Correspondence of V.K. Arseniev with the Irkutsk Ethnographer G.S. Vinogradov

Abstract

The publication is devoted to the correspondence of the famous
traveler, ethnographer Vladimir K. Arseniev (1872–1930), writer
bestseller "Dersu Uzala" and the Irkutsk ethnographer Georgy
Semenovich Vinogradov (1886–1945). The archives of the Society
for the Study of the Amur Region (OIAK) in Vladivostok (F. 14.
Op. 3. D. 15) preserved three letters from Vinogradov (June 19,
1926, December 19, 1926, July 17, 1929) where described family
relationship, plans of the researches and scholar activities.
Letters to V.K. Arsenyev has not yet been identified. For the
commentary, the personal collection of Arseniev was used,
kept in the library of the OIAK, which contains Vinogradov's
books with donative inscriptions. The author is grateful to the
OIAK archive and library for the use of these materials. The
publication is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of
V.K. Arsenyev explains the unknown pages of his biography.

Correspondence of V.K. Arsenyev, G.S. Vinogradov (1886 –1945), Ethnography in the FarEast, Ethnography in Irkutsk, Far Eastern regional studies.