Academic seminars of the center for study of the battle of Stalingrad

Center for study of the battle of Stalingrad was founded in October 2015 in order to comprehensively study the role of the battle of Stalingrad in world history, its influence on the course of the Great Patriotic war, displaying the results of the study in print and other publications. In 2016, seven seminars were organized and conducted at its base in the form of round tables on relevant and understudied topics on the great battle on the Volga, certain aspects of the historical-economic, socio-cultural life of the country and people during the battle of Stalingrad. In 2017 this work has been continued - for seven months five seminars have been held. In the framework of the round tables the attention is focused on the interaction of the front and rear, organization of mobilization economy, defense construction, problems of job search. Participants of the seminars inform about the introduction into scientific circulation of archival sources, summarize the results of research. The round tables bring together members of the Committee for Culture of the Volgograd region administration, state archives, the Museum-reserve Staraya Sarepta (‘Old Sarepta’), Museum and factory Krasny Oktyabr (‘Red October’), the local historians, teachers and students of universities, students of schools. The article presents a review of the scientific seminars in the form of “round tables” organized by the Centre for study of the battle of Stalingrad in 2016-2017, the authors introduce the reader to the topics of academic seminars, the content of the reports. ã Загорулько М.М., Лысенко И.А., 2017 The text of the article is prepared by permanent participant of the seminar I.A. Lysenko, academic editing - by Director of the seminar since its inception, veteran of the Great Patriotic war, doctor of economic sciences, Professor Maksim M. Zagorulko.