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”.

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 ◽  
◽  
Andrey V. Fedorchenko ◽  
Dmitry A. Maryasis ◽  
◽  
...  
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 Some Observations Concerning Russia, summarized by Erik Palmquist in 1674 or Palmquist’s Album

2013 ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Natalya S. Osetskaya
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Royal Swedish Academy ◽  
Petersburg Institute ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
Facsimile Edition ◽  
History Of ◽  
Manuscript Description ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Lomonosov Publishing House in cooperation with the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of the Stockholm University, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, the Department of Modern Languages of the Uppsala University and the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences published in 2012 the unique facsimile edition in folio of “Palmquist’s Album” and the special edition of “Some Observations Concerning Russia, summarized by Erik Palmquist in 1674”, which includes the original text of Album in the Early Modern Swedish language and its translations into the Swedish, Russian and English languages, the manuscript description, the principles of reproduction and translation of Palmquist’s texts, the glossary in the Swedish, Russian and English languages as well as zoomed out edition of “Palmquist’s Album”.

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 Specific Features of Festive Culture in Modern China

ICONI ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 184-197
Author(s):  
Tamara A. Artashkina ◽  
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Shang Bofei ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
Basic Category ◽  
Festive Culture ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Cultural Functions

The history of XX-century China can be divided into several periods that greatly altered the path of China’s historical development: Xinhai Revolution, Anti-Japanese war, civil war, establishment of PRC, Cultural Revolution, policy of reforms and openness. Uneven development of contemporary China has had its infl uence on Chinese holidays. The authors consider the concept of “national holidays of China” a basic category. In the Chinese language, a “holiday” is an unusual day or days connected with something. All national Chinese holidays fall into two categories: government and popular. Chinese government holidays include offi cial holidays established by law; they are days-off for all Chinese citizens. Currently there are 7 government holidays in China and many popular holidays. Popular holidays include traditional holidays, occupational or social holidays, holidays of national minorities or others. Not all Chinese citizens have days-off during these popular holidays. There are two aspects of cultural problems in modern China: a big gap between urban culture and rural cultures; there is a problem of active borrowing and introduction of Western culture into the national culture of China. In particular, many western holidays have intervened into the tissue of Chinese culture. However, western holidays do not alter the cultural meaning of Chinese traditional holidays; they have acquired Chinese features and enriched the life of young Chinese people. Chinese festive culture is transformed within the following areas: traditional holidays are replaced with innovative ones; modern holidays are formed under the infl uence of new social and political conditions and cultural globalization; transformation of traditional holidays changes either their quantity or their content and cultural meaning. However, the authors have come to the conclusion that despite the transformational processes the cultural meaning and main cultural functions of traditional holidays are preserved: reunion of families and, hence, the reunion of the whole nation.

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 The role of Helicobacter pylori in cardiovascular toxicity mechanisms

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
A. A. Avagimyan ◽  
L. G. Mkrtchyan ◽  
G. A. Navasardyan ◽  
A. A. Gevorkyan ◽  
E. A. Ananyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Helicobacter Pylori ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Cardiovascular Toxicity ◽  
Significant Interest ◽  
History Of ◽  
Toxicity Mechanisms ◽  
H Pylori ◽  
Plaque Destabilization

Despite the long history of the concept where infection plays a significant role in cardiovascular diseases (atherosclerosis in particular), today it is relevant and represented a significant interest.This article discusses H. pylori role in mechanisms of cardiovascular homeostasis disturbance. H. pylori involvement in atherogenic damage of arteries, and/or plaque destabilization is no doubt. This vidence is detailed in this review article.

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