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Mirzazade Lilia Fridunovna, doctor, of Philosophy in Economics, associate professor, Head of the North Caucasus Department Institute of Caucasus Studies National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan E-mail: liliya-mirzazade@rambler.ru
RUSSIAN PLATFORM OF INTERCULTURAL INTERACTION IN THE POLICY OF AZERBAIJAN AND ITS LEGISLATIVE BASE
Abstract: The Russian platform of intercultural interaction in the policy of Azerbaijan was laid by the National Leader Heydar Aliyev.
Thanks to Heydar Aliyev, she received a legislative basis and legitimacy.
The legislative base, the desire to cooperate and develop cultural integration both on the part of the elite and civil society in general, have raised the level of relations between Azerbaijan and Russia to civilized dialogue and strategic cooperation, depoliticization and de-ideologization of bilateral relations.
Keywords: cultural interaction, bilateral relations, humanitarian principles, the international cooperation, the legislative framework, the potential of cooperation, political course.
The urgency of the problem of intercultural interaction In this aspect, international cultural ties between Azer-
is due to its all-encompassing nature and influence on all baijan and Russia have deep historical roots. Regardless of the
spheres of activity, including political ones. The phenomenon of intercultural interaction is interconnected with the readiness of the society to perceive the world outlook attitudes of a different culture. For, specific cultural values -ideology, morality, religion, politics of one people, is different from the culture of another. This is one of the causes of international conflicts. Although, according to cultural relativism, the American sociologist William Sumner does not have elitist or inferior cultures, all cultures in their own way are unique, and to compare them with each other is erroneous. The value of Sumner's concept is "to recognize the independence and usefulness of each culture, the denial of the absolute value of the American or European system of assessments, the fundamental rejection of ethnocentrism and Euro-centrism in comparing cultures of different peoples "is not permissible. "The principle of cultural relativism plays an important role in intercultural communication, since it requires respect and tolerance for the norms, values and types of behavior of foreign cultures" [2].
"The regulation of intercultural interaction is organized, managed, provided by the process" [4], in which an important role is played by the laid traditions, politics, self-awareness and education of civil society.
political alignment of relations, the intercultural integration of the Azerbaijani and Russian people has never been interrupted, even when all other relations were destroyed, as it was in the post-Soviet period. The modern intercultural interaction between Azerbaijan and Russia was introduced into the political strategy ofAzerbaijan by the national leader Heydar Aliyev.
July 3, 1997 Azerbaijan and Russia signed the Protocol on visa-free travel of citizens.
In 1998 Heydar Aliyev signed the Law on Culture. It included the humanitarian principles of the Council of Europe and the priorities of democratic culture (On February 16, 2013, in accordance with Article 57 of the Law of the Republic ofAzerbaijan of December 21, 2012 No. 506-IVQ, the Document became invalid). Subsequently, on December 21, 2012, under the influence of the reforms being carried out in the Republic, the "Law on Culture came out in a new edition. It contained the principles of humanism, democracy, equality, cultural integration, quality, continuity, secularism, protection of talented people, on the basis of a balanced approach focused on effective results [4].
However, the national leader Heydar Aliyev, understanding the leading role of culture in the development of the country, singled out its great importance in international
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cooperation, in which the Russian platform was designated to them as an integral part of the nationwide policy" [1].
Many prominent representatives of the Azerbaijani elite, despite the growing popularity of Western education and the English-language media space, received a Russian education. President of Azerbaij an Ilham Aliyev graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva is a graduate of the First Moscow State Medical University. I. M. Sechenov. In one of her interviews, she said: "For me personally, both in Soviet times and now, the magazine" Foreign Literature "is an opportunity to get acquainted with various works ofworld literature" [1].
The above facts indicate that the cultural ties between Azerbaij an and Russia are based on the desire of the intelligentsia of the two countries to preserve and enrich the common cultural heritage, to draw closer and cooperate.
Russia, in its cultural integration, was active in 2005 under the auspices of the Year of Azerbaijan.
2006 Azerbaijan dedicated the Year of Russia.
In the specified period, in particular, in 2006, the interstate Program for Cooperation in the Humanitarian Sphere for 2007-2009 was adopted.
Within the framework of the Program, in 2008 a branch of the Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov was opened in Baku. Lomonosov Moscow State University. The university was headed and continues to be successfully led by Professor Nargiz Pashayeva. The teaching staff are the best, Russian educators of the Lomonosov Moscow State University [7].
In 2010, Russia provided assistance to Azerbaijani students who showed themselves in school by allocating 285 state scholarships to them.
The Russian language and the Russian media space in the cultural integration of peoples are information support for knowledge of a global scale for Azerbaijan.
390 Azerbaijani citizens were educated in the universities of Russia on the state line.
More than 15 thousand students are educated in Azerbaijani universities in Russian. There are 50 Russian-language print media and 10 news agencies in Azerbaijan [6].
In 2016, in Azerbaijan, "more than 4.000 students were enrolled in Russian schools, about 17.000 students in higher education institutions in Russian departments" [7].
Inter-university relations are established by the Baku State University, the Baku Slavic University, the Azerbaijan University of Languages, some commercial universities, for example, the Khazar University, etc.
In Moscow, the Azerbaijani language and the history of the country ofAzerbaijan are taught at the State University of International Relations (History Faculty), at the University of
Asian and African Countries, at the Russian State Humanitarian University.
At present, two specialized ministries have received instructions from the political leadership of the partner countries to continue the practice of expanding the training of the Azerbaijani language in Russia, as well as Russian in Azerbaijan.
In January 2011, the Russian Information and Cultural Center was opened in Baku, which together with the Russian Embassy conducts humanitarian actions in Azerbaijan aimed at integrating cultural interactions between the two countries, for example, creative evenings, olympiads on the Russian language and literature [3].
The capital ofAzerbaijan - Baku became famous as a multicultural Center and a platform for conducting intercultural dialogues.
In 2010, the first humanitarian Azerbaijani-Russian forum was held in Baku, focused on the preservation of folk cultural values. It was a fundamental new breakthrough in the relations between Azerbaijan and Russia, an important element of the overall process of preserving the traditions and cultural and spiritual communications of the two peoples. Within the framework of the Forum, a range of projects was discussed, which are implemented in the context of an active strategic partnership [2].
The second Azerbaij ani-Russian humanitarian forum was held in 2011. Leading representatives of science and art of Azerbaijan and Russia, as well as representatives from other countries of Europe, the West and the CIS took part in it [2].
The holding of humanitarian forums in Baku has become a tradition that has not only cultural significance, contributing to the cooperation of countries, but also the promotion of a healthy policy aimed at friendship and good-neighborliness.
At present, Azerbaijan is implementing the State Program for 2014-2020. A number of major projects are implemented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in cooperation with Russian partners, for example, to preserve and promote the musical heritage of the peoples of Azerbaijan and Russia. In this line, we can mention the music festival named after Mstislav Rostropovich and other festivals dedicated to the jubilees of the brilliant composers of the two countries. The musical culture of Azerbaijan in recent years has been replenished with the traditional international classical music festival held in the ancient capital of Caucasian Albania - Gabala [7].
The enormous potential of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia lies in the sphere of tourism. In 2009, in the ranking of The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, compiled annually by experts from the World Economic Forum, Azerbaijan took 77th place along with Ukraine among 133 countries of the world. Over the past four years, about 220 hotels and campsites ofvarious levels have been opened in Azerbaijan.
A great deal ofwork to create informal networks between the communities of the two countries is being carried out by the Azerbaijan Youth Organization in Russia (AMOR) and the Russian representation of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation headed by Leila Aliyeva. Both structures carry out publishing activities aimed at strengthening relations between the youth of Azerbaijan and Russia. To promote the culture of Azerbaijan and Russia, mutual youth trips are organized.
Expansion of humanitarian cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia, wide involvement of civil society representatives in this cooperation for establishing direct contacts fully corresponds to the national interests of both countries,
their de-politicization and de-ideologization [5]. Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin have repeatedly stressed that in determining the political course of the country, socio-cultural cooperation is essential, because they have a positive impact on the development of bilateral relations in all spheres of life.
It is quite obvious that effective intercultural interaction can not arise by itself, it should be promoted by traditions, ideology, politics and openness of civil society; it should have a legislative framework that provides legitimacy; and, most importantly, the desire of peoples to cooperate.
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