2018, vol. 6, no. 4. Tishin V.V.

2018, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 807-828

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2018-6-4.807-828

   BOOK REVIEW: KHRAPACHEVSKY R.P. “TATARY”, “MONGOLY”
I “MONGOLO-TATARY” IX–XII VEKOV PO KITAYSKIM ISTOCHNIKAM
(“TATARS”, “MONGOLS” AND “MONGOL-TATARS”
IN THE 9TH–12TH CENTURIES ACCORDING TO CHINESE SOURCES)*

V.V. Tishin
Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies
of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation
tihij-511@mail.ru

Abstract: The present paper does not aim to be so much a review as a commentary on the 2015 book by Roman P. Khrapachevsky dedicated to the publication of translations of the fragments from Chinese sources of the 10th–14th centuries about the tribes known under the names of Tatar and Mongol. The book under review, in the opinion of the author of the paper, is a significant contribution to the study of the nomadic peoples of Inner Asia in Russian historiography and provides a very useful instrument for researchers who are not fluent in Chinese. Without touching on topic of the quality of translations given by Khrapachevsky, it could be noted that some research sections and references drew some comments. In particular, the author of the review considers uncertain some of linguistic identifications made by Khrapachevsky relating to the bearers of certain ethnonyms. This fact, accordingly, makes any following findings questionable. In addition, according to the author of the paper, the methodology for the reconstruction of non-Chinese words and names deserves a more fundamental justification as a whole. At the same time, as is pointed out, these aspects are too complicated in themselves and, in any case, would be of a debatable nature, something which makes this book of Khrapachevsky additionally important for their further development. The main observation about the book relates to its relatively scanty bibliographic apparatus, which, according to this reviewer, was reflected by the lack of depth of the book’s commentary. In general, the book fulfilled its main task, providing Russian-speaking researchers, both historians and linguists, with new material for further studies of the history of Inner Asia.

Keywords: Mongols, Turks, Tatars, nomadic peoples, Chinese sources, ethnonymy, onomastics, phonetic reconstruction

For citation: Tishin V.V. Book Review: Khrapachevsky R.P. “Tatary”, “mongoly” i “mongolo-tatary” IX–XII vekov po kitayskim istochnikam (“Tatars”, “Mongols” and “Mongol-Tatars” in the 9th–12th centuries according to Chinese Sources). Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2018, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 807–828. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2018-6-4.807-828

* The study was carried out with the support of the Integrated Program for Fundamental Research of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences XII.191.1.2. Intercultural interaction, ethnic and socio-political processes in Central Asia, № АААА-А17-117021310264-4.

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About the author: Vladimir V. Tishin – Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Research Fellow on the Department of History and Culture of Central Asia, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ORCID: 0000-0001-7344-0996 (6, Sakhyanova Str., Ulan-Ude 670047, Republic of Buryatia, Russian Federation). E-mail: tihij-511@mail.ru

Received  August 29, 2018   Accepted for publication  November 23, 2018
Published online  December 29, 2018