Asian Studies Expert A. A. Semenov: Turkomstaris and Sredazkomstaris Periods (1921–1928)
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2021-23-4-865-875
Abstract
The research featured the biography of Alexander A. Semenov (1873–1959), an outstanding expert in Asian Studies, who made a great contribution to Soviet and global oriental scholarship. The paper focuses on his work at the Turkestan Committee for Museums and Protection of Antiquities, Art, and Nature (Turkomstaris) and the Central Asian Committee for Museums and Protection of Antiquities, Art, and Nature (Sredazkomstaris) in 1921–1928. The research involved articles published by A. A. Semyonov in 1926 and 1928 in the Proceedings of the Central Asian Committee, as well as valuable data from publications made by Professor A. M. Mironov and Chairman of Sredazkomstaris D. I. Nechkin. A. A. Semyonov owed his education to the outstanding teaching staff of Lazarev Institute: V. F. Miller, N. N. Kharuzin, F. E. Korsh, and M. O. Attai. His scientific worldview was shaped under the influence of orientalist V. V. Barthold.
About the Author
G. E. Mamaeva
Shakarim State University of Semey
Kazakhstan
Competing Interests:
Kazakhstan
Competing Interests:
Semey
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Mamaeva G.E. Asian Studies Expert A. A. Semenov: Turkomstaris and Sredazkomstaris Periods (1921–1928). The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2021;23(4):865-875. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2021-23-4-865-875
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