"Slavic Olympiad"

The 5th International Congress of Slavists is a "Slavistic Olympiad" in the figurative definition of Dr. Karol Rosenbaum from the Institute of Slovak Literature. And for all those Czechoslovak Delegates who told the press about their impressions. For Prof. Fr. Burianek, Prof. F. Vodichka, for Acad. Jul. Dolansky and Acad. A. Mraz, the Congress was a monumental forum of international Slavic science; Monumental in the number of participants, in the hospitality of the hosts, with its numerous sections and subsections, and a wide range of topics and issues. By revealing the external monumentality of this "comprehensive" Congress - against a constant background of their fascination with our country and our people - our Czechoslovak friends at the same time point out the negative sides of this external monumentality, give recommendations for necessary qualitative changes for the work of the next 6th Slavic Congress, which will take place, as is known, in Prague and Bratislava. And from now on it is quite obvious that the Czechoslovak hosts will make sure that the thematic and problematic quantity does not atomize the scientific conversations and that the ground is generally created for a focused, creative discussion.