2016. Vol. 4, no. 4. Aksanov A.V.

2016. Vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 915-917

DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2016-4-4.915-917

 

NEW BOOK: MINNEGULOV KH.YU. KAZAN-TATAR TURKOLOGICAL
SCHOOL (KAZAN, 2016. 68 P.)

A.V. Aksanov
Sh. Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Kazan 420014, Russian Federation
E-mail: aksanov571@gmail.com

This book describes the history and current state of the Kazan-Tatar Turkological school. Its author analyzes the development of global and domestic Turkology, points out interrelations between various academic centers and specifies the convention of their separation. According to him, the Tatars played a significant role in the development of the Russian Oriental studies, since already from the 18th century, they collaborated with leading Russian Orientalists. The establishment of the University of Kazan in 1804 was a milestone in the development of Kazan School of Turkic Studies. The 1820–50s were a time of the highest development of Oriental studies in the University of Kazan. In addition to personnel training, the University created textbooks, dictionaries, scholarly works, collected manuscripts and established extensive international contacts. Soviet and modern periods were mainly related to the development of the historical and philological direction within the walls of educational institutions and the University of Kazan. In 2011, their Tatar faculties were united into the Institute of Philology and Arts of Kazan Federal University. Formation and development of the history of Tatar literature as an independent branch of literary science became one of the most important achievements of this stage. Great work on the collection, publication and study of Tatar folklore done in the last century was another important achievement.

Keywords: historiography, Turkology, Tatar studies, Kazan school, history and culture of Tatars.

For citation: Aksanov A.V. New Book: Minnegulov Kh.Yu. Kazan-Tatar Turkological School (Kazan, 2016. 68 p.). Golden Horde Review. 2016. Vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 915–917. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2016-4-4.915-917

About the author: Anvar V. Aksanov – Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Research Fellow, Usmanov Center for Research on the Golden Horde and Tatar Khanates, Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (5 entrance, Kremlin, Kazan 420014, Russian Federation). E-mail: aksanov571@gmail.com

Received October 27, 2016
Accepted for publication November 5, 2016
Published online December 20, 2016