From October 28 to November 1 St. Petersburg State University hosted educational program entitled program “Methodological foundations for the implementation of programs on Islamic Studies with modern educational technologies” Seminars under the Program were conducted by professors and teachers from 3 departments of Saint Petersburg State University. Three heads of chairs and seven PhD`s provided the program. The Dean of the Department of Asian and African Studies, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Piotrovsky read for the participants of the program lecture “Features of the general cultural competencies acquisition within programs on Islamic Studies”. It is important to note that 8 of 13 workshops were conducted by the members of the Laboratory: Oleg Redkin, Olga Bernikova and Anna Matochkina.

32 teachers and administrative staff from various universities of the Russian Federation completed their training on the program.