Scientific Heritage of the Outstanding Mongolist A.M. Pozdneev: to the Scholars 170th Birth Anniversary

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to describe the studying of the heritage and scientific biography of the prominent Russian mongolist A.M. Pozdneev (1851–1920), who started studying Mongolia in the period of Qing Empire. The text includes materials on studying process of the research heritage left by the scholar in Russia and presents the main results of his activity. The scientist and encyclopaedist wrote papers on all the areas of Mongolian Studies: history, folklore and literature, ethnography, history of religion, Tibetan medicine, history of science and others. He published 122 papers, including 17 monographs, the overall volume of which is about 400 printed pages. His papers are translated into European and Oriental languages. A significant number of his works remained in manuscripts. A.M. Pozdneev was a good organizer of educational and scientific affairs. He created and was the Rector of the Eastern Institute in Vladivostok from 1899 to 1903. Later he was appointed the Rector of Practical Eastern Academy in the Ministry of Education (a member at the Council of Ministers of National Education). The article determined the place of the Russian scholar in the national and world Mongolian Studies, the specific features of his scientific heritage as well as the need for its further research.