MOSCOW, Mar 25 The XIII Popular Science Festival «Digital History» has started in Moscow, the press service of the event reports. Its theme is «West-Russia-East: pro et contra». The event will last two days: March 25 and 26.
“The experts focus on foreigners' perceptions of Russia and Russian history,” the press release says.
Historians Ksenia Chepikova, Galina Ershova, Alexei Maslov, Vladimir Kolotov, Stanislav Gridasov, Bair Irincheev will speak on the first day. The guest of the festival is Andrey Bezrukov, Colonel of the Foreign Intelligence Service and professor at MGIMO.
On the second day, speeches by historians Kirill Nazarenko, Alexei Isaev, Alexander Kolpakidi, Alexander Filyushkin, Boris Kipnis are scheduled. Among the speakers are Egor Yakovlev, director of the «Digital History» research foundation, twice winner of the «Knowledge» educational award.
“The demand for reliable historical knowledge in society is very high. We tell about history in an accessible and interesting way, without falling into conspiracy theories and without clinging to topicality,” says Yakovlev.
He will also be the moderator of the discussion on the topic «How to make a movie about the Great Patriotic War.» It will be attended by Igor Ugolnikov («Brest Fortress», «Podolsk Cadets», «Scholarship Fruits»), producer Maria Zhuromskaya («Sobibor», «Nuremberg»), Alexander Kibovsky, as well as Mikhail Amirdzhanov, diplomat and grandson of the chief prosecutor from USSR at the Nuremberg trials of Roman Rudenko.
The review is a continuation of the educational online project «Digital History». Yakovlev created it six years ago. The forum's programs on YouTube and VKontakte are followed all over the world. Their total number of views exceeds 100 million.
The event will be held at the ZIL Cultural Center. There will also be online broadcasts.
The program is subject to change.
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