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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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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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Passing of Dr. Giovanni Stary |
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26/10/2022 |
Professor Dr. Giovanni Stary passed away on October 19, 2022 in Venice. |
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Meeting of the IOM RAS Academic Council (19.10.2022) |
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14/10/2022 |
A meeting of the Academic Council will be held at 15:00 on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. |
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I.F. Popova awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” |
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05/06/2022 |
By the decree of the President of Russian Federation, I.F. Popova, Director of the IOM RAS, was awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” (II class) for significant contributions to development of science and excellent work for many years. |
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Second International Academic Conference “The Written Heritage of the Orient” (information letter) |
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03/02/2023 |
On April 10–11, 2023, the Second International Academic Conference “The Written Heritage of the Orient” dedicated to the 160th anniversary of P.K. Kozlov (1863–1935) will be held at the IOM RAS. |
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Diakonoff Readings (information letter) |
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30/01/2023 |
Diakonoff Readings will be held on April 4–5, 2023, at the State Hermitage and the IOM RAS in Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
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Meeting of the IOM RAS Academic Council (30.01.2023) |
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25/01/2023 |
A meeting of the Academic Council will be held at 14:00 on Monday, January 30, 2023. Dr. S. M. Prozorov will give a talk titled “Arabic studies cabinet of the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies in the 1960s–1980s”. |
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The 6th International Conference “Cultural Heritage of the Mongols” (information letter) |
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23/01/2023 |
On April 19–21, 2023, the 6th International Conference “Cultural Heritage of the Mongols: Manuscript and Archival Collections” will be held with support from the President of Mongolia. |
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The 45th Annual Session of St Petersburg Arabists (information letter) |
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16/01/2023 |
The 45th Annual Session of St Petersburg Arabists dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Professor Anna A. Dolinina (1923–2017) will be held at the IOM RAS on April 3–5, 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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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03/11/2022 |
The biographic data are added. Read more... |
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26/10/2022 |
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12/10/2022 |
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Monograph: Mongolica. Vol. XXV, No. 3
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PPV 19/3 (50), 2022
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PPV 19/2 (49), 2022
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Monograph: Mongolica. Vol. XXV, No. 2
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WMO, vol. 8, No. 1(15), 2022
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Publication: Tangut studies: Prospects and problems for the 21st century : International conference in memory of Evgeny I. Kychanov (1932–2013). Saint Petersburg, June 23–24, 2022 : Abstracts
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Paper: Sādhanā of Vajravārāhī Found in a Tibetan Manuscript from Khara-Khoto Preserved in Saint Petersburg
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PPV 19/1 (48), 2022
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Monograph: Mongolica. Vol. XXV, No. 1
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WMO, vol. 7, No. 2(14), 2021
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