In 2016, Russia marks the 250th anniversary of Nikolai Karamzin (1766—1826), key personality of Russian philosophy of history. On November 17 to 18 the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Science (Moscow), held the international scientific conference in the frame of World Philosophy Day arranged to coincide with Karamzin’s birth day. Russian and foreign philosophers, historians, political scientists and literary historians who participated in this event have shown the meaning of Karamzin’s creative legacy for various departments of humanities
knowledge.