Scientific Seminar Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917

Abstract

The article is devoted to a scientific seminar dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 held in Beijing on June 5, 2017, with the participation of historians of St. Petersburg State University, as well as historians, economists and political scientists from various scientific and educational institutions of China. Professors of the Institute of History and the Faculty of Oriental Studies took part in the seminar on behalf of St. Petersburg State University. The Chinese side was represented by experts from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Renmin University of China, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University in Shanghai, various departments of the CPC Central Committee and other organizations. Li Fengling, the Chinese Ambassador to Russia in 1995-1998, also contributed a lecture. The seminar was organized by the Center for the Study of Russia of the Renmin University of China and St. Petersburg State University, which was opened on September 2, 2015 in Beijing with the participation of the Russian and Chinese Vice-Premiers. During the seminar Russian and Chinese experts made presentations on various issues of the history of the Great Russian Revolution, as well as on issues that Russian and Chinese societies are facing now in the light of the centenary of the events of 1917. Summing up the results of the seminar, the speakers unanimously noted that the Great Russian Revolution had a huge impact on the entire course of the world history.