Int’l conference on ‘peoples of the East’ kicks off in Baku
BAKU – An international conference "Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East-1920: history and realities" has started in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku.
The event is co-organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of ANAS named after Ziya Bunyadov and the International Institute of Social History of the Netherlands.
The congress is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the first congress of the Peoples of the East held in Baku in 1920.
The event brings together scholars from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, the Netherlands, Russia, Great Britain, Germany, Japan and Georgia.
Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor Govhar Bakhshaliyeva highlighted the importance and history of the congress.
Participants watched a documentary and historical film "The first Congress of the Peoples of the East (1920)" and toured a photo exhibition.
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