Preliminary plan of the conference:

* Participants’ arrival: 20-21 May, 2010 (before 9 a.m.)

May,21 2011, Friday –  The first plenary day.

09.00 – 10.00  Participants’ registration, organization.

10.00 – 10.30 Opening of the conference, beginning of the work.

10.30 – 13.00 The first plenary session.

13.00 – 14.00 Dinner of the participants.

14.00 – 16.00  Section work.

16.00 – 17.30 General excursion around Sevastopol, including visiting of St. Vladimir Cathedral in the city centre.

18.00 – 21.00 Excursion to Chersonesus – Christianity cradle of Kievan Rus.

• Visiting St. Vladimir Cathedral (Chersonesus)
• Theatrical performance in the ancient amphitheatre of the Chersonesus.
• Dinner in Italian Yard. Rest at the seaside.

May,22  2011, Saturday

10.00 – 13.00   Section work

13.30 – 14.30   Dinner of the conference participants with the tasting of the dishes of Ukrainian, Armenian and Tatar cuisines in Balaklava.

14.30 - 19.00   Cultural program.

• Visiting of the Crimean War museum.
• Ancient Balaklava, Genoese Fortress.
• «Fraternity of cultures» in the open sea (yacht sail in the Black sea).

19.00 – 21.00 Sizing up of the conference. Dinner at restaurant.

May, 23 2011, Sunday

Participants’ departure.

• Individual programs of staying at the conference are possible on demand.
• Extra excursions on demand (not less than 15 people):
  1. Revival of the cave towns in Crimea after 500 years of oblivion. Pilgrimage tour to the male monastery of St. Theodore Stratilat with the font in the holy spring.
  2. Visit to Yalta: Livadia Palace. Ground floor: Yalta Conference of 1945,1^st floor: summer residence of Emperor Nicholas 2 and his family.
  3. Wine-cellars of Crimea. Visiting tasting rooms of Inkerman wine plant or Sevastopol champagne plant.