Terekhov V. P. The Genesis of Scientific Research on the Pamirs in Russia

(The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract ◊ The article covers the problem of origin of a new direction in Oriental studies in Russia — the study on mountainous Pamir region by Russian explorers in the so-called Great Game.

Keywords: English-Russian rivalry, scientific and military research, Pamir.

Terekhov Viktor Petrovich — scientific editor of the journal “Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie” (“Ethnographic Review”) of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Tel.: +7 (965) 294-23-67. E-mail: vuvin@mail.ru

Citation: Terekhov V. P. Genezis otechestvennogo pamirovedeniia // Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie. 2011. № 1. S. 124–128.

RUSSIAN VERSION

ARCHIVE SOURCES

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