All-Union Conferences of Historians-Slavonic Scholars (1962–1990) (To the 85th Anniversary of the Department of the History of Southern and Western Slavs of the Faculty of History of the Lomonosov Moscow State University)

The article deals with the history of the intercollegiate scientific conferences of historians-Slavonic scholars of the Soviet Union. The main role in their organization played the Department of Southern and Western Slavs of the Faculty of History of Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Institute of Slavic Studies (from 1968 – Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies) of Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Over the period of 1962–1990, 12 conferences took place that assumed a really all-union scale. Their main object were the problems of modernization of the teaching of history of Southern and Western Slavs in higher educational establishments, coordination of the Slavic studies, especially in the contemporary history, including institutions of humanitarian sphere in the country. Сarrying out of such important scientific events contributed to the enlargement of the geography of the study of history of Slavic peoples in higher educational establishments, the development of all directions of the Slavic studies in the Soviet Union.