X Grodekov Readings

In 2000, the museum passed state accreditation at the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology of Russia and received the status of a research institution. Grodekovsky museum's priorities are scientific research in the field of natural sciences, archeology, ethnography and history of the Far East, history of Far Eastern culture and museology. Regularly, once in three years, the museum holds an interregional scientific and practical conference "Grodekov Readings". The availability of the research sector allows the museum to publish the results of research in collections of articles, catalogs, monographs, conference materials, as well as to implement them in exhibition and exposition projects.

For the first time the conference was held on December 19-20, 1996. 106 people took part in it. By 2021 10 Grodekov Readings were held, the maximum number of conference participants reached 213 people.

December 19-20, 1996 - I Grodekov Readings

April 29-30, 1999 - II Grodekov Readings: "Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Far East at the Turn of the Century: Problems of Study and Preservation".

October 4-5, 2001 - III Grodekov Readings: "The Russian Far East: Historical Experience and Modern Problems of Settlement and Development of the Territory".

April 22-23, 2004 - IV Grodekov Readings: "Priamurie in Historical and Cultural and Natural Science Context of Russia".

May 30 - June 4, 2006 - V Grodekov Readings: "Amur - the road of millennia".

April 20-21, 2009. - VI Grodekov Readings: "Actual Problems of the Study of Russian Civilization in the Far East".

April 17-18, 2012. - VII Grodekov Readings: "The Russian Far East: Multicultural Space in XIX-XXI Centuries.

April 15-17, 2015. - VIII Grodekov Readings: "The Far East of Russia: History and Modernity".

April 17-22, 2018. - IX Grodekov Readings: "The Far East of Russia at the Turn of an Epoch".

April 20-21, 2021 - X Grodekov Readings dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War and the 75th anniversary of the Tokyo trial of Japanese war criminals.

The geography of participants expanded significantly: the conference went from a regional format to a conference with international participation, with representatives from Russia, Belarus, Great Britain, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Korea taking part in it.

Along with the traditional natural science, archaeological, historical, ethnographic and cultural sections, there is a section of young researchers.