V Chempalov readings

13:24, November 12, 2021

Scientific Conference with International Participation

All-Russian scientific conference with international participation "The USSR and its legacy: problems of world politics and international relations". V Chempalov readings dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the formation of the USSR.

On November 17-18, 2022, the All-Russian Scientific Conference with international participation "The USSR and its legacy: problems of world politics and international relations" will be held on the basis of the Department of International Relations and the Department of the Faculty of History of the UrIH (Ural Institute of Humanities) UrFU. V Chempalov readings, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the formation of the USSR.

The objectives of the conference are to develop scientifically based approaches to understanding the policy of the USSR in the international arena, its role in the transformation of the system of international relations and in world politics in the 20th century; analysis of the development of modern international relations, considering historical experience.

The conference proposes to discuss the following issues:

• The formation of the USSR and the emergence of a new contradiction of the era - the confrontation of social systems and ideologies.
• The influence of the formation of the USSR on the change in the balance of power in the international arena.
• Soviet foreign policy and the problem of world revolution. Activities of the Comintern.
• The formation of the USSR and its influence on the revolutionary and national liberation movement.
• Diplomatic activity of the USSR at international conferences and in international organizations. USSR and the League of Nations.
• The policy of appeasement and the struggle for a system of collective security.
• USSR during the pre-war international crisis.
• The role of the USSR in international relations during the Second World War
• USSR and global problems of international relations in the second half of the 20th century (problems of international security, the policy of blocs and alliances, the role of the UN, etc.)
• USSR and regional aspects of international relations in the second half of the twentieth century.
• Soviet policy on the European continent in the second half of the twentieth century.
• The Asian direction of the foreign policy of the USSR in the second half of the 20th century. Soviet-Chinese and Soviet-Indian relations.
• The processes of decolonization in Africa and the relations of the USSR with African countries.
• USSR and "hot spots" of the planet (Middle East, Indochina, Korean Peninsula, etc.) in the second half of the 20th century.
• USSR and energy problems (oil, gas, nuclear energy, etc.) of international relations in the second half of the 20th century.
• Global and regional aspects of international relations and world politics in the post-bipolar era.

University professors, employees of research organizations, archivists, graduate students are invited to participate in the conference.

Based on the results of the conference, it is planned to publish a collection of materials with placement in the RSCI.

Please send applications for participation in the conference before February 1, 2022 to the address of the scientific secretary of the conference, candidate of historical sciences, assistant of the department of modern and recent history Yulia Mikhailovna Galkina: histmemory.urfu@gmail.com