Iz istorii sovetskovo vostokovedeniya (From the History of Soviet Oriental Studies). By N. A. Kuznetsova and L. M. Kulagina. Moscow: Academy of Sciences, 1970. 251 pp. 92 k.

1971 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-174
Author(s):  
Dan N. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

ISRAELI STUDIES AT THE INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: PAGES OF HISTORY (THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY)

2020 ◽  
pp. 219-232
Author(s):  
Tatiana A. Karasova ◽  
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Andrey V. Fedorchenko ◽  
Dmitry A. Maryasis ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Political Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
The Us ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Impact

The article presents a historical overview of Israeli studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS in the first two decades of the 21st century. The paper demonstrates the main research fields and publications of the Department for the Study of Israel and Jewish Communities, as well as the list of its heads and research fellows. The article shows how, having successfully overcome the difficulties of the 1990s that were rather hard on Russian Academy as a whole, the staff of the Israeli Studies Department in their numerous publications, speeches at Russian and international academic forums tried to respond to the new challenges in a scholarly way. In the 2000s the number of works published on the history of relations between the USSR / Russia and Israel increased, and this trend continued in subsequent years. Access to the archives for the first time made it possible to analyze the formation and development of Soviet-Israeli relations before the break (in 1953). The department expanded the directions of its academic activity. Its topics included such directions as the study of the collective memory of Jews in modern Russia, cultural identity, cultural memory, religious and secular identity of Russian Jews, attitude towards disability and people with disabilities, study of youth communities in Israel, Russia and Europe, the impact of the US-Israeli relations on the US Jewish community. Development of basic methodology for researching the state of Jewish charity in Moscow was one of the new tasks for the fellows of the Department to solve. The novelty of the tasks also included new methodology of researching the economic and socio-political development of Israel using social networks data. The Department continued to study all aspects of the life of the State of Israel — economic, socio-political and cultural processes developing in the Israeli state, including new features in regional policy and the concept of Israeli security. At present, members of the department’s, in addition to their current activities, are implementing a number of promising projects aimed at strengthening the department’s position as the leading center of Israeli studies in the post-Soviet space.

scholarly journals Philosophical Oriental Studies. By the 100th Anniversary of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1921-2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-362
Author(s):  
M. T. Stepanyants
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Education ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The Russian Oriental studies are rich and diverse in their disciplines. The focus of research activities conducted mainly at the university centres of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, and during Soviet times in the capitals of some republics (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, etc.), was largely determined by the domestic political and geopolitical interests of the Russian Empire. Thus, a philosophical aspect in oriental studies, as well as university philosophical education practical^ did not exist. The changes brought by the revolution of 1917 have greatly affected all fields of social life, including the academic milieu. The article examines a complex and contradictory path of development of the national philosophy, on the example of the Institute founded in 1921 by Gustav Gustavovich Speth (1879-1937), nowadays the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The latter has become the main focal point of the philosophical research activities in the former Soviet Union. Particular attention is paid to the liberation from the Eurocentrism inherited from imperial times concerning the spiritual heritage of the peoples of the East as a whole, and in philosophy in particular. The pivotal points of its activity became “History of Philosophy” in 3 Volumes (19411943) and “History of Philosophy” in 6 Volumes (1957-1966). The real breakthrough was the encyclopedias, such as: “The New Philosophical Encyclopedia” in 4 volumes (2001); “Indian philosophy. Encyclopedia” (2009); “The Philosophy of Buddhism: Encyclopedia” (2011). The Orientalist aspect in higher philosophical education nowadays becomes more visible. The recent international recognition of the achievements of the Russian Orientalist philosophical studies regardless of a relatively small number of specialists is largely due to their collective efforts and close cooperation.

scholarly journals Tribute to Bagrat G. Seyranyan, Our Dear Friend, Colleague, and Teacher!

2021 ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Vasily A. Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
90Th Birthday ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The 19Th Century

On April 23, 2021, an outstanding Russian Arabist, Doctor of History, Principal Fellow of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Bagrat Garegionovich Seyranyan celebrated his 90th birthday. His works on the recent history of Egypt and Yemen and the general problems of the socio-political development of the Arab countries in the 20th century have long become classic. Many of them were translated into Arabic and received well-deserved recognition abroad, and such books as “Egypt in the Struggle for Independence, 1945–1952” (Moscow, 1970) and “Evolution of the Social Structure of the Countries of the Arab East. Land Aristocracy in the 19th Century – the 60s of the 20th Century” (Moscow, 1991) entered the golden fund of world academy. The contribution of Bagrat Seyranyan to the training of new generations of orientalists is colossal. Under his leadership there were prepared more than 40 Ph.D. theses, he participated in authoring of numerous textbooks and teaching materials on the history of the Arab world. In this paper friends, colleagues and students address the hero of the day with words of recognition and gratitude.

scholarly journals Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Arab World(About E.A. Ali-Zadе’s Book)

2021 ◽  
pp. 210-219
Author(s):  
Nikolay N. Podosokorsky
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Fyodor Dostoevsky ◽  
Senior Researcher ◽  
Literary Relations ◽  
Russian Literary ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The review is devoted to the second part of the second book Russian Literature and the Arab World (On the History of Arabic-Russian Literary Relations) (2020) by Elmira Abdulkerimovna Ali-Zade (1940-2019), Orientalist, Ph.D. in Philology, and Senior Researcher of the Institute of Oriental Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences. It examines the perception of Dostoevsky’s life and works in the Arab countries in the early 20th – early 21st centuries and analyzes the peculiarities of translations of the works by the Russian writer into Arabic.

scholarly journals “Beautiful virtue” (mei-de 美德) as the “most precious treasure” in China. [Review on:] Su Shuyang (ed.) A Reader on the Beautiful Virtue of China. Transl. from Сhinese by Yang Chunlei, A. I. Kobzev. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Nestor-History; 2019. 320 р.

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 1452-1469
Author(s):  
N. A. Orlova
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Value System ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Significant Interest ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

This is a review article on the “Reader of the Beautiful Virtue of China” (中国 美德 读本 Zhongguo mei-de duben), published in 2019 by the “Nestor-History” Publishing House (Moscow). It was translated from Chinese into Russian by a Chinese Slavist Yang Chunlei 杨春蕾, and Professor I. A. Kobzev, the Head of the China Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The book was edited by Su Shuyan 苏叔阳 (1938–16.07.2019), the writer, screenwriter and poet who is best known to the Russian reader for his bestselling “Reader on China” (中国 读 本 Zhongguo duben. Liaoning 辽宁, 2007). The book under review consists of three parts “The Heaven”, “The Earth” and “The Man”. It comprises a collection of different stories about the mythical characters and everyday events mythological, historical and everyday stories (96 in total, including several songs). Each of the specimens illustrates one or another aspect of the concept of “beautiful virtue”. The review article, therefore, examines in detail the concept of “virtue” (de 德), which is fundamental for Chinese culture. Equally, it deals with such phenomenon as the “beautiful virtue” (mei-de 美德), as well as its place within the value system of modern China. The author concludes as follows. Although the book, in general, offers an idealized image of China, which does not have very much in common with reality, the ideas expressed in the specimina are humanistic and noble and therefore of universal value. The chrestomathy (“Reader”) can therefore be of significant interest to anyone interested in the culture and history of China as well as a teaching aid.

scholarly journals REVIEW ON THE MONOGRAPH BY T.A. ANIKEEVA “LEGENDS OF KORKUT. OGHUZ HEROIC EPOS AS A SOURCE ON THE HISTORY OF THE TURKIC PEOPLES OF CENTRAL ASIA OF THE IX-XI CENTURIES”

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-210
Author(s):  
Ilya V. Zaytsev
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
Main Plot ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Recently published in the academic publishing house “Oriental Literature” under the heading of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, T.A. Anikeeva’s monograph is dedicated to the only monument of the book epic of the Oghuz Turks – “The book of my grandfather Korkut”. The main plot-forming core around which the twelve legends of this epic are grouped is the struggle of the Turks against non-Muslims in the lands of Asia Minor, as well as numerous feuds among the Oghuz themselves. Both the addition of legends and their cyclization took quite a long time, approximately from the IX – X centuries (when the Oghuz tribes had just begun their migration to the West from Central Asia) until their written fixation, which occurred much later. Thus, the “Kitab-i dedem Korkut” can be considered one of the most important sources on the social and cultural life of the Oghuz Turks in the Middle Ages. According to T.A. Anikeeva, “in the «Book of my grandfather Korkut» reflected the events of the early Turkic semi-legendary history, and later, associated with the spread of their power in Asia Minor and contacts with Byzantium”.

scholarly journals The political system of the Qing empire

2021 ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Oleg E. Nepomnin
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Qing Empire ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Power Property ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Nepomnin O. E. (1935-2020), sinologist and orientalist with wide research interests, belonged to the most prominent theorists of the development of Eastern societies. In April 2021, based on the Department of the History of the East of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the seminar named after Nepomnin O. E. — “Discussion problems of the history of the East” began its work. The seminar continues the tradition of scientific events dedicated to a broad discussion of controversial issues of Eastern history from ancient times to the present day. Continuing the topics raised by the author in previous issues: the cyclical nature of the historical process in China [Nepomnin, 2019] and its differences from the development of statehood in Japan [Nepomnin, 2020], this article is devoted to the analysis of the political structure in the Qing Empire. The author examines the despotism of imperial China, decomposing it into the components “power-property” and “class-state” and comparing it with political processes in the medieval West. The powerful state machine of the Qing Empire, suppressing any manifestations of the autonomy of the population, did not give a chance for the emergence of a class of active “private traders”, a religion that could be opposed to the state, or free cities. Nepomnin O. E. concludes that in the conditions of a ubiquitous state and an inert society, the Chinese despotism preserved itself — and the Western linear path of development was inaccessible to China for a long time. China walked in a circle, avoiding crises that allowed it to enter a new round of formational development.

FIRST SEMINAR ‘DYNASTIES AND SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE IN ANCIENT CHINA’. SERIES “COLLOQUIUM STANISLAVI. TERMINOLOGY DESCRIBING POWER AND KINSHIP IN ANCIENT CHINA”

2020 ◽  
pp. 318-325
Author(s):  
Marina E. Kuznetsova-Fetisova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
China Series

In a number of issues and problems in contemporary Sinology opinions of experts still differ sharply; this also extends to the ancient history of China. A series of seminars “‘Colloquium Stanislavi’. Terminology Describing Power and Kinship in Ancient China” held in the Chinese Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, is envisioned as a platform for discussions on the most pressing issues, exchanging of views, and development of new terminology. The first seminar on the topic “Dynasties and Succession to the Throne in Ancient China” was held on November 18, 2020, with over 35 researchers taking part in the seminar. Traditionally, 24 dynastic histories are distinguished in the history of China; “dynastic history” being the name of the traditional historical sources describing the rule of a particular house; later the very historical periods were called accordingly. But these traditional denominations, for example, the Shang or Ming dynasty, did not coincide with the surname of the clan that ruled at that time. The discussion clearly revealed two main problems: Firstly, the lack of an adequate term to describe the phenomenon of Chinese history, which is now called “24 Dynastic Stories” and, secondly, the need to determine terminology conveying such major Chinese concepts like dai (代) and chao (朝).

THE INFLUENCE OF INDIAN FATWAS ON CENTRAL ASIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-212
Author(s):  
Saidakbar Muhammadaminov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Uzbekistan Academy

This article discusses the impact of Indian fatwas on Central Asia. We reveal this influence in two ways. The first is based on the analysis of copies of manuscripts kept in the manuscript collection of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences. The study is based on codicological data, i.e. seals, various notes of personal owners of the manuscript, as well as dates and place of correspondence, the names of the scribe, and a brief account of the history of the Indian fatwa lists. The second one is through Asian manuals (al- Masa'il al-Fikhiya, Jung), preserved in the Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, where Qadiyah used various fatwas, including Indian ones, to make decisions, and to determine the degree of influence by determining the number of quoted decisions in Central Asian fatwas collections.

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