Book Collections of European Military Libraries of the 18th — 19th Centuries in the Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-394
Author(s):  
Vera I. Ryabova
Keyword(s):  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Rare Book ◽  
Military Science ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
History Of ◽  
Book Collections ◽  
Russian Military ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

It is known that the history of book collections of past centuries’ libraries, including military ones, is tragic: for many reasons, they are often either scattered or preserved in small fragments. Today, when libraries intensively work to digitize their holdings and search out historical book collections, it is very important to identify and attribute books from foreign, as well as from Russian military libraries.For the first time, the article describes the work carried out to identify publications of foreign (and partly Russian) military libraries from the rare books collection of the Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The article considers the publications as a source of information about scientific knowledge (military libraries were aimed to acquaint their readers with the basics of military art and the latest achievements in military science). There is shown that the content of such libraries’ collections did not exclude thematic diversity, targeted to comprehensively form the officer’s personality: professional, moral and cultural. The article examines the books of the 18th—19th centuries from military libraries of Europe, currently stored in the Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the book marks in them proving the publications’ belonging to specific military libraries. There is highlighted the importance of book marks for the attribution of collections (and libraries) that existed in the past, but turned out to be scattered. The results obtained show that the publications and book marks of military book collections are a strong and reliable source in studying the history of military affairs, military science, and the history of military libraries, and confirm the need for further serious work with the library’s rare book collection.

R/V “VITYAZ” – FLAGMAN OF THE SCIENTIFIC FLEET OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF SOVIET OCEAN SCIENCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-105
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Ussr Academy ◽  
Research Vessel ◽  
Shirshov Institute ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
History Of ◽  
Personal Archives ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

The article is devoted to the first research vessel “Vityaz” of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS, until 1991 – IO of the USSR Academy of Sciences). The history of the vessel is briefly told, information about “Vityaz” cruises is selectively given, photographs stored in the Museum of the History of IO RAS and documents from the personal archives of IO RAS employees participating in “Vityaz” cruises are given. Some of the photos and documents are published for the first time.

scholarly journals Rare Publications of the Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Service of Culture and Historical Science

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-95
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Levner
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Electronic Catalog ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

The article aims to demonstrate the results of research and bringing to the technological implementation, in the Library for Natural Scien­ces of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LNS RAS), of a full cycle of works, from identification of rare books in the collections, their description and scanning, to their registration in the Union Catalog and Electronic Library. The author gives a brief description of the software package developed at LNS RAS for creating the Electronic Catalog and full-text Electronic Library of Rare Publications, as well as the scheme of automated interaction of all technological departments involved in the process. The information on practical implementation and directions of the technology development is given. The article presents a brief review of the research, with the identified part of the collection of rare publications of the LNS RAS. For the first time, the Central Library of the LNS RAS implements the Union Catalog and Electronic Library of Rare Publications, reflecting not only the bibliographic information on the publications, but also the data on their specific features (author’s inscriptions, bookplates, stamps, etc.). Rare publications previously inaccessible to researchers, though already used by scientists of the RAS institutes, are introduced into scientific circulation. The article identifies and describes materials about geographical expeditions of the 18th—19th centuries and samples of Russian and foreign book printing of the 18th century. For the first time, the LNS RAS conducts research related to the history of Russian science and printing, and identifies bookplates and proprietary marks of Russian scientists, which have not previously been reflected in ca­talogs. This opens a new cultural layer of historical data, now available to researchers.

scholarly journals Seminar “Information Provision of Science: New Technologies” and the History of Library Automation

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Nikolay Е. Kalenov
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Library Automation ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Modern Computer ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The first professional standing Seminar “Information Provision of Science: New Technologies” has been held regularly since 1985. It is the platform for the library personnel, information workers and programmers to discuss the questions of development of the modern computer technologies for solution of library-information problems. Collections of materials of all seminars are published in printed form and presented on the website of the Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BEN RAS).The article considers the situation in the field of the development of computer technology, existed in the mid-1980-ies that caused the need to organize the Seminar. There are presented the results of the analysis of Seminar proceedings published in 1985—2017, allowing to trace the development of library automation in the country. There is estimated the frequency of usage in the headings of reports of different terms related to this problem, that characterizes the dynamics of changes of its main priorities. Thus, the term ECM was widely used in 1980-ies, since 1991 ceased to be used; the term “electronic library”, which appeared in the proceedings of Seminar in 1999, reached its peak use in the late 2000-s, and then became quite “usual”; now in the titles of reports it appears much less frequently.

scholarly journals Polskie książki z XVIII – pocz. XX w. w Jekaterynburgu

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 151-166
Author(s):  
Irina Poczyńskaja
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
New Findings ◽  
History Of ◽  
Regional History ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

This article analyses Polish book collections in Ekaterinburg. The author has found such collections in four of the city’s libraries: the Sverdlovsk regional library, the Sverdlovsk regional history museum, the Central Academic Library of the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Ural Law University. In the article, the history of how these collections were formed and their particularities are discussed, as are the fates of individual books. The largest collection (250 books at the Sverdlovsk regional library) has as its basis books from the libraries of the Catholic Church of St Anna and the Catholic Philanthropic Society. The foundation of the Polish collection at the Sverdlovsk regional history museum consists of books from the archive of the Ural Society for the Admirers of the Natural Sciences. This collection includes a total of 17 works: the earliest of them coming from the beginning of the 18th century. A further focused search for Polish books in the libraries of Ekaterinburg would probably result in new findings.

scholarly journals Secrets of the Soviet Archive: Buryat Shaman Materials in the Book of B. Rinchen

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-81
Author(s):  
Lyudmila S. Dampilova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Unique Material ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tibetan Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

For the first time, the author presents results of her long-term work on comparative analysis of the archive materials included in the collection of shaman texts of the Buryats of Russia “Les materiaux pour L'etude du shamanisme Mongol.” The book was published by academician B. Rinchen in Wiesbaden in 1961. As shaman texts were published without accompanying records, the scientific research cries out for comparison of texts from B. Rinchen’s anthology with archival materials of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IOS RAS) and those of the Center of Oriental Manuscripts and Xylographs of the Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist, and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (COMX IMBTS SB RAS). Shaman materials are considered in the context of ethnocultural history of the Buryats. The author strives to reconstruct the archival data in order to identifying territorial and temporal context. The introduction of this unique material into scientific use seems significant. While working recurrently with shaman materials of the fond 62 of Ts. Zh. Zhamtsarano from the archive of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, a comparative analysis of archival materials and texts from the B. Rinchen’s book has been conducted. It has been identified that 19 songs from 56 texts contained in Rinchen’s book were copied from the fond 62 of Ts. Zhamtsarano. In the fond 753 of T. K. Alekseeva from the COMX IMBTS SB RAS 20 more texts have been found, that were included in the Rinchen’s book. The comparative analysis of shaman songs from the Alexeeva fond with Rinchen’s book reveals one major difference (minor variations notwithstanding): the description of rites clarify the text semantics. Repeated search and comparative analysis of materials has allowed the author to conclude that texts from the T. Alexeeva’s fond are not absent in the fond of Ts. Zhamtsarano from the archive of the IOS RAS. Thus, shaman materials published in B. Rinchen’s book can’t originate just from the C. Zhamtsarano fond, as has been formerly assumed. It is quite possible that the book mostly contains poetic songs from the fond of T. K. Alexeeva (90 of 134 pages). Thus textual comparative analysis of songs concludes that T. K. Alexeyva fond is of great scientific interest from ethnographic point of view. It is believed that future researchers may require its data for further research and publication of unique shaman materials with full supplementary records and names of collectors.

scholarly journals Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov in medallic art and philately. To the 130th anniversary of his birth

1970 ◽  
pp. 356-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya. B. Blume ◽  
V. Yu. Barshtein
Keyword(s):  
Research Station ◽  
History Of Biology ◽  
Postage Stamp ◽  
Scientific Career ◽  
Outstanding Scientist ◽  
Talented Student ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

This paper devoted to investigation and putting into scientific circulation art medals and philately objects dedicated to Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov and containing the information for the study of the history of biology. The special attention is paying to Ukraine’s role in the fate of this outstanding scientist. The first observations and conclusions of talented student relate to the period of his practice at Poltava research station. His brilliant scientific career ended with the arrest in Ukraine in 1940. Philatelic products devoted to Vavilov’s law of homology series in genetical mutability and routes of his scientific expeditions. Among the medals – prestigious award of Russian academy of sciences named by Vavilov. The art medals and philately objects providing information for the study of the history of biology have been described in the article. Some of them are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. Keywords: Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, history of biology, art medal, postage stamp, art marked cover.

scholarly journals The 9th International Conference “Written Historical Sources of the East. Aspects of Translation and Interpretation»

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1081-1094
Author(s):  
L. V. Goriaeva
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

Оn October 28–30, 2019, at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held the 9th International Conference “Written Historical Sources of the East. Aspects of Translation and Interpretation”. It attended by Orientalist scholars of different specialties: historians, specialists in languages and historians of literature. They offered their interpretation of the wide variety of historical sources written in more than 10 languages. The variety of researched material invited various approa ches and methods of its analysis as it has been demonstrated by 30 speakers, who represented institutions of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa and Olomouc (Czech Republic). The Conferences was opened by Professor Vladimir Alpatov, the Member of the Russian Academy. In his talk, he highlighted the fact that the interdisciplinary format of the Conference has transpired to attract various scholars who work on various aspects of the history of the East. Over a third of the conference participants attended it for the first time. The present communication provides a summary of the most interesting talks made at the conference. 

scholarly journals The Manuscript of the Buryat Emchi-Lama D. Endonov from the Mongolian Collection of the COMX of the IMBTS, Siberian Branch of the RAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 1255-1266
Author(s):  
Tsymzhit P. Vanchikova ◽  
◽  
Yumzhana Zh. Zhabon ◽  
Oyuna S. Rinchinova ◽  
Nomin D. Tsyrenova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Tibetan Medicine ◽  
Source Analysis ◽  
Siberian Branch ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tibetan Studies ◽  
Medicinal Drugs ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

The article reviews the handwritten manuscript of a prominent Buryat physician or emchi-lama Dondub Endonov (1870?1937?) stored in the Mongolian collection of the Center of Oriental Manuscripts, and Xylographs of the Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist, and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, that is being introduced into scientific use for the first time. Tibetan medicine penetrated Russia in the 17?18th centuries alongside with Buddhism spreading among the Buryats, Kalmyks, and Tuvinians. Almost until 1930s, the health of these peoples depended entirely on medical activities of monk-healers (emchi-lamas). One of the brightest representatives of the Buryat emchi-lamas was Dondub Endonov (Dondub Endonovich Munkuev according to Soviet naming). His manuscript is titled “Notes of a Tibetan doctor Dondub Munkuev on treatment of various diseases with Tibetan medicinal drugs.” It consists of 49 sheets bound as a codex. The research team has conducted a thorough and detailed source analysis and made a translation of the manuscript, which was written in old Mongolian vertical script with numerous insertions in Tibetan and Buryat languages. It has been discovered that the manuscript was completed by Endonov on February 10, 1935. It is a summary of his personal medical experience. Endonov rigidly followed the structure of the “Tantra of Instructions” of rGyud bzhi and briefly described all diseases mentioned in chapters 1?41, 63?70, 72, and 74, supplementing them with his own remarks and practical observations from his own medical practice and assessing the quality of Tibetan prescriptions. This manuscript has not lost its scholarly and practical value and is of great interest to contemporary researchers, because its author explains some extremely complicated topics of the theory and practice of Tibetan medicine quite accessibly, concisely, and clearly. It is possible to say that Endonov’s manuscript is a reliable source for studying the history of Tibetan medicine in Russia and Buryatia and for integrating his knowledge into the practices of modern traditional medicine practitioners. An annotated translation of the manuscript in Russian is being prepared for publication.

scholarly journals THE XXII WORKSHOP OF THE COUNCIL OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Author(s):  
E.A. Kuznetsov ◽  
S.I. Badulin ◽  
A.V. Slunyaev
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Dynamics ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Difficult Times ◽  
First Time

The 27th Workshop of the Council of RAS on Nonlinear Dynamics was held at the Shirshov Institution of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences on December 17–18, 2018. The Workshop program is posted on the Institution website https://ocean.ru/index.php/konferentsii-i-shkoly/item/1142-xxvii-nauchnaya-sessiya-soveta-ran-po-nelinejnoj-dinamike. At the initiative and effort of Academician V.E. Zakharov, his students and colleagues, the Workshop was established in 1992 and was held regularly since then. It served as a place to discuss the research topics in the field of nonlinear dynamics in Russia and abroad, and to present new scientific results. Numerous studies are carried out with the support of the Program for Fundamental Research of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nonlinear Dynamics: Fundamental Problems and Applications».The Organizing Committee of the 27th Workshop decided to publish short communications on the submitted talks in the first issue of the 47th volume of the Journal of Oceanological Research. Although some of the presented talks are formally far from the oceanic research, they convincingly demonstrate the unity of the physical picture of the world and of the modern approaches to its study. Such a publication is organized for the first time in the relatively long history of the workshops, including very difficult times for the Russian science. We believe that this publication will facilitate the long overdue task of expanding community of regular participants, attracting new scientists, especially young ones. The editors and organizers hope for the success of such publication and for the interest from the readers of the Journal of Oceanological Research.

scholarly journals V.P. Adrianova-Peretts’s Memorial Library As an Artifact of History of Russian Philological Science Rising

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-116
Author(s):  
Андрей Бородихин ◽  
Andrey Borodihin ◽  
Алексей Юдин ◽  
Aleksey Yudin
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Rare Book ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
History And Literature ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The article characterizes V.P. Adrianova-Peretts’s memorial library that is currently divided into two parts stored in Rare Book and Manuscript Department of the SPSTL SD RAS (Novosibirsk) and the Library of the Institute of the Russian Literature (Pushkin House of the Russian Academy of Sciences) (Saint Petersburg). The collection is based on books purchased by V.N. Peretts (i.e., academician, V.P. Adrianova-Peretts’s husband). The library summarizes research interests because it includes books related to philology, history and literature search methodology, as well as ethnographic and folk books dedicated to various national cultures. The memorial library contains several rarities. Authors analysed the library composition and sources of several books. Several inscriptions and autographs observed on the library books were submitted and analysed. Records of famous scientists (historians, ethnographers, philologists etc.) were detected among them. Unique D.S. Likhachyov’s inscriptions designed as ornaments of ancient Russian manuscripts were particularly noted.

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