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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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E.I. Vasilyeva has died
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19/02/2023
Evgeniya Ilyinichna Vasilyeva, well-known scholar of Kurdish studies, Doctor of Sciences in History, the most senior researcher at the IOM RAS, has passed away on February 15, 2023.
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Anniversary of Elena P. Ostrovskaya
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13/02/2023
February 13 is the birthday of Professor E.P. Ostrovskaya, Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, Head of the Section of South Asian Studies at the IOM RAS.
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Anniversary of Alexander L. Khosroyev
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10/02/2023
January 29, 2023 is the 70th birthday anniversary of Dr. A.L. Khosroyev, Doctor of Sciences in History, leading scholar of Coptic studies in Russia, chief researcher of the Department of Middle Eastern and Near Eastern Studies at the IOM RAS.
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Irina T. Zograph has died
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03/12/2022
Irina Tigranovna Zograph, outstanding sinologist, linguist, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, leading researcher and Academic Councillor at the IOM RAS, has passed away on December 3, 2022.
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Igor F. Naftulyev has died
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30/11/2022
Igor Feliksovich Naftulyev, former researcher of the Department of the Near East at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences / IOM RAS, has passed away on November 28, 2022.
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Travels to the East–2022 (program)
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17/03/2023
On March 22, 2023, the 14th Conference “Travels to the East” will be held at the IOM RAS. The conference program is now available.
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Current Issues of Buddhological and Indological Studies — 14 (conference program)
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14/03/2023
The 14th Conference “Current Issues of Buddhological and Indological Studies” will be held at the IOM RAS on March 20, 2023. The conference program is now available.
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Meeting of the IOM RAS Academic Council (01.03.2023)
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28/02/2023
A meeting of the IOM RAS Academic Council will be held at 14:00 on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. E.P. Ostrovskaya, Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, will give a talk titled “Buddhist ethics as theoretical foundation of religious morality”.
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The 8th Conference of Young Orientalists “China and Its Neighbours” (programme)
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24/02/2023
The 8th All-Russian Conference of Young Orientalists “China and Its Neighbours” jointly organized by the IOM RAS and the Faculty of Asian and African Studies (Saint Petersburg University) will be held on March 2–3, 2023. The conference program is now available.
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Travels to the East – 2022 (information letter)
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16/02/2023
The 14th Conference “Travels to the East” will be held at the IOM RAS on March 22, 2023.
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Publication: 53rd Annual Meeting Permanent International Altaistic Conference. July 25–30, 2010. Saint-Petersburg, Russia : Unknown treasures of the Altaic world in the libraries, archives and museums : Abstracts.
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19/01/2023
A new publication is added: 53rd Annual Meeting Permanent International Altaistic Conference. July 25–30, 2010. Saint-Petersburg, Russia : Unknown treasures of the Altaic world in the libraries, archives and museums : Abstracts. — Saint-Petersburg: Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2010. — 70 p. The full text is published as a *.PDF file.
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PPV 19/4 (51), 2022
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25/12/2022
The information on the new issue, Vol. 19, No. 4 (51), 2022, of Pis'mennye pamyatniki Vostoka is added.
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WMO, vol. 8, No. 2(16), 2022
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13/12/2022
The information on the new issue of Written Monuments of the Orient is added.
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Monograph: Mongolica. Vol. XXV, No. 4
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04/12/2022
A new monograph is added: Mongolica. Vol. XXV, No. 4. 150th anniversary of Russian-Polish researcher of Mongolian studies Wl.L. Kotwicz (1872–1944) / Ed. by I. V. Kulganek (editor-in-chief), D. A. Nosov (secretary), M. A. Kozintcev (deputy secretary) et al. St Petersburg, 2022. 71 p. ISSN 2311-5939. The full text is published as a *.PDF file.
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Personalia: Stary G.
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03/11/2022
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Personalia: Belkina E.M.
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26/10/2022
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12/10/2022
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