The biannual congresses of Russian Orientalists bring together leading Asian and African researchers from Russia and the CIS countries. The theme of the current congress, held in Kazan on September 25-28, 2012, is "Multi-factor analysis of the history, culture and religions of the East". It was organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (KFU), the Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations of the KFU, the Scientific Council for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Society of Orientalists of Russia, the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan. The forum was attended by over 250 scientists from various institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, universities and institutes of Russia and CIS countries. The congress was held with the support of the RGNF grant No. 12-01-14034. The congress was opened by the President of the Society of Oriental Studies of Russia, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences V. V. Naumkin. Greetings of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan R. N. Minikhanov, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan I. Sh. Khalshov, the rector of KFU I. R. Gafurov were heard. Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Cooperation with the Alliance of Civilizations Konstantin Shuvalov read out a greeting on behalf of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The Congress received greetings from Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation signed by Deputy Chairman I. M.-S. Umakhanov, acad. E. M. Primakov, Russian Academy of Sciences, signed by the Vice-President of the Russian Acad ... Читать далее