THE REVIVAL OF THE GREAT SILK ROAD IN MODERN CONDITIONS

Abstract

The article attempts to briefly consider the decline of the Great Silk Road, in connection with the equally great geographical discoveries of the West, the establishment of new sea routes, which led to the loss of the former importance of the Great Silk Road. It was noted that the last branch of the route existed between the USSR and China, in the middle of the last century. The revival of the Great Silk Road began at the beginning of the XXI century. More than 120 scientists from 29 countries have published the Xi'an Declaration, which called for the Great Silk Road to be included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. Xi'an, as the starting point of the ancient Great Silk Road, became the site of the Chinese initiative to create a "One Belt, One Road", created on the basis of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road of the XXI century and went through several stages. The revived intercontinental route should connect China with the countries of Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Now this initiative has been received and is being implemented with many countries of the world.