According to the tradition, on the eve of the birth of our countryman Pitirim Sorokin on February 3, Sorokin readings (Round table), organized by the Center “Nasledie” after Pitirim Sorokin, were held. In 2016, 150 years have passed since the birth of our famous countryman, Kallistrat Falaleevich Zhakov, so this year the Round table brought together issues related to the creative work of both thinkers, and the topic was as follows “The Man in the Sociocultural Picture of the World by Pitirim Sorokin and Kallistrat Zhakov”.