Foreword

Abstract

The first issue of the journal “From the history and culture of the peoples of the Middle Volga region” for 2022 publishes the materials of the scientific forum - XXIV Elisabeth-Sergius Readings “Russian Charity. Traditions and Modernity”, which took place on November 2, 2021 in Kazan. The forum was timed to coincide with the birthday of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elisaveta Feodorovna and was organized by the Elisabeth-Sergius Enlightenment Society Foundation for Promoting the Revival of the Traditions of Mercy and Charity with the support of the Government and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan Federal University.