Benjamin P. Yudin
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Veniamin Petrovich Yudin (1928–1983) was a Kazakhstan
scholar of oriental studies, historian, philologist, expert on Persian and Turkic manuscripts, researcher and teacher.
V.P.Yudin was born on February 1, 1928 in Stalingrad (modern Volgograd
). V.Yudin started his scientific and pedagogical activity as Uigurologist in 1950 after graduaqting Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies
, where he completed a postgraduate study in Uigur philology
under a known Turkologist
Prof. V.M.Nasilov.
In 1955 V.Yudin started his work in Kazakhstan Pedagogical Institute in a newly opened Uigur branch, where he lectured in Uigur language the classes of ancient and classical Uigur literature, folklore and language. In 1960-1976 V.Yudin lectured in the Kazakhstan State University and worked in the Uigurology Department of the Linguistics Institute of Kazakhstan SSR Academy of Sciences. Alongside the Kazakhstan artifacts, V.Yudin investigated from historical and philological points the richest manuscript heritage of the Uigur people. V.P.Yudin authored over 80 scientific publications in Russian, Uigur and Kazakh languages, some of them vere re-published in English.
V.Yudin studied East Turkestan
manuscripts "Chingiz-name" by Utemish-Khodja (16th century), "Tarih-i Shaibani" (beginning of 17th century), "Ziya' al-kulub" by Mukhalemad Avaz ( beginning of 17th century), and other manuscropts.
V.Yudin work "Clan and tribal composition of Moghuls
of Moghulistan
and Moghulia
and their ethnic connections with Kazakh and other neighboring peoples" (News of Kazakhstan SSR Academy of Sciences, Social sciences, 1965, No 3) broke ground in "nonconventional" illumination of the Moghulia
state as distinct from Moghulistan
in ethnic, territorial and chronological relations, state structure, and about Moghulian
ethnic composition which contributed to the Kazakh
, Uigur and Kirgiz peoples.
Much of V.Yudin research has not been published
during his lifetime, including translations of sources, research on history of Kazakh
and Uigur peoples and other subjects.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
scholar of oriental studies, historian, philologist, expert on Persian and Turkic manuscripts, researcher and teacher.
V.P.Yudin was born on February 1, 1928 in Stalingrad (modern Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
). V.Yudin started his scientific and pedagogical activity as Uigurologist in 1950 after graduaqting Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies
Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies
Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies ) was a university-level educational institution that operated in Moscow, Russia, in 1920-1954. It was created as a result of merging Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages and the Oriental studies departments in Moscow's other higher educational...
, where he completed a postgraduate study in Uigur philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
under a known Turkologist
Turkology
Turkology is a complex of humanities sciences studying languages, history, literature, folklore, culture, and ethnology of people speaking Turkic languages and Turkic peoples in chronological and comparative context...
Prof. V.M.Nasilov.
In 1955 V.Yudin started his work in Kazakhstan Pedagogical Institute in a newly opened Uigur branch, where he lectured in Uigur language the classes of ancient and classical Uigur literature, folklore and language. In 1960-1976 V.Yudin lectured in the Kazakhstan State University and worked in the Uigurology Department of the Linguistics Institute of Kazakhstan SSR Academy of Sciences. Alongside the Kazakhstan artifacts, V.Yudin investigated from historical and philological points the richest manuscript heritage of the Uigur people. V.P.Yudin authored over 80 scientific publications in Russian, Uigur and Kazakh languages, some of them vere re-published in English.
V.Yudin studied East Turkestan
East Turkestan
East Turkestan is a controversial political term with multiple meanings depending on context and usage...
manuscripts "Chingiz-name" by Utemish-Khodja (16th century), "Tarih-i Shaibani" (beginning of 17th century), "Ziya' al-kulub" by Mukhalemad Avaz ( beginning of 17th century), and other manuscropts.
V.Yudin work "Clan and tribal composition of Moghuls
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Turko-Mongol khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan , second son of the Great Khan Genghis Khan, and his descendents and successors...
of Moghulistan
Moghulistan
Moghulistan or Mughalistan is a historical geographic unit in Central Asia that included parts of modern-day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Chinese Autonomous Region of Xinjiang...
and Moghulia
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Turko-Mongol khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan , second son of the Great Khan Genghis Khan, and his descendents and successors...
and their ethnic connections with Kazakh and other neighboring peoples" (News of Kazakhstan SSR Academy of Sciences, Social sciences, 1965, No 3) broke ground in "nonconventional" illumination of the Moghulia
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Turko-Mongol khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan , second son of the Great Khan Genghis Khan, and his descendents and successors...
state as distinct from Moghulistan
Moghulistan
Moghulistan or Mughalistan is a historical geographic unit in Central Asia that included parts of modern-day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Chinese Autonomous Region of Xinjiang...
in ethnic, territorial and chronological relations, state structure, and about Moghulian
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Turko-Mongol khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan , second son of the Great Khan Genghis Khan, and his descendents and successors...
ethnic composition which contributed to the Kazakh
Kazakhs
The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....
, Uigur and Kirgiz peoples.
Much of V.Yudin research has not been published
Turkology
Turkology is a complex of humanities sciences studying languages, history, literature, folklore, culture, and ethnology of people speaking Turkic languages and Turkic peoples in chronological and comparative context...
during his lifetime, including translations of sources, research on history of Kazakh
Kazakhs
The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....
and Uigur peoples and other subjects.