{"id":22838,"date":"2026-06-02T13:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/?p=22838"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:13:49","slug":"20-22-%d0%b8%d1%8e%d0%bd%d1%8f-%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%ba%d1%82-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b1%d1%83%d1%80%d0%b3-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b1%d1%83%d1%80%d0%b3%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/2026\/06\/02\/20-22-%d0%b8%d1%8e%d0%bd%d1%8f-%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%ba%d1%82-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b1%d1%83%d1%80%d0%b3-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b1%d1%83%d1%80%d0%b3%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8\/","title":{"rendered":"20\u201322 June, Saint Petersburg. Petersburg EthnoForum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Staff of the ethnological departments of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far East, Russian Academy of Sciences, headed by Director Academician N.N. Kradin, took part in the EthnoForum held in Saint Petersburg on 20\u201322 June. The event was dedicated to the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The organisers were the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the support of the Association of Ethnologists and Anthropologists of Russia and the \u201cHistory of the Fatherland\u201d Foundation. Unlike traditional conferences, the Forum became an open discussion platform bringing together scientists, representatives of public organisations, government bodies, ethnic communities, cultural figures, business and the media. The main goal was a free exchange of views on current issues of ethnicity, identity and ethnopolitics in Russia.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Opening the Forum, Director of the Kunstkamera Academician A.V. Golovnev emphasized that ethnography is rightly considered \u201cthe most Russian of the sciences\u201d: European evolutionary anthropology appeared a century later, only in the mid\u201119th century. Ethnography was born within the Russian Academy as a necessity for the state\u2019s self\u2011knowledge. Scientific Director of the N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician V.A. Tishkov noted the special public significance of the Forum held during the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia. According to him, the chosen format allowed scientists \u201cto go beyond their offices\u201d and, together with politicians and public figures, to develop common principles of ethnopolitics. Chair of the Council of the Assembly of Peoples of the World, member of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations S.K. Smirnova added that the Forum carries \u201ca deep civilization meaning\u201d: Russia\u2019s experience of cooperation and co\u2011creation among peoples is particularly in demand in today\u2019s environment of rivalry and hostility, and the domestic model of \u201cconscious unity\u201d serves as a guarantee of peace in the country.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Key reports of the plenary session<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The plenary session was opened by Academician A.V. Golovnev with his report \u201c\u2018Multi\u2011peopledness\u2019 and \u2018Indigenous People\u2019: Projections of Meanings\u201d. He traced the evolution of the concepts \u201cpeople\u201d, \u201cnation\u201d, \u201cmulti\u2011peopledness\u201d, \u201cmulti\u2011ethnic people\u201d, and \u201cindigenous people\u201d. The scholar recalled that the Great Northern Expedition (1733\u20131743) led by Gerhard M\u00fcller and Johann Gmelin started the \u201cfashion for peoples\u201d, giving impetus to the study of Russia\u2019s population. The formula of a country \u201cabundant in peoples\u201d has been preserved and transformed throughout the imperial, Soviet and post\u2011Soviet periods, effectively claiming the role of Russia\u2019s national idea. Regarding the term \u201cindigenous people\u201d, Golovnev proposed extending it to all peoples with ethnogenetic roots on the territory of Russia, including the state\u2011forming Russian people, while retaining the status of \u201cindigenous small\u2011numbered peoples\u201d for those who currently bear it \u2013 as a recognition of their achievements in preserving ethno\u2011cultural identity.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Academician V.A. Tishkov devoted his report to the renewed Strategy of the State National Policy of the Russian Federation. He stressed that the concept of \u201cnation\u201d as an ethno\u2011cultural community needs to be filled with civic and political meanings, and proposed discussing the currently popular concept of a \u201cnation\u2011civilization\u201d. In his view, Russia acts both as a greatest civilization (in terms of historical depth and contribution to world culture) and as the world\u2019s largest nation (in the civil\u2011legal sense). At the same time, the national state in the form of sovereign co\u2011citizenship remains on the current agenda. According to the latest data from the regular monitoring conducted by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, all\u2011Russian identity has confidently taken first place in the self\u2011awareness of citizens.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Director of the N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.E. Zagrebin reflected on the limits of traditionalism. 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Russia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Panel discussions and other events<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The Forum\u2019s work continued with four panel discussions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The session \u201cMulti\u2011peopledness of Russia as a national idea\u201d developed the thesis of Russia as a civilization of conscious diversity and unity \u2013 the foundation of stable development and prosperity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Participants of the discussion \u201cEthnoproject in science and practice\u201d discussed specific projects for preserving and reviving traditional heritage: from ethno\u2011festivals and craft fairs to ethnoblogging.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The session \u201cThe Russian people and their identity\u201d presented data on the high significance of civic identity. Director of the IHAE FEB RAS Academician N.N. Kradin noted that significant shared events \u2013 the victory in the Great Patriotic War, achievements in space, sports, science and art \u2013 serve as mechanisms for forming all\u2011Russian identity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The session \u201cPeoples, traditions, values\u201d focused on the interconnection of traditions and innovations, the preservation of languages of the peoples of Russia, and the reflection of the role of peoples and their leaders in regional textbooks and commemorative practices. Head of the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Northern Pacific, Candidate of Historical Sciences Yu.V. Latushko spoke at this session. 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The Science of Peoples and the Russian Geographical Society\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Throughout the Forum, a Fair of Ethnoprojects was held, featuring presentations, master classes, exhibitions, folklore performances, and ethno\u2011defile shows of traditional costumes of the peoples of Russia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Outcomes<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The organizers and participants unanimously acknowledged the high significance of the achieved results, the success of the chosen format, and the need to make the EthnoForum a regular event \u2013 at the venue of the Kunstkamera and the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The program, materials, collection of essays, video and photo archive are available on the official website: <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnoforumspb.ru\/news\">https:\/\/ethnoforumspb.ru\/news<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff of the ethnological departments of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far East, Russian Academy of Sciences, headed &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","ngg_post_thumbnail":3677},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22838"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22838"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22842,"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22838\/revisions\/22842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ihaefe.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}