Abū Sa‘īd (or Abū Sa‘d) Mansūr b. al-Husayn al-Ābī is known as a literary and political figure of the late tenth — early eleventh century. In describing al-Ābīs native city in his Geographical Dictionary, Yāqūt provides in passing some valuable information about him; it is virtually all that has come down to us...
On October 2, 2023, the Department of Far Eastern Studies, IOM RAS, will hold the “Ideology of Traditional China” Conference dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the outstanding Russian Sinologist Alexander S. Martynov (1933–2013).