Siberian Conferences on the Military History of Russia

The review examines the history of scientific and scientific-practical conferences on the military history of Russia in different cities of Siberia. In the spring of 1995, conferences dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany were organized in a number of major cities of the region. Conferences held in Barnaul, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk in the last decade of the twentieth century are presented. The proceedings of these conferences were later published as collections. In a number of Siberian cities such as Omsk and Novosibirsk, conferences were held both for the 55th anniversary and the 60th anniversary of the Victory. As a rule, most of the speeches and reports at these conferences were devoted to the participants and events of the Great Patriotic War. In a number of cities of Western and Eastern Siberia, the successful experience of holding such conferences was used in subsequent years. The theme of the "Katanaev Readings" was more related to the history of the Russian Cossacks. It is known that before the revolution there were four Cossack troops on the territory of Siberia and the Far East: Siberian, Transbaikal, Amur and Ussuri. In December 2013, the Siberian Historical Forum "Siberia in the Wars of the Early Twentieth Century", dedicated to the First World War, was held in Krasnoyarsk. In 2018, the Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences organized a large conference in Novosibirsk dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Civil War in Russia, and in October 2019, a conference "Personality and Time. Altai Territory and the Security of the Country", dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the famous Russian gunsmith M. T. Kalashnikov. The review gives a description of the conferences on the military history of Russia that were held or are being held in the XXI century. Issues related to the topics of these conferences and the composition of the participants are considered. Educational institutions, academic institutes and other organizations that solved organizational issues related to the preparation and holding of conferences on military history are named. It should be noted that, in addition to professional researchers who for a number of years have been engaged in subjects related to military topics, there are regularly young researchers who for the first time presented the results, final or intermediate of their scientific researches. Undoubtedly, the interest in the military history of Siberia and the Far East is of interest to the Siberian community, and this allows us to hope that unexplored or poorly studied plots and topics will be developed. As a rule, the materials of conferences on military history are published in collections. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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