The Contemporary India Studies in Russia. Their beginning. I. P. Minayev
Abstract
Indian studies in Russia started with contemporary India surveys. D. G. Messerschmidt took lessons from Delhi merchant called Parasotamagire. G. Y. Kehr studied the dialects of Northwest India. G. S. Lebedev did his best to show resemblance of Hinduism and Christianity and to promote commercial relations, how- ever Russian society was hardly eager to know what real India was about. The keen interest arouse with the conquest of Central Asia and an advance towards the borders of British India. I. P. Minayev was the first Russian Indologist who studied both ancient and contemporary Indiа. He collaborated with the War Ministry sending them reports of his three travels around India that illustrated the public mood regarding the idea of Russian march towards the borders of British India. He appealed to both military and scientific circles in order to develop contemporary studies and founded Russian school of Indology although none of his students followed the path of their professor.
About the Author
Tatiana Nikolayevna Zagorodnikova
Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Zagorodnikova T.N. The Contemporary India Studies in Russia. Their beginning. I. P. Minayev. Orientalistica. 2018;1(1):82-97. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2018-1-1-82-97
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