INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE "THE TURKIC-MUSLIM WORLD: IDENTITY, HERITAGE AND PERSPECTIVES OF STUDY" DEDICATED TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROFESSOR M. A. USMANOV

On 27th-28th May, 2014 in Kazan was held International Research Conference "The Turkic-Muslim World: Identity, Heritage and Perspectives of Study" dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Professor M.A. Usmanov. The conference was organized by the Institute of International Relations, History, and Oriental Studies of the Kazan Federal University; Sh. Marjani Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan; N.I. Lobachevsky Scientific Library; National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan; Russian Historical Society; Society of Russian Orientalists; "Zhyen" Foundation for the Preservation and Development of the Tatar language and culture; Yunus Emre Institute (Turkey). The conference was divided into six thematic sections: "Personality in History: Academic and Social Heritage of M.A. Usmanov". "The Oriental Archeology in Russia and Problems of Source Study". "Turkic-Muslim Legacy of the Golden Horde". "The Tatar Theological Thought and Muslim Spiritual and Political Institutions in Russia". "Islam in the Middle Ages and Modern Times: Problems of Source Study". "Islamic Bibliographic Tradition and Tatar Literature". There were presented greetings and reports dedicated to M. A. Usmanov at the plenary session of the conference (R.R. Khairutdinov, "Mirkasym Abdulakhatovich Usmanov: Milestones of the Academic Biography"). The conference was attended by many prominent scholars. Section "The Turkic-Muslim Legacy of the Golden Horde" was devoted to the Golden Horde period. In connection with the subject close to our journal, special interest represented the following reports: Mark Grigorievich Kramarovsky "Crimea and Rum in the 13th-14th centuries (Anatolian diaspora in the cultural landscape of the Golden Horde city); Uli Shamiloglu "The Golden Horde and the Problem of the Origin of Autocracy in Russia"; Michael Kemper "Oriental Studies in the Late Soviet Union"; Khatip Yunusovich Minnegulov "The Role of M. A. Usmanov in the Study of the Literary Legacy of the Tatar People"; Damirdzhan Rustamdzhonovich Zainuddinov "Information on Genghis Khan and Some Golden Horde Khans in the Bibliographic Collection of Salah alDin Khalil al-Safadi"; Istvan Fodor "The Fate of Eastern Hungarians after the Tatar Invasion"; Bulat Raimovich Rakhimzyanov "Markers of Involvement of the Moscow State in the Late Golden Horde Politics"; Ashirbek Kurbanovich Muminov: "The Spiritual Life of the Golden Horde in the Monuments of Historical and Biographical Literature"; Elmira Gadelzyanovna Sayfetdinova "Literary Monuments of the Golden Horde Epoch as a Source for the History of the Spiritual Culture of the Tatar People"; Ilnur Midkhatovich Mirgaleev "The Golden Horde Theologian Abu Bakr Qalandar"; Iskander Lerunovich Izmailov: "The Service Class of Tatars: Origin, Social Status and Ethno-cultural Characteristics"; Ilyas Alfredovich Mustakimov "The Term of 'Togmak' in Muslim Sources: The Meaning and Interpretation"; Damir Mavlyaveevich Iskhakov "On the 'Golden Throne' of Medieval Turkic-Tatar Sources"; Roman Yurievich Reva "Once again about Syed Ahmad I"; Marat Salavatovich Gatin "The Tatar Daily Life during the Golden Horde Period (according to the ambassadorial books)".