September 18-20, 2016, at the Kazan Kremlin, on the basis of the State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve “The Kazan Kremlin” and Center “Hermitage-Kazan” an international round table devoted to the book of Ahmad ibn Fadlan, his epoch and archaeological collections will be held .

The main organizers of scientific event – the RT Ministry of Culture, the State Museum-Reserve “The Kazan Kremlin” and the Institute of History of. RT Academy of Sciences after Sh. Mardzhani.

In preparation of the event the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg), Institute of Archaeology Academy of Sciences (Moscow), the Astrakhan State Museum-Reserve, the Volgograd State

University, the Samara historical museum, the Kazan State Institute of Culture, the Wolfson College (Oxford), SIC Khalili (Oxford), the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), Institute of History of. A.A.Bakikhanov of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan were involved.

The main meeting will be held at the Kazan Kremlin, September 20, 2016 from 9:30am to 13:30pm and from 14:30pm to 16:50 pm.

The program of the conference will address executives and scientists of leading research centers and cultural institutions, among which Z.R.Valeeva, R.S.Hakimov, V.S.Kuleshov, R.M.Valeev, A.A.Burkhanov, DA .Stashenkov, N.A.Garaeva, A.F.Kochkina, I.Yu.Lapshina, M.Yankovyak, N.F.Akhundova et al. (program attached).

September 19, this year, for participants and guests the excursion to Bolgar Reserve is planned.

Information: A.A.Burkhanov