Memory of Russia: VIII International Peter the Great Congress to the anniversary of Peter’s birth will take place in St Petersburg

VIII International Peter the Great Congress “PETRO primo CATHARINA secunda»: Two Monarchs, Two Epochs – Continuity, Development, Reforms” will take place in St Petersburg, 10-11 June 2016.

The International Peter the Great Congresses are held each year in St Petersburg at about the anniversary of Peter’s birth. Their aim is to foster comprehensive study of the Petrine epoch and its legacy, to focus attention on problems of the preservation of Petrine monuments, and to broaden cooperation between Russian and European cultural, scholarly and educational institutions.

The Eighth Peter the Great Congress will take place in St Petersburg on 10-11 June 2016 and will focus on the epoch of Catherine II in Russia. The Congress takes as its theme this year the words that Catherine ordered to be incised on the pedestal of the Bronze Horseman, Petro primo Catharina secunda (Catherine the Second to Peter the First), highlighting the link between Peter’s activities and those of her own reign.

The following topics are proposed for discussion at the Congress:

- The Ideas of the Enlightenment in Political Practice and Social Thought.

- The European Vector of Development.

- Legislation.

- Foreign Policy.

- The Russian Orthodox Church and The Government.

- Developments in Education, Art, Literature, and Charitable Activity.

- Town Planning and Architecture.

- The Development of Industry and Trade.

- The Army and the Navy.