The Second Congress of Young Orientalists of the CIS was held in Azerbaijan (Baku) on November 11-14, 2013. The Congress was organized by the Council of Young Scientists of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Azerbaijan, the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Z. M. Buniyatov Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It was attended by about 100 young scientists from Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The Russian scientific youth was represented by orientalists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Elista, Makhachkala, Yekaterinburg, Tomsk, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, and Vladivostok. The President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Academician A. Alizadeh, welcomed the participants of the congress and expressed confidence that young orientalists will make their contribution to orientalism in general. Head of the Department of Political Analysis and Information Support of the Presidential Administration E. Aslanov stressed the importance of this forum for Azerbaijan, the region and CIS scientific schools. F. Mammadov, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, drew special attention to the role of Azerbaijan as a link between North and South, East and West and called for expanding cooperation between CIS countries. The participants of the congress were greeted by the Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies. Academician Z. M. Buniyatova of the National Academy of Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences G. Bakhshalieva, President of the ISAA MSU M. S. Meyer, Director of the Institute of Internal Affairs of the Russian Academy of Sciences I. F. Popova, Director of t ... Читать далее