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Valeyev R. M., Zhukov V. Y., Kulganek I. V.,
Martynov D. E., Polyanskaya O. N. Biography and Academic Legacy of Orientalist Józef Kowalewski (Based on Materials from Archives and Manuscript Collections). Ed. by R. M. Valeyev, I. V. Kulganek. Saint Petersburg — Kazan: St. Petersburg Centre for Oriental Studies Publishers 2020. 440 p.: ill. ISBN 978-5-85803-537-4
The monograph ‟Biography and academic legacy of orientalist Józef Kowalewski” (1800/01–
1878) has been prepared by a team of orientalists of Kazan, Saint Petersburg, Ulan-Ude. It is devoted
to the academic work of the Russian and Polish Mongolian scholar Józef Kowalewski, whose
scientific achievements are immense and have global significance. Being a wonderful expert on the
Mongolian language, culture and history, he wrote quite a few fundamental works on Buddhism,
literature and language of Mongolian peoples. Among those is a French-Russian-Mongolian dictionary,
which has been highly regarded and widely used by experts even up until now. The first
academic department of Mongolian philology was opened in Kazan University during the period
of his work there, and he headed this department for over a decade and a half.
This monograph is devoted to the period that preceded the blossom of Mongolian studies in
Russia, the development of this focus area in Kazan University is defined and described, a biographical
profile of Józef Kowalewski is presented, his academic work and his contribution
to Мongolian studies in Russia are analyzed.
Certain attention is given to the epistolary legacy of the scholar, his unpublished archival
materials, which are stored in the archives of Kazan and Saint Petersburg, including ones that are
introduced into the academic discourse for the first time. These include letters, diaries and academic
works by Józef Kowalewski.
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Annotation, Forewords, Introduction, Summary
Keywords
history of Oriental studies
Kowalewski, Józef
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