Dialog.Tj: Conference "Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan in the focus of modern science" opened in Samarkand

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Dialog.Tj: Conference "Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan in the focus of modern science" opened in Samarkand

The opening of the international scientific conference "Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan in the focus of modern science" took place at the Palace of Youth Creativity in Samarkand. It takes place on the eve of the VI International Congress of the World Society "Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan - the foundation of a new renaissance." During the conference, the Chairman of the Board of the Firdavs Abdukhalikov Society, Academician, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the project "Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan in the Collections of the World" Akmal Saidov, Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic Bakhrom Abdukhalimov , as well as the General Director of the Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture Mahmud Erol Kilic (Turkey). Between speeches, videos were broadcast on the screen dedicated to the cultural life of Uzbekistan and the projects of the World Society. “This project, which is being implemented at the initiative of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, is a clear indicator of the results of reforms in the new Uzbekistan. And all those present during these five years that the new Uzbekistan exists have contributed to this project. Contributed by a number of government organizations, public figures and organizations, foreign research organizations and, of course, scientists - you. All of us, united, are doing a very good and necessary thing. The cultural heritage of Uzbekistan, we are all talking about it, is the heritage of all mankind. Uzbekistan, and indeed the whole of Central Asia as a whole, is a crossroads of cultures, civilizations, religions, and empires. It is very important that we talk about this region, as there is an interest in the world in the region, which is located at the crossroads of the Silk Road,” said Firdavs Abdukhalikov. Those present honored Academician Edward Rtveladze, one of those who stood at the origins of the Society, with a minute of silence. In memory of the scientist, Sergei Laptev, a member of the Board of the Society, a special employee of the Miho Museum (Japan), delivered a speech. A video dedicated to Rtveladze was also shown. A welcome letter was read to the participants of the Congress from the patron, Chairman of the Board of the oilfield service company ERIELL Group Bakhtiyor Fazilov, who supports the project. “It has become a great honor for us to support this undertaking from the first days of the project’s existence, as we are aware of the importance of the work being carried out in the new Uzbekistan to study the huge potential that our land stores and increases,” Fazilov said. More than 250 world-famous orientalists will take part in the work of the VI International Congress of the Society. Among them are 33 directors of famous international museums, 15 directors of national museums, more than 15 academicians, more than 20 professors, more than 20 doctors of science.

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