The fifth colloquium of historians of the USSR and the United States1 , dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United States of America, was held in Kiev on July 11-14, 1984. The colloquium was opened by the Chairman of the National Committee of Historians of the Soviet Union, Academician - Secretary of the Department of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Academician S. L. Tikhvinsky, who headed the delegation of Soviet historians. He noted the importance of scientific contacts between scientists of the two countries and expressed hope that the meeting will be fruitful. The Soviet delegation included specialists in the history of the USSR and the United States from scientific institutions and universities in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, and Kuibyshev. At the head of the American delegation was a historian and diplomat, former US Ambassador to the USSR, J. R. R. Tolkien. Kennan and S. Gammon, Executive Secretary of the American Historical Association. The program of the colloquium included two topics: "Relations between Russia and the United States before and during the First World War" and "Establishment of diplomatic relations between the USSR and the United States". Within the first topic, 6 reports were discussed. The report of G. Rogger (USA) "America enters the XX century: a view from Russia (1895-1915)" considered the coverage of American reality in the Russian periodical press, in the works of writers, letters, and diaries of representatives of Russian society. The author used the statements of V. I. Lenin, N. K. Krupskaya, A.M. Gorky, D. I. Mendeleev and others. The speaker challenged the opinion recognized in the literature that relations between the United States and Russia had cooled by the end of the 19th century, and put forward the thesis that the Russian public allegedly considered the American way of life as a model for itself. N. Saul (USA) in the report "American Perception ... Read more