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2025-04-28
THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MONGOLIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE WAS SUCCESSFULLY HELD

Under the auspices of the President of Mongolia, the 7th International Conference titled “Cultural Heritage of the Mongols: Collection of Manuscripts and Archival Documents” was successfully held in Saint Petersburg from April 19 to 22. 

The conference was opened with speeches by Academician S. Chuluun, Director of the Chinggis Khaan National Museum, Irina F. Popova Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and L. Erdenebold, Director of the Institute of History and Ethnology of Mongolia. 

The conference was attended by researchers from major centers of Mongolian studies in Russia: Moscow, Ulaanbaatar, Kazan, Irkutsk, and Elista, as well as researchers from the National Library of Mongolia, the Choijin Lama Temple Museum, the Chinggis Khaan National Museum, the Bogd Khan Palace Museum, the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, the Erdenezuu Museum, the Mongolian State University of Education, the Kharkhorum Museum, and the Institute of History and Ethnology, who presented papers in their respective fields. The researchers from the Kharkhorum Museum, the Museum of History, and the Ethnology Research Institute participated and presented papers in their respective fields. Additionally, five researchers from the Chinggis Khaan National Museum presented three papers.

Russian scientists Tatyana D. Skrynnikova, who discussed the meaning of the word "Mong" in the Secret History of the Mongols, R.M. Valeev, a Mongolist, A.V. Popova, who presented on “Fate and Heritage”, P.N. Dudin, who spoke about V.I. Suring's legacy regarding the 1925 and 1928 map, Yu.I. Elikhina, who presented on the Hermitage's collection related to excavations in the Tuul Valley by G.I. Borovka, M.V. Fedorova, who discussed the Buddhist collection of E.E. Uhtomsky in the Russian Museum of Ethnography, A.D. Tsendina, who highlighted the characteristics of Mongolian customs in written sources, D.P. Sumba, who discussed Mongol and Tibetan manuscripts in the Tuvan National Museum's collection, and K.V. Orlova, who presented on Mongolian documents in the Russian Intelligence Archives, all researchers presented interesting, significant papers.

This international conference has been held since 2013, continuously contributions to the field of Mongolian studies. 

The papers presented by participants, along with various significant documents, are regularly published.