DOI 10.51255/2311–603X_2025_2_220

S. V. Lyubichankovskiy. The Role of V. V. Radlov in the Scientiifc Study of Central Asia //
Petersburg Historical Journal, no. 2, 2025, pp. 220–227


Abstract:

Vasily Vasilyevich Radlov (1837–1918) was an outstanding Russian ethnographer, linguist and
orientalist whose work had a major impact on the study of the peoples of Russian Central Asia. While working in Orenburg, Radlov collected unique materials on the languages, folklore and culture of the Turkic peoples, which formed the basis of modern Turkology. The article examines his contribution to scholarship, research methods and the importance of his works for understanding the cultural heritage of Central Asia.


Key words: V. V. Radlov, Central Asia, Orenburg, Turkology, ethnography.

Author:

Lyubichankovskiy, Sergey Valentinovich — Dr. in History, Professor, Head of the Department
of Russian History, Orenburg State Pedagogical University (Orenburg, Russia).
E-mail: svlubich@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0001-8349-1359

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