The Congress of Young Orientalists of Russia and the CIS was held from 3 to 5 October 2012. It was attended by more than 100 young scientists from 36 research centers, higher educational institutions and museums in Russia and the CIS countries. In the course of training, the topic "Preserving traditions, continuity and research priorities in Russian Oriental studies" was chosen, followed by the topic "Updating the problems of modern Oriental studies in the global world". The congress was opened by the Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University, M. S. Meyer, whose report included a retrospective review of the features of educational programs for training orientalists for several generations, their dynamics and compliance with the changing tasks of scientific and practical Oriental studies. M. S. Meyer shared memories of his students, many of whom were present in the hall. The role of young Orientalists of academic institutes in the activities of the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as Academician-Secretary of the Department A. P. Derevyanko, were highlighted in a speech by the Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences A. G. Guskov (IRI RAS). The assessment of the contribution of young Orientalists to the fund of scientific research, instructions on updating scientific research and the need to preserve the continuity of traditions and schools of Russian Oriental studies were made in the speeches of the Deputy Minister. E. V. Molodyakova, Director of the Institute of Information Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and N. G. Romanova, Scientific Secretary of the Institute. Zav. D. D. Vasiliev, himself a former chairman of the Council of Young Scientists, shared his memories of the first schools held in the 1980s with the Department of Oriental History of the Institute of Oriental Studies ... Read more