Year of cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia in KBSU — results

2022, the Year of the Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia, has come to an end. Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov took an active part in the implementation of the project of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin.

Interesting and memorable competitions, olympiads, trainings and round tables held in 2022 were aimed at building an understanding that folk culture and traditions play a key role in preserving national identity. Students and staff of KBSU, schoolchildren and students of colleges of Kabardino-Balkaria with pleasure plunged into the theme of the year, which emphasized the role of KBSU not only as a scientific and educational center, but also as a custodian, translator and popularizer of the cultural heritage of the multinational people of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

Excursion and tourism projects developed by students of the “Tourism” and “Hospitality” directions — participants of the All-Russian Student Forum “Your Move-2022” were highly appreciated by experts, within the framework of which the ideaton “More than History” was held at KBSU — an intensive search and elaboration of tourist regional routes, which reflect the theme of acquaintance with the cultural and historical heritage of the peoples of Kabardino-Balkaria.

“An important task of the institute in 2022 was the actualization of the problems of studying, preserving and developing the native languages of the peoples of the KBR. In the course of the events held on this issue, student youth were imbued with the understanding that the code of national identity, first of all, is formed by introducing them to their native language and, as a result, to traditional national culture. Employees of the Social and Humanitarian Institute were invited to participate in public hearings in the Parliament of the KBR and the Public Chamber on the problems of preserving and developing the native languages of the peoples of the KBR, as well as in the All-Russian Congress of Teachers of Native Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation. They prepared for publication two collective monographs, a dictionary: on the historical and cultural heritage of the peoples of Kabardino-Balkaria, on the features of the representation of the world in different linguistic cultures, intended for a wide range of domestic specialists, and on the analysis of Balkar personal names and surnames recorded in archival documents of 1827–1944. The publication of the first issue of the bio-bibliographic publication “90 Years of KBSU: People and Events” has long been expected in the republic, containing information about 425 university employees who contributed to the transformation of our university into a center of science, education and enlightenment.

Guests of KBSU, who took part in various events held at our university, noted the positive experience of the scientific and educational centers of the social and humanitarian institute — the Adyghe culture; Russian language and culture; Balkar culture — especially their openness to young people of various nationalities.

In general, the planned and implemented set of measures was aimed at creating an understanding in the regional dimension that the history of the peoples of Russia, their common destiny and the centuries-old experience of mutual understanding is the true culture, the key to the real development of the state and its future, ”shared the director of the SGI, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor Muslim Tamazov.

Today KBSU is a place of attraction for students and teachers from 52 subjects of Russia and 45 countries of the world, largely due to the policy of openness towards ethnic diversity.

Let’s recall the events of the outgoing year aimed at preserving and popularizing the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia: the Decade of Native Languages at KBSU with the participation of schoolchildren and students of the KBR «Immortality of the people in their language.» The decade was held in February by the departments of the Kabardino-Circassian language and literature and Karachay-Balkarian philology, as well as the centers of the Adyghe and Balkar culture.

The Olympiad in Karachay-Balkarian language and literature, timed to coincide with the International Day of Native Languages and the Year of Cultural Heritage, was also held in February.

The master class «Using ICT in the lessons of the native (Kabardino-Circassian) language» was held in February by the Department of Kabardian-Circassian Language and Literature.

“An hour of high poetry dedicated to the day of memory of A.S. Pushkin” was held in February by the Scientific and Educational Center of the Russian Language and Culture. The participants were students of KBSU and students of educational institutions of the Republic.

The Maslenitsa celebration ended the winter events in February. Organized the people’s farewell to the cold season of the Scientific and Educational Center of the Russian Language and Culture.

The open Olympiad in tourism and local history «Encyclopedia of Tourism» among schoolchildren was held in March with the participation of the Department of Economics and Management in Tourism.

The training on social design «From idea to result» in order to increase the level of project activity and develop skills in writing applications for full-time and correspondence grant competitions in the field of culture and patriotic education was held in March at the Center for Balkarian Culture of KBGU named after M. K.S. Otarov.

Round table of student scientific society on the topic «Globalization processes in Kabardino-Balkaria and the preservation of the cultural heritage of the peoples inhabiting it» was held in March.

On World Poetry Day, March 21, students of KBSU and students of educational institutions of the republic read poems by their favorite poets at the Scientific and Educational Center of the Russian Language and Culture.

The competition of young guides «Journey through Kabardino-Balkaria» among schoolchildren was held in April. The organizer is the Department of Economics and Management in Tourism. The Republican competition of creative works «Small Motherland» was held in April at the initiative of the Center for Balkar Culture of the KBSU named after K.S. Otarov.

On the International Day of Culture, April 15, a meeting-conversation about culture and art with artists and writers of the KBR was held at the Scientific and Educational Center of the Russian Language and Culture.

The student scientific conference «Berbekov Readings — 2022», timed to coincide with the Year of the Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia, was held in May. The organizers are the directorate of the Social and Humanitarian Institute, the Council of Young Scientists, the Student Scientific Society of KBSU.

The scientific and student conference “My surname is a cultural code” was held in May by the Department of Ethnology, History of the Peoples of the KBR and Journalism, together with the Departments of National Languages and Literature of the SHI.

In May, a competition was held for student research papers on the study of the intangible cultural heritage of the Kabardians, Balkars, Terek Cossacks, based on their own ethnographic material, with subsequent publication. The organizer is the Department of Ethnology, History of the Peoples of the KBR and Journalism.

Also in May, students went on a tour of the cultural and historical sights of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic on the initiative of curators of student academic groups, Professor of the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature, Doctor of Philology Asiyat Borova and Professor of the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature, Doctor of Philology Zukhra Kuchukova.

In May, students of KBSU and students of general educational institutions of the republic took part in a video recording of the recitation of poems on military topics as part of the «Memory Relay Race» project organized by the Scientific and Educational Center of the Russian Language and Culture.

The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture and the Day of the Philologist were celebrated on May 24 at the Scientific and Educational Center of the Russian Language and Culture. The competition of drawings and crafts «Wonderful Laces», dedicated to the Day of Folk Artistic Crafts of Russia, was held in June.

The participants were students of KBSU and students of educational institutions of the republic. The organizer is the Scientific and Educational Center of the Russian Language and Culture.

Day of the Circassians — September 20 and the International Day of the Circassian costume — September 28, as part of the Year of the Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia and the 100th anniversary of the statehood of the KBR, were celebrated at the Center for Adyghe Culture named after A.A. Tsipinov.

The scientific-practical conference «Historical heritage and ethno-cultural traditions as a resource for the development of the tourism potential of Kabardino-Balkaria» was held in October at the initiative of the Department of Economics and Management in Tourism.

In October, a meeting of the student folklore circle «The Bright World of Folk Culture» was held at the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature.

In October, the projects of the student scientific society of KBSU «Development of the historical and cultural heritage of the region through the development of student tourism» and «Introduction to the Nart epic through modern audiovisual forms» were also defended.

The All-Russian Conference with international participation «Problems of studying minority languages in the paradigm of modern linguistics» was held in November, organized by the Department of the Russian Language and General Linguistics.

The All-Russian video conference dedicated to the Year of Cultural Heritage was held in November with the participation of the Department of German and Romance Philology. In November, the UNESCO Chair also resumed its activities on the basis of KBSU.

A cycle of open lectures on cultural heritage issues was held in November-December at the Hermitage-Kavkaz Cultural and Educational Center. In December, the Social and Humanitarian Institute of KBSU began preparations for the release of a collective monograph on the historical and cultural heritage of the peoples of Kabardino-Balkaria.