On February 27, 2026, the international scientific and practical online conference "The Role of History in the Formation of National Identities in the Asian Part of the Post-Soviet Space" was held. It was organized by the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Bishkek State University named after Academician K. Karasayev.
BSU Rector Professor Mirlan Dyldaev and INION RAS Director Alexander Kuznetsov addressed the participants with welcoming remarks. In their speeches, they emphasized the importance of scholarly dialogue, an interdisciplinary approach, and international cooperation in studying the formation of national identities.
Leading scholars, teachers, and students from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries participated in the conference. Discussions addressed issues of historical memory, national identity, intercultural interaction, and contemporary socio-political processes in the post-Soviet countries.
