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Dialogue of Cultures and Partnership of Civilizations RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF EDUCATION ST. PETERSBURG INTELLIGENTSIA CONGRESS ST. PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES under the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia DIALOGUE OF CULTURES AND PARTNERSHIP OF CIVILIZATIONS May 15–20, 2014 The Conference is held in accordance with The conference, originally called ‘The Days of Sci - the Decree of President of Russia V. V. Putin en ce in St. Petersburg University of the Humanities ‘On perpetuating the memory and Social Sciences’ is the 22nd in number of Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachov’ and the 14th in the status of the International No 587, dated from May 23, 2001 Likhachov Scientific Conference To implement the project ‘The 14th International Likhachov Scientific Conference’ state funds are used. The funds are allocated as a grant in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 29, 2013 No 115–rp and the tender held by the Association “Znaniye” of Russia St. Petersburg 2014 ББК 72 Д44 Scientifi c editor A. S. Zapesotsky, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Likhachov Scientifi c Conference, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sc. (Cultural Studies), Professor, Scientist Emeritus of the Russian Federation, Artist Emeritus of the Russian Federation Recommended to be published by the Editorial and Publishing Council of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences Dialogue of Cultures and Partnership of Civilizations: the 14th Inter national Д44 Likha chov Scientifi c Conference, May 15–20, 2014. St. Peters burg : SPbUHSS, 2014. — 174 p., il. ISBN 978-5-7621-0792-1 In the collection there were materials of the 14th Likhachov’s International Scientifi c Readings published, it was held on May 15–20, 2014 in SPbUHSS in accordance with the Decree of the Presi- dent of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “On perpetuating the memory of Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachov”. Among the 54 authors of the collection there are outstanding Russian scientists, members of the Russian Academy of Sciences: V. A. Chereshnev, A. O. Chubarian, M. K. Gorshkov, A. A. Gro- myko, A. A. Guseinov, G. B. Kleiner, A. B. Kudelin, V. A. Lek to rs ky, V. L. Mak arov, V. V. Miro nov, V. V. Naumkin, V. F. Petrenko, M. B. Piotrovsky, A. V. Smirnov, V. A. Tishkov, J. T. Toshchenko, A. S. Zapesotsky and others; heads of academic institutions and research centers, representatives of higher education institutions, mass media leaders, famous statesmen, public fi gures and repre- sentatives of creative intellectuals: the judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation N. S. Bondar and G. A. Hajiyev, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation V. Ye. Churov, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation G. M. Gatilov, the Russian Ambassador in the UK A. V. Yakovenko, the Deputy Chairman of the FITUR E. I. Ma- karov, the President of the Moscow City Advocates' Chamber H. M. Reznik, the Dean of the Higher School of Television of Lomonosov Moscow State University V. T. Tretyakov and others. In the framework of the 14th Readings there was a round table “Building of Greater Europe: challenges and opportunities” with the participation of the Prime Minister of France (2005–2007) Dominique de Villepin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain (2004–2010) M. A. Moratinos, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation A. Yu. Meshkov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004) I. S. Ivanov, the Spanish Ambassador in the Russian Federation (2008–2011) J. A. March. Among the foreign authors of the collection there are representatives of 15 countries: the ambas- sadors of Russia G. Kasoulides (Cyprus) and M. Sanaei (Iran), the Consul General in St. Petersburg M. Faillettaz (Switzerland), the literary critic Zhang Yiwu, the writers Wang Hongji, Zhou Xiao- feng (China), the poet P. O. Il’insky (the USA), the representatives of foreign academies of scien- ces: P. P. Tolochko (Ukraine) and V. Prodanov (Bulgaria); Professor Sh. Weber (the USA), J. Wiatr (Poland), V. Ingimundarson (Iceland), K. Karam (Lebanon), H. Köchler (Austria), F. T. Mamedov (Azerbaijan) and others. The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin highly appreciates the role of Likha- chov’s Readings noting that “Readings has become a recognized, authoritative platform for mean- ingful and constructive discussions for a serious conversation about the most important issues of our time”. ББК 72 ISBN 978-5-7621-0792-1 © SPbUHSS, 2014 DECREE OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ‘ON PERPETUATING THE MEMORY OF DMITRY SERGEYEVICH LIKHACHOV’ Given D. S. Likhachov’s outstanding contribution to the development of the home science and culture I enact: 1. the Government of the Russian Federation should: – establish two personal grants in honour of D. S. Likhachov at the rate of 400 roubles each for university students from the year 2001 and to define the procedure of conferring them; – work out the project of D. S. Likhachov’s gravestone on a com- petitive basis together with the Government of St. Petersburg; – consider the issue of making a film devoted to D. S. Likhachov’s life and activities. 2. the Government of St. Petersburg should: – name one of the streets in St. Petersburg after D. S. Likhachov; – consider the issue of placing a memorial plate on the building of the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Scien- ce (Pushkin’s House); – guarantee the work on setting up D. S. Likhachov’s gravestone in prescribed manner. 3. According to the suggestion from the Russian Academy of Scien- ce the Likhachov Memorial Prizes of the Russian Academy of Science should be established for Russian and foreign scientists for their out- standing contribution to the research of literature and culture of an- cient Russia, and the collected writings of the late Academician should be published. 4. According to the suggestion from St. Petersburg Intel li- gentsia Congress the International Likhachov Scientific Confe- rence should be annually held on the Day of the Slavonic Let- ters and Culture. VLADIMIR PUTIN, President of the Russian Federation Moscow, the Kremlin, May 23, 2001 GREETINGS OF VLADIMIR PUTIN TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LIKHACHOV SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE Dear Friends! I am happy to welcome you in St. Petersburg and to congratulate you on the opening of the 12th Likhachov Conference. Your forum is an important event in the social life of Russia and of a number of foreign count ries. It traditionally brings together representatives of scientific and artistic communities and competent experts. Under globalization, the issues of extending the dialogue of cultures, preventing ethno-con- fessional conflicts are of paramount importance. There is compelling evidence that the huma- nistic ideas of academician D. S. Likhachov, an outstanding Russian enlightener and public figure, are still up-to-date. I am convinced that the suggestions and recommendations drawn up in the course of your meeting will be sought after in practical terms. I wish you new achievements and all the best. President of the Russian Federation V. PUTIN May 17, 2012 Dear Friends! I would like to welcome participants, hosts and guests of the 11th Inter na tional Likhachov Scientific Conference! Your forum, traditionally gathering the cream of the Russian intellectual community, prominent scientists and public figures from all over the world in St. Petersburg is an outstanding and remarkable event in the international scientific and cultural life. It is crucial that the topics of the Conference pre cisely reflect the most urgent and acute humanitarian issues, the main of them being promotion of the dialogue of cultures and civilizations in the modern world, establishment of moral and spiritual foundations of the so ciety. And certainly, one of the priority tasks for you is preserving the invaluable legacy of Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachov, which is as relevant and significant as before. I wish you fruitful and constructive discussions, interesting and useful meetings. Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation V. PUTIN May 5, 2011 Dear Friends! I am sincerely pleased to see you in Saint-Petersburg and open the 10th Anniversary Inter- national Likhachov Conference. This reputable forum is always notable for the substantial membership, comprehensive and effective work, and wide spectrum of issues to be discussed. I am sure that the today’s meeting devoted to the dialogue of cultures and partnership of civilizations should be one more step forward in promoting interconfessional and international communication to bring people closer to each other. And, certainly, again we can see so many Greetings of Vladimir Putin to the Participants of the International Likhachov Scientific Conference 5 prominent people together, among which are scientists, public figures, intellectuals, representa- tives of arts community, everyone who shares notions and opinions of Dmitry S. Likhachov. I wish you good luck and all the best! Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation V. PUTIN May 11, 2010 I want to extend my welcome to hosts, participants and guests of the 8th International Likha- chov Scientific Conference. Holding this scientific forum has become a good and important tradition. It helps not only to realise the value of humanistic ideas of Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachov, but also to under- stand topical issues of the modern world. That is why the agenda of the Conference involves problems vital for everyone, like per- sonality and society in a multicultural world; economics and law in the context of partnership of civilizations; mass media in the system of forming the worldview; higher education: prob- lems of development in the context of globalization and others. I am sure that a lively discussion closely reasoned and utterly transparent in its exposition and logic will contribute to the development of the humanities, steadfast and righteous moral norms.
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