2016. Vol. 4, no. 4. Gibatdinov M.M.

2016. Vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 924-927

DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2016-4-4.924-927

 

INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLE “TATAR MATERIALS IN POLISH ARCHIVES”
(Warsaw, 31st march – 1st april, 2016)

M.M. Gibatdinov
Sh. Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Kazan 420014, Russian Federation
E-mail: marmingi@mail.ru

This article present a short report on the International round table “Tatar materials in Polish archives” organized in Warsaw on March 31 – April 1, 2016. Round table was a result of international scientific cooperation between Marjani Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Warsaw, Institute for Caucasian-, Tatar- and Turkestan Studies (ICATAT). It was a part of the long-term research project “Tatar Materials in Foreign Archives” carried out by the Marjani Institute of History in the framework of State Program of the Republic of Tatarstan “Preserving of Tatar Ethnical Identity (for years 2014–2016).”
The following papers was presented on the round table: “On results of recent researches of Tatar materials in Polish archives” by Prof., Dr. Dariusz Kołodziejczyk, Director of the Institute of History, University of Warsaw; “The New Records of Old Heritage – Documents about Tatars from Regional and Private Archives in Polish-German Context”, by Dr. Mieste Hottop-Riecke, Director of ICATAT and Dr. Stephan Theilig, Director of Brandenburg-Preußen Museum Wustrau; “Maniere de Faire la Guerre des Tartares’ as Hybrid War in the Military Art of Crimean and Dobruja Tatars in the Early modern Time”, by Dr. Andrzej Gliwa, University of Warsaw, Department of History, Faculty Member; “Tatar Documents in Archives and Museums in Bialystok” by Dr. Artur Konopacki, Assistant Professor in Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Bialystok; ”The first results of international research project ”Yazma Miras – Written Heritage” by Marat Gibatdinov.
Participants of round table discussed a possible prospects for future cooperation in the field of researching and digitalizing of Tatar materials from Polish archives. During the conference the meetings with the representatives of Tatar community in Poland and Lithuania was organized, as well as the study visits to the Tatar Mosque and Tatar cemetery in Warsaw.
With the help of Dr. Kołodziejczyk and Dr. Hubert Wajs, Head of Central Archives of Historical Records (Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych – AGAD) special exhibition of Tatar materials was organized in AGAD exclusively for the round table participants. It contained a number of unique documents about history of Kazan and Crimean Khanates, history of Tatar-Polish diplomatic relationships. According of the calculation of Polish colleagues, only AGAD have around 700 different documents about Tatar history, still waiting for researching and publishing.

Keywords: international round table, Polish archives, Tatar archive materials, history of Tatars, international scientific cooperation.

For citation: Gibatdinov M.M. International Round Table “Tatar Materials in Polish Archives” (Warsaw, 31st March – 1st April, 2016). Golden Horde Review. 2016. Vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 924–927. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2016-4-4.924-927

About the author: Marat M. Gibatdinov – Cand. Sci. (Pedagogy), Head of the Centre for History and Theory of Education, Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (5 entrance, Kremlin, Kazan 420014, Russian Federation). E-mail: marmingi@mail.ru

Received October 5, 2016
Accepted for publication November 30, 2016
Published online December 20, 2016