Профессор Виктор Филоненко: неизвестные страницы биографии: по новым документам архивов Москвы и Санкт-Петербурга

Abstract

The biography of the prominent orientalist-Crimean scholar, university lecturer, later – university professor (since 1925 – Pedagogical Institute) Viktor Iosifovich Filonenko (1884–1977) based on the materials of the State archive of the Russian Federation, associated with the history of the Eastern Faculty of the M. V. Frunze Crimean University, was restored. The information on the history of everyday life of the University (Pedagogical Institute) in Simferopol, identified in the epistolary heritage of V. I. Filonenko from various archives, substantially complement data from questionnaires completed by scientists and autobiographies written by him. The orientalist difficult path in life in 20–30 years of the twentieth century was investigated, the scientific heritage of V. I. Filonenko and his role in the life of the university were characterized, the scientific and personal contacts of the scientist, their influence on the life of the oriental faculty (department) were restored.