Historical, Cultural, Interethnic, Religious and Political Relations of the Crimea with the Mediterranean Region and the Countries of the East: The Sixth International Academic Conference

Abstract

The international academic conference “Historical, Cultural, Interethnic, Religious and Political Relations of the Crimea with the Mediterranean Region and the Countries of the East” is an annual major academic symposium, held in Sevastopol, the Crimea. The organizers of the conference include the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol State University, the State Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve Taurid Chersoneses, traditionally hosting the event. The conference was held in both off-line, and online formats. Within three working days, from October 4 to 6, 2022, a total of more than 150 people took part in it — representatives of more than 30 academic organizations, higher educational institutions, museums. By the beginning of the symposium, were published collected papers by the participants. The book contains the work of researchers from the Russian Federation (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Kerch), and foreign countries — Germany, Abkhazia, Belarus. The forum consisted of nine sections focusing on interethnic and political relations of the peoples of the Crimea in past and present; political, trade, cultural relations of the Crimea with the countries of the Mediterranean region and the countries of the East; written sources on the history of the region, historiography and cartography of the Mediterranean and Black Sea areas; ethnic history of Crimea, archeology, numismatics and epigraphy of Crimea in the context of economic and cultural relations of the peninsula. As a result of the conference, a resolution was adopted, which noted the importance of holding this event as one of the most significant academic symposia in Sevastopol, and the need to continue the work of the annual conference.