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The book presents discussions proceedings of the plenary session and the 1st workshop of the 12th International Likhachov Scientific Conference that took place on May 17–18, 2012 at St. Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences in accordance with the Decree of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin № 578 from May 23, 2001 ‘On perpetuating the memory of D. S. Likhachov,.
Among the participants of the Conference there are prominent scholars, members of the Russian Academy of Sciences A. A. Akayev, A. A. Gromyko, A. A. Guseynov, A. V. Dmitriyev, A. S. Zapesotsky, G. B. Kleiner, V. L. Makarov, V. V. Mironov, V. V. Naumkin, A. V. Smirnov, V. S. Styopin, Zh. T. Toshchenko, and others, heads of research centers, well-known political figures, statesmen and public officials, clerisy representatives: judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation G. A. Hajiyev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation G. M. Gatilov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation M. V. Dulinov, President of the Bar of Moscow H. M. Reznik, writer A. A. Likhanov and many others.
Among foreign participants of the Conference are HRH Michael of Kent (Great Britain), ex-vice-president of the Republic of Bulgaria A. Marin, members of the foreign academies of sciences: F. Unger — President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, A. N. Nysanbayev — from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, V. Prodanov — from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, G. Xing — from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; French slavicist R. Guerra, J. Wiatr — Rector of the European School of Law and Administration in Warsaw, P. Dutkiewicz — Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Management at Carleton University.
The role of the Conference was highly estimated by the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin who pointed out that ‘in the time of globalization the issues of dialogue of cultures expansion and ethno-confessional conflicts prevention have special significance and prove convincingly that humanistic ideas of D. S. Likhachov, prominent Russian scholar and public figure, are timely nowadays,.