological and anthropological studies have confirmed this. The architects designed a new project of the pantheon of memory, and city officials began to implement a project for a new Sevastopol Park.