Борис Исакович Татаринцев: научное наследие ученого

Abstract

This article analyzes the results of many years of scientific works of the famous scientist, Turkologist, a eminent scholars of the Tuvan language, a specialist of exceptionally deep knowledge and erudition, doctor of Philology, Professor Boris IsakovichTatarintsev, who would have turned 80 years old in 2019. The purpose of the study is to examine the scientific heritage of the scientist, which gave a new impetus to the study of Tuvinian studies and Turkology in General. Materials. The work is based on the results of many years of scientific works by Boris IsakovichTatarintsev, which are highly appreciated by scientists as a certain milestone in the development of not only Tuvan linguistics, but also the entire Russian Turkology. Results. Boris Isakovich, born in a family of employees, went from school teacher to doctor of science, Professor, head of the dictionary sector, chief researcher of the language and script section of the Tuva Institute of Humanities and applied social and economic research. B. I. Tatarintsev published more than 150 scientific works. All his scientific activity is focused on the history of the Tuvan language, borrowed vocabulary. For more than three decades, B. I. Tatarintsev was engaged in issues of Tuvan etymology, semasiology, terminology, toponymy, ethnonymy from the point of view of their origin. Boris Isakovich participated in the development and editing of the dictionary, was the author of the dictionary, Preface and numerous dictionaries. In addition, he was actively engaged in Tuvan throat singing “Hөөmej”. On this issue, he published not only articles,but also books. His merit in the training of scientists andhighly qualifiedscience teachers in the philological direction in Tuva is great. The study of the main problems of lexicology and etymology, developed by B. I. Tatarintsev, continued by modern domestic and foreign scientists.