Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far-East,

Throughout its history the Russian Far East has had many faces. It was a springboard to the Pacific for the Tsarist empire, a global hub to-be, a magnet for migrants and a sealed-off, militarized borderland. Read more…

The Interview by N.N. Goryachev, Junior Research Fellow of the Laboratory of Situation Analysis to the Vladnews Agency: https://vladnews.ru/2019-09-24/159370/primorskiy_uchnyy

On September 17-18, 2019, the All-Russian Scientific Conference “Border Conflicts and Cross-Border Cooperation in Historical Retrospective. 17th – 20th Centuries. (The 9th Krushanov Readings)” was held at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS. Read more…

On September 16-21, 2019, as a part of the 100th anniversary of academic archaeology, the 4th International Congress of Medieval Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppe “Nomadic Empires of Eurasia in Terms of Archaeological and Interdisciplinary Studies” was conducted at the Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the RAS in Ulan-Ude. One of the organizers – the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS.

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How much money was spent on the construction of the Vladivostok Fortress? Is it true that the Fortress didn’t fire any shot? Who managed to make money on the construction of the fortifications and what corrupt practices were used? Roman Avilov, PhD, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of History of the Russian Far East of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS spoke on the radio “Komsomolskaya Pravda – Primorye” about the secrets of the famous monument of Vladivostok military architecture – the Vladivostok Fortress. Read and listen more: https://www.dv.kp.ru/radio/27032.7/4095378/

International studies of the archaeological group of the sector of the early mediaeval archaeology at the Kraskinskoye Settlement in the Khasansky District of the Primorye Region led by E.I.Gelman were completed. Read more…

On September 12-13, 2019, the 35th Russian-Japanese Symposium of the Scientists of FEB RAS and the Kansai Region was held in Vladivostok. This event has been conducted annually since 1984 in Russia and in Japan. Read more…

The Issue №23 of the Journal “Proceedings of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, FEB RAS” has been released.

Japan prepares to enter the new era. The current 125th emperor Akihito will abdicate and will make way for his eldest son Naruhito.

On March 24, the first parliamentary elections happened in Thailand since 2011. They became very special because they occurred while the military junta was in power and despite political restrictions announced and held general elections into the supreme representative body of power taking into consideration basic democratic principles including freedom of speech.

On February 27-28, 2019, the negotiations between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump were held in Hanoi. It was the second summit meeting between the leaders of two earlier irreconcilable states (the first summit was conducted in Singapore in June 2018). There were many expectations from this meeting as both sides were interested in its success.

On November 6, 2018, the midterm elections happened in the US: Americans elected the members of the US Congress, 35 Senators and 35 Governors.

The beginning of December 2017 turned out to be full of unusual events on the global political stage. The most unexpected event was the statement by the President of the United States D. Trump on recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as well as on the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv (later on the same day, Trump signed a waiver delaying the move of the U.S. Embassy for another six months).

On October 26, 2017, Thailand said goodbye to its King Bhumibol Adulyadej – Rama IX. The epoch of 70 years of the King’s reign is over and the country faces considerable changes which can radically reverse domestic policy as well as amend a political image of the country.

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