MONGOLIAN LINGUISTICS IN RUSSIA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY: PROBLEMS OF HERITAGE. Ulan-Ude: BSC SB RAS Publishing House, 2012, 392 p. The reviewed monograph by V. E. Radnaev is devoted to the history of Mongolian linguistics, which emerged in Russia in the first half of the 19th century in two centers - the Asian Museum of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences and the Kazan Imperial University. The first half of the 19th century in Russian orientalism was a stage of origin and rapid development of Russian Mongolian studies, the main scientific directions of which were philology (linguistics and literature), the history of Mongolia and Mongolian ethnic groups, religious studies (shamanism and Buddhism). In accordance with these areas, new personnel were trained. The book consists of an introduction, three chapters, a conclusion, and a list of references. The introduction presents a modern view of the history of Mongolian studies in the period under review. In the 20th century, the Mongolian peoples underwent a major acculturation during the Soviet era, which took place in Buryatia and Kalmykia. A slightly different picture was observed in Mongolia than in the Soviet autonomous regions, although repressions were also carried out there against the old intelligentsia, the Lamas and Buryats-repatriates from Transbaikalia and Eastern Siberia. In China, the Mongols retained their traditional culture and language, but during the Cultural Revolution, the non-Han population was subjected to persecution, harassment, and other forms of violence. The introduction is written on a rich retrospective material. The author considers those sections of Mongolian studies that were studied by Academician A. N. Kononov in his work on the history of pre-revolutionary and Soviet Oriental studies. They suggested the author's ideas and logic of presentation. The author distinguishes between the historiography of Mongolian linguistics and works devoted to the study of biographies of ... Читать далее