On October 20, an international scientific and practical conference on the history of nation-building and national policy in the USSR was held at Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn in Bishkek. Scholars from Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and other countries attended the event.
At the conference, Professor Baibolot Abytov, head of the “Oriental Manuscripts and Heritage” Fund at the Institute of Oriental Studies of Osh State University, presented a paper titled “The First Constitution of the Kyrgyz ASSR: Drafting and Political Context.”
The participants discussed nation-building during the Soviet period, its constitutional foundations and the characteristics of national policy. They also highlighted the significance of the historical experience of that period for the present day.
The conference marked the 90th anniversary of the adoption of the 1936 USSR Constitution, the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Kyrgyz ASSR and the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Kyrgyz SSR.
The event was jointly organized by Kyrgyz National University and the Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.