About the Collection of Tibetan and Mongolian Written Sources Donated to the Archive of the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAN by E. B. Ubushiev: Using Donation Inscriptions to Touch Up the Portrait of Donator

2018 ◽  
pp. 1206-1216
Author(s):  
Delyash N. Muzraeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
Archival Collection ◽  
Source Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Printed Materials ◽  
Personal Library ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Written Sources

The article studies documents from the scientific archive of the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences with its acquisitions of late 1960s – early 1980s. Collection of old-written sources in Oriental languages (Tibetan, Oyirad and Mongolian) occupies a special place in the archival collection; it is concentrated in 2 fonds (fond 15 and 8). Fond 15 consists of personal library of a famous Kalmyk priest Tugmyud-gavji (O. M. Dordzhiev) (1887—1980); it has been well-studied in a number of publications. As for fond 8, it consists of handwritten and printed materials acquired from different owners over years of the research center (formerly Institute) work; there is next to nothing known of the documents provenance. Content of the documents in both fonds is related to Buddhism, traditional religion of the Kalmyks for the last 400 years: there are examples of Buddhist book-learning, mainly in Tibetan and Mongolian languages; there are also manuscripts using ‘todo bi?iq’ (‘Clear Script’) writing, which were created in the middle of the 17th century. The article also describes manuscripts and xylographs in Tibetan and Mongolian languages which were donated to the Institute by priest Erdni Bakaldykovych Ubushiev (1905—1981). A distinctive feature of these written sources is abundance of inscriptions on the marginalias, most of which are donator's gift inscriptions — a phenomenon quite rare for Buddhist books. The article cites a number of such records and provides their transliteration and translation. The author tries to find out what motivated the donator, what goals he pursued when using these books and when transferring them for archival usage and storage. Manuscripts and xylographs from fond 8 enrich our understanding of the composition of Buddhist writings of the Kalmyks and of the history of diffusion of individual texts. Great source studies value of this fond lies in what we can learn about donators from inscriptions of ownership and donation inscriptions on the documents.

Prospects for the Development of Source Studies in Modern Medieval Studies

Istoriya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6 (104)) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Kirillova
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
Medieval Studies ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Source Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Source Study ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Middle Ages

Source study is the foundation of the research work of professional historians. It became the subject of the All-Russian Scientific Conference “Source Studies in Contemporary Medieval Studies”, which was held from 28 to 29 June 2021 at the Institute of World History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The conference, conceived as a platform for regular communication of specialists in the history of the Middle Ages, allowed the participants and numerous listeners to get acquainted with the latest research on the source study of the history of Russia, Europe, the East and America. It included reports summarizing the experience of research and outlining the prospects for further work on key problems of source study of the history of the Middle Ages.

scholarly journals Jašiūnų dvaras kaip Lietuvos istorijos rašymo erdvė

2020 ◽  
pp. 277-328
Author(s):  
Reda Griškaitė
Keyword(s):  
Dual Nature ◽  
Archival Collection ◽  
Biographical Research ◽  
Academic History ◽  
Document Collection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vilnius University ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

JAŠIŪNAI MANOR AS A SPACE FOR WRITING LITHUANIAN HISTORY The aim of this article is to discuss the Jašiūnai manor (Pol. Jaszuny; Russ. Яшуны; Vilniaus Governorate, Vilnius County), owned by the historian, journalist, poet, translator and collector Michał vel Michał Wincenty Feliks Baliński (1794–1864). The manor will be discussed not only as a cultural hub for intellectuals in a general sense, but also as a unique space for writing Lithuanian history. The term “space” is understood here in the broad sense, as of the manor—as well as in the more narrow sense, as of the library itself (the historian’s office). Especially important for this research was the latter concept of a “space within a space”, the “historian’s workshop”, and its epicenter—the archive (manuscript collection). The aim of the research was to reconstruct the story of the emergence and fate of this collection of documents including its contents, sources, and most importantly its thematic direction and distinctiveness. The research showed that the largest collection of historical documents once housed in the archive of the Jašiūnai manor library is now kept in the Jagiellonian Library (Krakow). This material remains important to the history of the city of Vilnius, Vilnius University, and Lithuania’s academic history. Supplementary elements include attention to the Radvila family, the period of Steponas Batoras’s rule, and the history of the Szubrawcy (rascals) Society. This last component can be considered as an integral part not only of the history of Vilnius city but also of its university. The dual nature of the Jašiūnai archive is not necessarily an asset. When the library and archive of Jan vel Jan Chrzciciel Władysław Sniadecki vel Śniadecki (1756–1830) was transferred to the manor, Baliński’s own collection, which initially focused on the history of Lithuanian cities and Szubrawcy Society (especially of the latter), wound up relegated to the background. Keeping in mind the “competition for libraries” among the intellectual manors of Lithuania in the first half of the 19th century as they sought to distinguish themselves, it is very possible to conclude that the former University rector’s installment in the manor can today be viewed as a “historical error”. Thus Jašiūnai lost some of its playfulness and distinctiveness in the context of other intellectual manors of that time. The situation would have been different if the Auszlawis (such was Balinski’s pseudonym in the Szubrawcy Society) collection had been associated not with Jan Sniadecki, but rather with the documentary legacy of Sotwaros (i.e. Jędrzej Sniadecki vel Śniadecki [1768–1838]), especially his documentation of the Szubrawcy. All the more so since the egodocuments of Balinski suggest the idea that its real hero was not Sniadecki the Elder, but Sniadecki Jr. Analysis of the Balinski archival collection only confirmed that which was shown by the previously executed so-called common biographical research of this historian and lord: he was relegated to the background by circumstances. That is to say, relegated to a life lived in the shadow of Jan Sniadecki’s personality and to the importance of the Szubrawcy ideology, especially in the early and last periods of his life. The Jašiūnai document collection housed in the Manuscripts Department of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences shows that the latter circumstance was fully understood by Tadeusz vel Tadeusz Stanisław Wróblewski (1858–1925) and his peers. From here stems another “archival” conclusion regarding the uniqueness of the Wroblewski Library in our cultural and historical geography. The circumstances surrounding the transferral of the document collection from Jašiūnai remain unclear to this day, however it is very likely that Baliński’s will and testament was not taken into consideration. This shows that the owner of Jašiūnai did not have a Continuator for his work, and this can be seen in the ad te ipsum fragility of the collection.

scholarly journals A new stage in the study of the medieval Solkhat and its districts (Review of the Book: A Code of Monuments of History, Architecture and Culture of the Crimean Tatars. Volume IV. Old Crimea)

2021 ◽  
pp. 261-268
Author(s):  
Vadim V. Maiko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The State ◽  
Complete List ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Cultural Heritage Objects ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

The review considered the next IV Volume of a multi-volume publication: A Code of monuments of history, architecture and culture of the Crimean Tatars, prepared jointly by the Crimean Scientific Center of Sh. Marjani Institute of history of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Department of History of Fevzi Yakubov “Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University” and the State Hermitage with the involvement of specialists studying the history and archeology of Solkhat. This volume is entirely devoted to the monuments of history, archeology and architecture of Solkhat – Stary Krym and its district of the second half of the XIII-XIX centuries. For the first time in Russian historiography, the most complete list of cultural heritage objects has been collected. All archaeological works were carried out in Solkhat and its district from the second half of the 1920s and up to today. Previously unpublished photographs and drawings are given in the volume. This publication is rightly considered a new stage in the study of this unique historical place of the Crimea.

scholarly journals Crimean Correspondents of Academician V. I. Vernadsky (1920s–1930s)

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-86
Author(s):  
Andrey A. Nepomnyashchy ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ussr Academy ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Local History ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Pedagogical Institute ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Written Sources

Referring to a corpus of epistolary sources kept in the personal archival fund of academician V. I. Vernadsky in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (correspondence sent to him from Crimea) and documents from the St Petersburg branch of the RAS Archive and the Department of Written Sources of the State Historical Museum, the author restores some aspects of the daily life of Crimean local history of the 1920s–1930s. Vernadsky’s attention to people and events on the peninsula are connected with a dramatic period of his biography, i.e. his unexpected tenure as rector of the University of Taurida (October 1920 — January 1921). Thanks to the participation of the university in the activities of the Taurida Scientific Association, the academician formed a social circle of scientists from different fields of knowledge in Crimea. The analysis of Vernadsky’s correspondence helps define his range of interests related to Crimean affairs after his departure from Crimea. Vernadsky, not indifferent to the fate of Taurida University (M. V. Frunze Pedagogical Institute) (during the years in question described as Crimean University), was interested in the fate of the prominent professors who he worked with at the university in 1920. Thanks to the Crimean correspondence of A. I. Markevich, the leader of the local history movement, the author has been able to clarify the fate of individual manuscripts by V. I. and G. V. Vernadsky and the history of transfer of funds of the pioneers of comprehensive exploration of the peninsula P. I. Köppen and H. H. Steven to the Archives of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The epistolary heritage of geologists P. A. Dvoichenko and S. P. Popova, Vernadsky’s former colleagues at Taurida University, makes it possible to recreate the pages of the research of the natural productive forces of Crimea carried out in those years. In his correspondence with professors E. V. Petukhov and N. L. Ernst, Vernadsky discussed individual issues that worried scientists.

scholarly journals From the history of the formation of the Far Eastern Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
В.В. БОГАТОВ
Keyword(s):  
Ussr Academy ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
First Time ◽  
Time Information

Анализируются этапы формирования Дальневосточного научного центра АН СССР. Впервые приводятся сведения о проектировании комплекса зданий Дальневосточного филиала АН СССР во Владивостоке. The stages of formation of the Far Eastern Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences are analyzed. For the first time, information is provided on the design of a complex of buildings for the Far Eastern Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Vladivostok.

scholarly journals Dinosaurs from the location of Gilchins vertebrates of the late Mesozoic era (Russia, Amur region)

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-26
Author(s):  
I.A. Ermatsans ◽  
Yu.L. Bolotsky ◽  
I.Yu. Bolotsky ◽  
G.N. Gataulina
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
Fossil Bone ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
Late Mesozoic ◽  
Fossil Material ◽  
New Information ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Bone Remains

Currently there are six locations of Cretaceous continental fauna and flora in Amur region: Blagoveshchensk, Kundur and Astashikha, Gilchin, Dim, Bureinsky Belogory. Gilchin is the location of the Cretaceous dinosaurs, the potential of which still requires evaluation. The article provides new information about the history of its discovery, as well as the description of the fossils from the Gilchin collection presented in the exposition of the Paleontological Museum of the Amur Scientific Center of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The fauna of Gilchin, established by fossil bone remains, includes hadrosaurs, carnivorous dinosaurs, a dinosaur whose identity it is difficult to determine, and turtles (Trionychidae indet). Most of the definable bone remains of the collection belong to the hadrosaurs. In terms of preservation, the fossil material is close to that of the Chinese locations of Ulaga and Jiayin / Longu Shan. The article assumes similarity of the genesis of the locations of Gilchin and Jiayin / Longu Shan (China).

Personal library as a reflection of the life and work history of A.V. Vysheslavtsev

Neophilology ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 549-557
Author(s):  
Lyudmila N. Patrina ◽  
Marina V. Sabetova
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Russian Art ◽  
Western Art ◽  
Aesthetic Taste ◽  
Biographical Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Personal Library ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Scientific Value ◽  
The 19Th Century

We analyze A.V. Vysheslavtsev life history and creativity, and consider the importance of his personal library for professional pursuits and artistic hobbies. It is shown that reading played an important role in the upbringing of aesthetic taste and love of the beautiful in the Vysheslavtsev family. The estate library of the family estate Volkhonshchina accumulated a huge number of publications in Russian and foreign languages. Great importance in replenishing the rare foreign books collection played A.V. Vysheslavtsev’s uncle, who bought literature in the course of his foreign trips. On the basis of biographical research, the circumstances of the appearance of “Essays with quill and pencil out of circumnavigation of the world” we reveal their artistic and scientific value. We study the reasons of A.V. Vysheslavtsev’s foreign travels, and give the review of the books bought abroad. The analysis of the thematic composition of the library shows the diversity of readers’ interests of its owners. There were books on the history of European, Byzantine and Russian art. Collected for several decades, this collection can act as one of the elements of knowledge transfer to the Russian province. On the basis of studying foreign books A.V. Vysheslavtsev built scientific activity, prepared a number of serious studies on the Western art history. The heritage of A.V. Vysheslavtsev, without a doubt, has important historical, cultural and local history significance, reveals the creative laboratory of one of the most famous art critics of Russia of the 19th century.

scholarly journals HISTORY OF SCIENCE OF KARAKALPAKSTAN OF THE ХХ CENTURY

2021 ◽  
pp. 241-244
Author(s):  
Temirkhanov Baxtiyar
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Socialist Republic ◽  
Soviet Socialist Republic ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
Integrated Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Research Institute

The article is devoted to the history of the formation and development of science in Karakalpakstan. It is stated that in 1931 the Karakalpak Integrated Research Institute was established in Turtkul. In the pre-war period, this institute was reorganized several times, as a result of which difficulties arose in coordinating scientific and research work in Karakalpakstan. In 1947, it was transferred to the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. In 1959, the Karakalpak affiliate of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was organized on the basis of the Karakalpak Integrated Research Institute, which made it possible to coordinate and develop fundamental scientific research in the republic. The scientists focused on topical issues of the development of the economy and culture of the republic, in particular, the study of natural resources, material and spiritual culture of the Karakalpak people. The author claims that a new stage in the development of this scientific center begins in 1991, when the Karakalpak affiliate of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan receives the status of the Karakalpak branch. The author critically assesses the period of development of science in Karakalpakstan in the 1990s, while claiming that this scientific institution has risen to new stages of its development and certain achievements have been achieved. KEYWORDS. Science; history; scientific expeditions; Karakalpak Scientific Research Institute; reorganization; integrated institute; affiliate, branch; scientific research; department; prospects.

scholarly journals The Work of Mykola Kovalskyi at the Lviv Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts (1959–1963)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Oleksandr V. Melnyk ◽  
Volodymyr V. Trofymovych ◽  
Liliia V. Trofymovych
Keyword(s):  
Young Scientist ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Organizational Activity ◽  
Source Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Unique Experience ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

The purpose of the article is to highlight the period of scientific, educational, organizational activity of the famous Ukrainian historian, the founder of the modern source studies scientific school of Ukraine — Mykola Kovalskyi at the Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts, where he worked in the late 1950s — in the first third of the 1960s. Research methods: chronological, diachronic, classification, historical-genetic, comparative-historical. The main results: the article describes the excursion, exhibition, stock, popularization and other forms of museum work that M. Kovalskyi conducted at this time; also we can reproduce the intellectual environment at the museum through the prism of his memories; the activity of the scientist on the post of the head of the Department of Ethnography, which he occupied from the second half of 1961 to the middle of 1963, was highlighted, when he drew attention to such areas of work as reorganization of the exposition, expeditions, preparation and writing of collective monographs, concerned about the issue of scientific production, participation staff in forums, seminars, conferences, as well as staffing the department; the directions of scientific researches related to such topics as farm tools of Ukrainian peasants of the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries were analyzed the culture and life of miners of the Lviv-Volyn coal basin; the methods of conducting a researcher of search work are revealed, which testified to the special attention to the collection of field materials and questionnaires; it is determined that during the period of work at the museum M. Kovalskyi began to develop such forms of scientific-organizational activity, which were aimed at conducting field conferences, which promoted the popularization of the best examples of Ukrainian folk art, household items, artistic crafts (for the participants were read reports about Ukrainian artistic fabrics, the use of elements of cut and folk embroidery in the clothes, thematic exhibitions were held); it is shown how contacts with foreign ethnographic institutions, in particular with the Institute of Ethnography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, developed. Summary conclusions: scientific, excursion, stock and popularization work in the field of ethnography and artistic crafts have considerably expanded the scientific horizons of the young scientist, gave him the opportunity to join the unique experience and traditions of the school of Lviv ethnographers. Practical value: the basic provisions and factual material can be used for research on the history of Ukrainian ethnographic science, the preparation of guides and the coverage of the history of the Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts of the Ethnology Institute National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Originality: the museum activity of M. Kovalskyi was covered against the backdrop of the Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts in the late 1950s — in the first third of the 1960s. Scientific novelty: for the first time an attempt was made to study the activity of M. Kovalskyi at the Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts in 1959 – 1963. Type of article: scientific.

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