The article presents the result of the joint Russian-Taiwanese research project at the Research Historical Archive of the State Museum of the History of Religion (RHA SMHR) on the archives of prominent Russian sinologist academician V. M. Alekseev (1881-1951). Manuscripts from the Archive identified as belonging to V. M. Alekseev have not been studied and published before. Their research resulted in the systematization and description of V. M. Alekseev's materials. For instance, it has been discovered that V. M. Alekseev's archives at SMHR include fragmented handwritten and typed materials in Chinese, Uighur, Russian, and English dated to 1907-1940s that have undergone preliminary classification by the academician himself. The analysis of the manuscripts demonstrates that two categories of documents have the greatest potential for further research: so called "Chinese diary" kept by the scholar during his expedition around North China and written explanations of Chinese popular woodblock prints nianhua provided by Alekseev's mentors xiangshengs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)61-70
Number of pages10
JournalManuscripta Orientalia
Volume23
Issue number1
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2017

    Scopus subject areas

  • Literature and Literary Theory
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Library and Information Sciences
  • Cultural Studies

    Research areas

  • Chinese popular religion, The archives of academician V. M. Alekseev, The State Museum of the History of Religion

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