The eastern turn: pb discussion club Authors Elena Grigoryeva RAACS; UAR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1181-8380 Konstantin Lidin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7022-6871 Sergey Mayarenkov Irkutsk Quarters Alexander Gimelstein Irkutsk State University image/svg+xml Andrey Makarov Irkutsk National Research Technical University image/svg+xml Vitaly Baryshnikov Alexei Chertilov Irkutsk National Research Technical University image/svg+xml Marina Tkacheva V. P. Sukachev Irkutsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts Downloads PDF (Russian) DOI: https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.71.1938 Published 2022-03-07 Issue No. 71 (2022): changes Section community License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. How to Cite The eastern turn: pb discussion club. (2022). Project Baikal, 19(71), 24-31. https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.71.1938 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Keywords: Russian and Oriental cultures, heritage, innovations, cultural dialogue, Irkutsk, monopolarity and multipolarity of the world, pandemic, education Abstract On January 25, 2022 the discussion was focused on the issues related to the changes in Russian life during the first decades of the 21st century: pandemic and its consequences, the fate of cultural heritage, the place of architecture in the dynamics of social processes; the development of the Far North; the need for Oriental studies and education oriented to the East. Urban planners, architects, culturologists, and competent representatives of the government and higher education took part in the discussion.