Ivan Ivanovich Zarubin
Encyclopedia
Ivan Ivanovich Zarubin (September 27, 1887-February 3, 1964) was a Soviet
specialist of Iranian languages
, particularly Pamir languages
.
. He was a professor at Leningrad University, a position he held until 1949 , and was director of the Department of the Near East and Central Asia at the Kunstkamera
in Leningrad
. In summer 1914, Zarubin together with a French
Iranist
Robert Gauthiot
traveled to the Pamir Mountains
and conducted linguistic
and ethnographic
research. Over the coming decades Zarubin continued to conduct linguistic, folkloric
and ethnographic studies in the Pamirs and elsewhere in Central Asia
. One of his greatest achievements was the 1926–30 Central Asian ethnological expedition on behalf of the Academy of Sciences. A large portion of the Pamir collection at the Kunstkamera's Department of the Near East and Central Asia was acquired during Zarubin's working in the Pamirs in 1914. Zarubin usually published his works under the named I.I. Zarubin.
Zarubin died February 3, 1964.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
specialist of Iranian languages
Iranian languages
The Iranian languages form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages which in turn is a subgroup of Indo-European language family. They have been and are spoken by Iranian peoples....
, particularly Pamir languages
Pamir languages
The Pamir languages are a group of the Eastern Iranian languages, spoken by numerous people in the Pamir Mountains, primarily along the Panj River and its tributaries. This includes the Badakhshan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province of eastern Tajikistan...
.
Life
Zarubin was born in the Crimea in 1887. He wrote dozens of books on Iranian languages and was the leading authority in the Soviet Union of the Pamir languages spoken in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast in the Tajik SSRTajik SSR
The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Tajik SSR for short, was one of the 15 republics that made up the Soviet Union. Located in Central Asia, the Tajik SSR was created on 5 December 1929 as a national entity for the Tajik people within the Soviet Union...
. He was a professor at Leningrad University, a position he held until 1949 , and was director of the Department of the Near East and Central Asia at the Kunstkamera
Kunstkamera
The Kunstkamera was the first museum in Russia. Established by Peter the Great and completed in 1727, the Kunstkammer Building hosts the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, with a collection of almost 2,000,000 items...
in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
. In summer 1914, Zarubin together with a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
Iranist
Iranian Studies
Iranian studies , is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of the Iranian people. It is a part of the wider field of Oriental studies....
Robert Gauthiot
Robert Gauthiot
Robert Gauthiot was a French Orientalist, linguist, and explorer.He interrupted his exploration of the Pamir Mountains in July 1914 to return home to serve as a captain in the infantry during World War I. Gauthiot received the Croix de guerre before he was mortally wounded at the Second Battle of...
traveled to the Pamir Mountains
Pamir Mountains
The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the junction or knot of the Himalayas, Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges. They are among the world’s highest mountains and since Victorian times they have been known as the "Roof of the World" a probable...
and conducted linguistic
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and ethnographic
Ethnography
Ethnography is a qualitative method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group...
research. Over the coming decades Zarubin continued to conduct linguistic, folkloric
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
and ethnographic studies in the Pamirs and elsewhere in Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
. One of his greatest achievements was the 1926–30 Central Asian ethnological expedition on behalf of the Academy of Sciences. A large portion of the Pamir collection at the Kunstkamera's Department of the Near East and Central Asia was acquired during Zarubin's working in the Pamirs in 1914. Zarubin usually published his works under the named I.I. Zarubin.
Zarubin died February 3, 1964.
Partial list of publications
- Spisok narodnostej Turkestanskogo kraja. Leningrad, Rossijskaja Akademija nauk, 1925.
- Naselenie Samarkandskoj oblasti. Ego čislennost', etnografičeskij sostav i territorial'noe raspredelenie (po materialam sel'sko-hozajstvennoj perepisi 1917 g. , popolnennoj drugimi istočnikami). Leningrad, Akademija nauk S.S.S.R., 1926.
- Naselenie samarkandskoĭ oblasti : ego chislennostʹ, ėtnograficheskiĭ sostav i territorialʹnoe raspredelenie : po materialam selʹsko-khozi︠a︡ĭsvennoĭ perepisi 1917 g., popolenennoĭ drugimi istochnikami. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1926.
- Spisok narodnosteĭ Soi︠u︡za Sovetskikh Sot︠s︡ialisticheskikh Respublik. Leningrad : Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1927.
- K kharakteristike mundihanskogo iazyka. Leningrad, 1927.
- Vershikskoe narechie kandzhutskogo yazyka : Le dialecte Vershik de la langue Kandjoute. Leningrad : Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1927.
- Odna oroshorskai︠a︡ skazka. Leningrad : Izd. Instituta zhivykh vostochnykh i︠a︡zykov im. A.S. Enukizde, 1927.
- Veršikskoe narečie kandžutskogo jazyka = Le dialecte Vershik de la langue Kandjoute. Leningrad : Izdat. Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1927.
- Očerk razgovornogo jazyka Samarkandskich evreev = Précis de la langue parlée des juits de Samarkand : opyt charakteristiki, materially. Leningrad : Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1928.
- “K izucheniiu beludzhskogo iazyka i fol’klora.”Zapiski Kollegii vostokovedov pri Aziatskom muzee AN SSSR, 1930, no. 5.
- Orosorskie teksty i slovar. Leningrad : Izd. Akademii nauk SSSR, 1930.
- Beludzhskie skazki. Leningrad : Izd-vo Akad. nauk SSSR, 1932.
- Slovo Danila Zatočnika : po redakcijam XII i XIII vv. i ich peredelkam. Publisher: Leningrad, 1932. co-written with Daniil Zatočnik.
- Two Yazghulāmī Texts. Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, 1936, vol. 8, no. 2/3, p. 875-881.
- Bartangskie i rushanskie teksty i slovar. Moskva : Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1937.
- Shugnanskie teksty i slovar. Moskva : Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1960.
- Iranskij sbornik : K semidesjatiletiju. Moskva : Izd-vo vostočnoj lit, 1963.
- Proizvodstvenno-ekonomicheskie sviazi i ikh plannrovanie : (Metod. sovety lektoram i prepodavatelia︡m ėkon. fak. nar. un-tov tekhn. progressa). Donetsk, 1969.
- Na leninskikh printsipakh. Tula : Priokskoe kn. izd-vo, 1974.
- Svod Zakonov RSFSR / Tom 1. Moskva : Sovetskaja Rossija, 1983. co-written with Vladimir Michajlovič Blinov and Ch P Neškov.
External links
- Ivan Ivanovich Zarubin - The Great Soviet Encyclopedia