Olga and Boris Morozov via Mongolia to China (from the family archive)

Authors

  • Amir A. KHISAMUTDINOV Far Eastern Federal University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24866/2542-1611/2024-3/174-181

Keywords:

O.A. Morozova, B.A. Morozov, amateur Chinese studies, Russians in China, Russians in Mongolia, emigrant memoirs

Abstract

The publication is dedicated to the archival collection of Olga Alexandrovna (nee Kolosova, 1877–1968, Los Angeles) and Boris Ivanovich / Ioanovich (1902–1960, Lakewood, USA), who from Russia came to Mongolia,
then emigrated to China (Tianjin and Shanghai), where they published their literary (autobiographical novel "Fate", "Irreversible" and "Nora") and scientific and educational works. In recent years they lived in the USA. An excerpt from the book by B.I. Morozov is published. "Mongolia: from a traveler’s notebook" (Tianjin: Knowledge, 1935). The last unpublished works of O.A. are noted. Morozova: "Notes about Tubabao" and "Cultural forces of Russian emigration." Materials for publication were identified from the personal collection of O.A. Morozova (3 boxes and an album of photographs. Inventory compiled by A. Shmelev), stored in the Museum of Russian Culture (MRC) in San Francisco and the Russian collection of the University of Hawaii. Illustrations from the author's personal collection were used.

Author Biography

  • Amir A. KHISAMUTDINOV, Far Eastern Federal University

    Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Department of History and Archeology

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Published

30-09-2024

How to Cite

“Olga and Boris Morozov via Mongolia to China (from the family archive)” (2024) Oriental Institute Journal, (3), pp. 174–181. doi:10.24866/2542-1611/2024-3/174-181.