IV International Bolgar forum to be held in the Republic of Bulgaria

Tomorrow, Tatarstan’s State Counselor, Chairman of Board of trustees of historical and cultural monuments revival Mintimer Shaimiev will depart to Bulgaria to participate in IV International Bolgar forum “Origins, historical development and cultural heritage of Bolgar civilization”. Mintimer Shaimiev is also the Chairman of the forum’s Organisation committee.

The event is held on October 22-25, 2012 in Varna under the auspices of the Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, ministries of culture of the Republic of Tatarstan and Bulgaria, and the Union of Bulgarian scientists. It is organised by the Republican foundation for historical and cultural monuments revival, Academies of sciences of Tatarstan and Bulgaria.

Aide to the Tatarstan President on social issues, CEO of the Republican foundation for historical and cultural monuments revival Tatyana Larionova, Tatarstan’s Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin, President of the RT Academy of sciences Akhmet Mazgarov, Director of the Institute of history named after Sh.Mardzhani Rafael Khakimov, Director of the Institute of history of the Kazan federal university Ramil Khairutdinov, and outstanding scientists, historians and archeologists from Tatarstan will participate in the forum.

The International Bolgar forum initiated by the Republic of Tatarstan is held every year to unite specialists studying history, culture and history of Bolgar civilization. For the last two years forum has become a regular event for scientists from Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova and Kazakhstan willing to share their knowledge. The first and the second forums were held in Tatarstan in 2010 and 2011, the third forum – in Altai region this September.

The topic of IV International Bolgar forum is “Origins, historical development and cultural heritage of Bolgar civilization”. One of priority tasks is to study processes happening on the territory stretching from the Great Chinese Wall to Danube, where ancestors of Turkic and Slavonic peoples formed a unique Eurasian civilization.

More than 50 scientists from Europe, Russia, and CIS will present their scientific researches.

Three discussions on historical, archeological and spiritual aspects of Bolgar civilization, round table on coordinating work of archeologists in Bulgaria and Russia, several official meetings are to be held within the framework of IV International Bolgar forum.

Tatarstan and Bulgarian politicians and public figures will deliver speeches on October 22, 2012, the opening day of the International house of scientists (Varna). Moreover, atlas “Bulgarica. Time and space of Bolgar civilization” prepared and published by the Institute of history of the Tatarstan Academy of sciences will be presented.