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In November 1818, the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) decided to buy a collection of 700 Muslim manuscripts from the French consul in Aleppo and Tripoli, J.L. Rousseau, a relative of the famous philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The project which was later fulfilled in two steps, in 1819 and 1825, and which cost FF51,000, led to the formation of a new department within the RAS - the Asiatic Museum (AM) which later was transformed into the Institute of Oriental Studies (IOS). On November 15 (27), 1818, the RAS's President, count Sergey Uvarov applied to the Board of Academy with a letter where he suggested that a special cabinet for Eastern medals, manuscripts and books to be kept should be granted. Thus, the AM was formed and this new division of the Academy "was opened for all the people interested in the study of its materials".
A year later, in November 1819, the first director of the AM, academician C.-M. von Frähn published the annual report of the AM in the newspaper St Petersburg News (Sankt-Peterburgskie vedomosti). In 1849, the AM began issuing the magazine Asiatic notes (Mélanges Asiatiques) in French. »»»»»


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Visit by the Consul General of the State of Israel (December 3, 2024)
Events
04/12/2024
On December 3, 2024, the Consul General of Israel in Saint Petersburg, Mr. Ran Gidor, visited the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts.
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“Manuscript Treasures of Iran on the Banks of the Neva” Exhibition (Dec. 2, 2024)
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03/12/2024
On December 2, 2024, the opening of the exhibition “Manuscript Treasures of Iran on the Banks of the Neva” took place in the IOM RAS as part of the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the Agreement on the Establishment of Sister-City Relations between Saint Petersburg and Isfahan.
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Successful PhD defences
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05/11/2024
Colleagues at the IOM RAS sincerely congratulate M. A. Kozintcev, E. M. Belkina, M. V. Fionin, A. V. Mesheznikov on successfully defending their PhD dissertations and wish them new academic achievements in their work at our Institute!
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Anniversary of I.V. Kulganek
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24/09/2024
September 19, 2024 is the birthday anniversary of Irina V. Kulganek, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Chief Researcher, Head of the Section of Central Asian Studies of the Department of Central Asian and South Asian Studies, IOM RAS.
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Visit of a delegation from Iraq (27.08.2024)
Events
05/09/2024
On August 27, 2024, Dr. I.F. Popova, Director of the IOM RAS, welcomed Mr. Ali Obaid Shalgam, Deputy Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities of the Republic of Iraq, the head of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, and Mr. Mustafa Jasim Al-Husseini, the head of the regional administration of the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage in Basra.
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Meeting of the IOM RAS Academic Council (December 16, 2024)
Announcements
13/12/2024
The IOM RAS Academic Council will meet at 14:00 on Monday, December 16, 2024. A. A. Khismatulin, Leading Researcher, Candidate of Sciences in History, will give a talk titled “Didactic literature of the Seljuk period in Persian (research results)”.
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Annual IOM Academic Session 2024 (program)
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29/11/2024
The Annual IOM Academic Session “The Written Heritage of the Orient as the Basis for Classical Tradition of Oriental Studies” will be held on December 2–4, 2024. The program is now available.
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The Second All-Russia Hebraistics Session (information letter)
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26/11/2024
The Second All-Russia Hebraistics Session will take place at the IOM RAS on March 12, 2025.
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The Eighteenth Seminar in Memory of O.O. Rosenberg (program)
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21/11/2024
The Eighteenth All-Russian Orientalist Seminar in memory of O.O. Rosenberg will be held at the IOM RAS on November 25–26, 2024. The conference program is now available.
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“Army and military traditions of the Near East” Conference (program)
Announcements
20/11/2024
On November 21‒23, 2024, the 2nd All-Russia conference of young orientalists “Army and military traditions of the Near East” will be held at the IOM RAS and the HSE (Saint Petersburg). The conference program is now available.
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Monograph: Mongolica. Vol. XXVII, No. 4
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13/12/2024
A new monograph is added: Mongolica. Vol. XXVII, No. 4. Dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences / Ed. by I. V. Kulganek (editor-in-chief), D. A. Nosov (secretary), M. A. Kozintcev (deputy secretary). St Petersburg, 2024. 78 p. ISSN 2311-5939. The full text is published as a *.PDF file.
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Monograph: The Verb in the Sogdian Language (manuscripts from Eastern Turkestan and Dunhuang kept at the IOM RAS)
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13/12/2024
A new monograph is added: Chunakova O.M. The Verb in the Sogdian Language (manuscripts from Eastern Turkestan and Dunhuang kept at the IOM RAS). — Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, 2024. — 112 p. ISBN 978-5-4469-2249-9, DOI 10.48612/IVRRAN/kn5f-x223-9fzb The front matter is published as a *.PDF file.
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Monograph: Materials for five textbooks of Japanese cursive writing (USSR, 1946–1971): text, translation, vocabulary
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05/11/2024
A new monograph is added: Lushchenko Alexey Y. Materials for Five Textbooks of Japanese Cursive Writing (USSR, 1946–1971): Text, Translation, Vocabulary / A.Y. Lushchenko; The Institute of Oriental Manuscripts RAS. — Saint Petersburg: Art-Express, 2024. — 438 p., ill. ISBN 978-5-4391-0947-0 The *.PDF file includes: Front matter, Summary.
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Monograph: History and Culture of Ancient Egypt in the Mirror of Inscriptions: Monuments and Their Fates
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30/10/2024
A new monograph is added: Bogdanov I.V. History and Culture of Ancient Egypt in the Mirror of Inscriptions: Monuments and Their Fates. — Saint Petersburg: Izdatel’stvo RHGA, 2024. — 332 p. ISBN 978-5-907855-39-7 The *.PDF file includes: Cover, Table of contents, Introduction, English summary.
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Personalia: Lekareva E.P.
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11/10/2024
The biographic data are added.
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PPV 21/3 (58), 2024
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26/09/2024
The information on the new issue, Vol. 21, No. 3 (58), 2024, of Pis'mennye pamyatniki Vostoka is added.
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Monograph: Mongolica. Vol. XXVII, No. 3
What's new
13/09/2024
A new monograph is added: Mongolica. Vol. XXVII, No. 3. Dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences / Ed. by I. V. Kulganek (editor-in-chief), D. A. Nosov (secretary), M. A. Kozintcev (deputy secretary). St Petersburg, 2024. 116 p. ISSN 2311-5939. The full text is published as a *.PDF file.
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