Historical memory of the Russian Civil War: A review of the Omsk conference

The paper presents a review of the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference “The Civil War in Eastern Russia: A Look through Documentary Heritage”, held in Omsk on October 22–23, 2025.
Considering the publication's genre, the key research method is problem-based chronology. The principles of systematicity and determinism allows analytically summarizing the key milestones of the conference as a significant event in the scientific and social life of the Omsk region with its own causality and obvious consequences.
The author presents key issues in the participants' papers. Moreover, the author highlights the collaboration between the Editorial Board of the journal Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity and the conference Organizing Committee in the development of historical science.

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