The Sixth International Golden Horde Forum “Pax Tatarica: Genesis and Legacy of the Golden Horde Statehood” (Kazan, June 26–28, 2019)

• Main Author: Aksanov A.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: State Institution «Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences» 2019-12-01
• Series: Zolotoordynskoe Obozrenie
• Subjects: golden horde; tatar khanates; “tatar” term; great silk road; research conferences; international golden horde forum; historiography
• Online Access: http://goldhorde.ru/en/stati2019-4-13/
• ISSN: 2308-152X; 2313-6197

On June 26–28, 2019, Kazan hosted the Sixth International Golden Horde Forum “Pax Tatarica: The Genesis and Heritage of Statehood of the Golden Horde”, dedicated to the 750th anniversary of the founding of the Golden Horde. The forum was organized by the M.A. Usmanov Center for Research of the Golden Horde and the Tatar Khanates of the Marjani Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. Since 2009, this event has been the most important conference on the history of the Golden Horde and its successor states, gathering leading researchers in this field of knowledge. The 2019 forum was attended by about 100 specialists from 15 countries. This year, the following questions became the focus of attention among historians: problems of the political history of the Golden Horde and the Tatar khanates; issues of source study (new sources, textology, problems of translation and interpretation of texts); historiography, related terminological problems and perception of the historical heritage of the Golden Horde; diplomacy and military affairs; the Pax Tatarica and medieval globalization; state and social structure; Russian-Horde relations; and everyday life in the Tatar khanates. The following round tables were organized within the framework of the Sixth International Golden Horde Forum: “The concept of ‘Tatar’ in medieval sources: the historical fate of the name/term and its carriers”; “State monetary policy and issues of the organization of monetary affairs and money circulation in the Chinggisid states (13th–15th centuries)”; “The Russian Ulus: issues of subordination of the Rus’ian lands in the Golden Horde”; “Via Tatarica: The Golden Horde on the Great Silk Road”. Based on the results of the conferences, a general resolution of the forum was formed and approved.