Bohai (Parhae) Studies in the Soviet Union at 1980s

Abstract

The history of Bohai studies in Russia is more than 150 years old. But only at 1980s. Soviet specialists paid attention to different Bohai-related fields and developed research at many aspects. Russian scholars combine the use of written sources with the study of materials from archaeological sites, an approach which is evidently impossible for students in the Republic of Korea or in Japan until 2000s. In spite of this, Soviet Bohai studies remain practically unknown in the Western academic world, largely because most Soviet scholars do not publish in English. The goal of this article is to trace the history of Bohai studies in Soviet Union at 1980s. show the specifics of the Russian approach to the issue.