(SOME RESULTS AND PROSPECTS) Academician A. A. Huber The next International Congress of Historical Sciences met for the first time in the Soviet Union. From August 16 to August 23, 1970, the halls and auditoriums of Moscow State University on Leninsky Hills hosted lively and crowded sessions of sections of the Congress, numerous commissions of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICS) and its affiliated international associations and organizations. As expected by its organizers, the next congress surpassed all previous ones in terms of the number of historians who participated in it (over 3,300 people), representing 50 countries of five continents. This is a re-manifestation of the trend of a noticeable increase in the number of participants, which was already revealed at the last international congresses of historians. In addition, the congress venue and various excursions after the congress to ancient Russian cities rich in cultural monuments, Central Asia, Siberia, and Ukraine were undoubtedly an attractive moment for its participants. This is also evidenced by the large number of family members who accompanied the congress delegates. Scientists who came to the congress, and many of them visited the Soviet Union for the first time, had the opportunity to get acquainted with the life and achievements of Soviet society, to get a more complete picture of the ancient and modern culture of the peoples of the USSR. The" ladies 'committee" of the congress was faced with a difficult task - during the week, while historians argued and discussed reports, to provide those who did not participate in the meetings with the opportunity to see everything they were interested in in Moscow and its environs. For the organizers, the satisfaction and appreciation of the guests was undoubtedly a reward for all their hard work. The Moscow Congress of Historians met in the year of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. A special symposium was dedicat ... Читать далее