On September 9-10, 2022, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Department of Humanities and Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus are holding an international scientific conference «Minsk and Minskers»: ten centuries of history (to the 955th anniversary of the city)».

The opening and plenary session of the conference will take place on September 9 from 10.00 to 12.00 at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Minsk, Akademicheskaya st., 1).

The work of the sections will continue on September 9 at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Akademicheskaya St., 1) and the Yakub Kolas Central Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Surganov St., 15).
Entrance to the conference is free.

The conference will be an important event in the celebration of the 955th anniversary of Minsk. The conference is planned to be attended by the well-known specialists in the field of the history of Minsk: historians, archaeologists, ethnographers, linguists, art historians, journalists, public figures from Belarus and Russia.

The conference will present and discuss the results of the latest research on regional history and historical urban studies, and identify prospects for further research.

Problem field of the conference:
- material culture and economy;
- Minsk in the whirlwinds of wars and revolutions;
- social and political life of Minsk;
- sources on the history of the city;
- formation of the urban space;
- tourist potential of the capital of Belarus;
- the history of the city through the fate of the inhabitants.

The conference will form the necessary scientific and theoretical foundation on which knowledge on the history of the city, information about famous citizens will be based, will create a basis for the popularization and practical use of the achievements of historical science, will make the latest knowledge on the history of the native land available to society, will contribute to their implementation. in the educational process, the development of regional and international tourism.