Personal Fond of А. V. Burdukov and T. A. Burdukova: a Case Study of Materials Housed by the Scientific Archive of Kalmyk Scientific Center (RAS)

The documentary materials of the personal fund of Aleksei Vasilievich Burdukov and his daughter Taisiya Alekseevna Burdukova, stored in the Scientific Archive of the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, include valuable sources on the history of Mongolia, the language, life and culture of the Mongolian people, folklore and other aspects that reveal those sides of the life of Mongolian society, that are not recorded in official documentation. These materials are an integral part of the documentary heritage of the Kalmyk Scientific Centre of the RAS. Thanks to these sources, it is possible to restore the time specific details and signs during which Russian and Soviet Mongolian scholar, public figure, philologist, researcher, teacher of the Mongolian language, organizer of the first Soviet school in Mongolia — A.  V. Burdukov lived and worked (1883–1943). Purpose. This article provides an overview of documents from the Scientific Archive of the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS based on the materials of the personal fund of A. V. Burdukov and T. A. Burdukova (F. 21). Results. The composition and contents of the Fund 21 of the Scientific Archive of the Kalmyk Scientific Centre of the RAS containing the materials related to the life and work of A. V. Burdukov have been analyzed. Despite the fact that the results of the many-sided scientific activity of A. V. Burdukov are only partially reflected in the composition of the archival documents that have been deposited in the archive, they cause a constant and unremitting interest of researchers in them. All this determines the value and significance of the documents of the personal fund of A. V. and T. A. Burdukov.

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