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On September 18, 2024, the Rector Dogdurbek\u00a0Chontoev\u00a0received a delegation from the North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K.\u00a0Ammosov\u00a0(Yakutsk, Russia) headed by the Director of the Department of International Cooperation \u2013 Vice-Rector for International Cooperation Nyurgun Maksimov.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the beginning of the meeting, Director of the Institute of History and Regional Studies of KNU Turatbek Syrdybaev introduced the participants of the meeting from the Kyrgyz side to the members of the Yakut delegation and gave the floor to the Rector of KNU Dogdurbek Chontoyev. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am glad to welcome the delegation of NEFU, which bears the name of such a great man as Maxim Kirovich Ammosov,\u201d he began his speech. \u201cFrom March to November 1937, he was the first secretary of the Kyrgyz Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), and then the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kyrgyzstan. In July 1937, with his help, the Constitution of the Kirghiz SSR was adopted. Therefore, we are very happy to cooperate with your university. As for Russia, we have a lot in common, we cooperate well with it. You don\u2019t have to worry about the Russian language at all. It is recognized at the state level, it has an official status. As the head of KNU, I will support the further continuation of our cooperation in every possible way\u201d, concluded Dogdurbek Chontoev. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vice-Rector of NEFU Nyurgun Maksimov congratulated Dogdurbek Chontoev on his new appointment and said: \u201cIt is a great honor for us to be the first delegation in your new position. Unfortunately, our Rector could not come, but he is very worried, concerned and sends his best regards and words of support. A year has passed since the signing of the cooperation agreement with your university. During this time, worthy work has been done, in particular, a wonderful conference was held jointly with your university. We highly appreciate the efforts and initiatives put forward by the history departments of our universities. We know that this year Kyrgyzstan celebrates a significant date \u2013 the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Region. You just mentioned the name of Maxim Ammosov, after whom our university is named. We are very happy that he made a great contribution to the formation of Kyrgyz statehood. We also have a prominent date \u2013 the 90th anniversary of higher education in Yakutia. Then, he briefly spoke about his university, after that he introduced the members of the delegation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dean of the History Department of NEFU Natalia Struchkova and the Dean of the Philology Department of NEFU Galina Zhondorova spoke about the activities of their structures and their cooperation with KNU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, the Rector of KNU Dogdurbek Chontoev and the Vice-Rector of NEFU Nyurgun Maksimov signed an additional agreement between the Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn and the North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov, which provides, in particular, for the opening of the Center for the Study and Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Turkic Peoples at KNU with the prospect of creating a representative office of NEFU on the basis of this Center and conducting joint research, scientific and educational work. The meeting was also attended by: the Head of the Kyrgyz Center of NEFU Darya Sapalova, the Head of the Department of Recruiting and Adaptation of Foreign Students of the Department of International Cooperation of NEFU Sargylana Spiridonova, senior Lecturer of the Department of World and National History, Ethnology, and Archaeology of the Faculty of History of NEFU Kuney Pestereva, Leading Engineer of the Department of Radiophysics and Electronic Systems of the Physics and Technology Institute of NEFU Sergey Vasiliev, as well as Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Relations of KNU Bakyt Keldibekov, Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication Shirin Kostyuk, and the Dean of the Faculty of Russian and Slavic Philology Nuraim Sardarbek kyzy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n