Institute of Asian and African Countries
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INSTITUTE OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES at Lomonosov Moscow State University was founded in 1956 as the Institute of Oriental Languages. Today's name from 1972. It is the leading Russian Centre for Oriental Studies
. It employs more than 250 members including 28 professors and 70 assistant professors. Many of them are well known as authors of fundamental studies, text-books and dictionaries for their translations of Japanese
, Chinese, Sanskrit
, Arabic, Hindi
, Persian
, Malay
and other Oriental and African texts of fiction.
The staff of the Institute has worked out the syllabus and text books on History of Asian and African countries and on Oriental Literature as well as special books on languages, history, ethnology, geography and economics of the certain regions.
More than 40 oriental and West-European languages are being taught at the Institute.
Directors:
Smirnov N.A. (1956 – 1958)
Kovalev A. A. (1958 – 1975)
Akhramovich R. T. (1975 – 1989)
Meliksetov A. V. (1989 – 1994)
Meier M. S. (1994 –).
Oriental studies
Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
. It employs more than 250 members including 28 professors and 70 assistant professors. Many of them are well known as authors of fundamental studies, text-books and dictionaries for their translations of Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, Chinese, Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
, Arabic, Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, Malay
Malay language
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...
and other Oriental and African texts of fiction.
The staff of the Institute has worked out the syllabus and text books on History of Asian and African countries and on Oriental Literature as well as special books on languages, history, ethnology, geography and economics of the certain regions.
More than 40 oriental and West-European languages are being taught at the Institute.
Directors:
Smirnov N.A. (1956 – 1958)
Kovalev A. A. (1958 – 1975)
Akhramovich R. T. (1975 – 1989)
Meliksetov A. V. (1989 – 1994)
Meier M. S. (1994 –).