Academic Degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences

Position: Leading Researcher

Affiliation:  Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Contact Data:  orlovnk@nail.ru

General Information:

Education, previous jobs

A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University (1975–1981)

Junior Researcher, Department of Mongolian Studies, Kalmyk Institute of History, Philology and Economics (1981–1987)

Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Sector of Turkic and Mongolian Studies (postgraduate study 1987–1990)

Senior Researcher, Department of Mongolian Studies, Kalmyk Institute of Humanitarian Research, Russian Academy of Sciences (1990–2002, Deputy Director for Science 1999–2000)

Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Korea and Mongolia (2002 – present)

Key Disciplines Taught: history of Mongol-speaking peoples, written monuments of the 17th - early 20th centuries

List of Most Essential Works:

Monographs:

Orlova K.V. Christianization of Kalmyks in the context of Russian domestic and foreign policy (mid-17th – early 20th centuries). Moscow: IV RAN, 2018. 398 p.

Orlova K.V. Transboundary Culture: Essays on a Comparative Study of the Traditions of Western Mongols and Kalmyks / E.P. Bakaeva, K.V. Orlova, D.N. Muzraeva et al. Elista: ZAO NPP Dzhangar, 2016. 456 p.

Orlova K.V. Buddhist Tradition in Kalmykia and Western Mongolia: Sacred Objects / E.P. Bakaeva, K.V. Orlova, Norovsambuu Khishigt, Tsendmaa Enkhchimeg. Moscow: Nauka, Vostochnaya Literatura, 2015.238 p.

Orlova K.V. The history of the Zakhchin Buddhist monastery (preface, translation, commentary, facsimile of the manuscript). Moscow: IV RAN, 2012.202 p.

Orlova K.V. Christianization of Kalmyks. Chapter 3 // History of Kalmykia from ancient times to the present day. In 3 volumes. T. 3. Elista: KIGI RAS, Publishing House "Gerel", 2009. Pp. 259–291.

Orlova K.V. The history of the Christianization of the Kalmyks (mid-17th - early 20th centuries). Moscow: Publishing company "Eastern Literature" RAS, 2006. 207 p.

Orlova K.V. Description of Mongolian manuscripts and woodcut prints stored in the funds of Kalmykia // Bulletin of the Society of Orientalists (Newsletter). Issue 5 . Moscow: Society of Orientalists RAS, KIGI RAS, 2002. 85 p.

Orlova K.V. S. Norbo. Zaya Pandita. Materials for the biography (translation from the old-written Mongolian language) / Sanchirov V.P., Muzraeva D.N., Orlova K.V. Elista: Kalmyk book publishing house, 1999. 335 p.

Orlova K.V. Bibliographic index of the written heritage of the Kalmyks in the works of Russian and Mongolian orientalists / E.N. Badmaev. Elista: Kalmyk book publishing house, 1998.63 p.

Orlova K.V. Treatises on acupuncture and moxibustion (translated from Oirat) / otv. ed. P.Ts. Bitkeev / Korsunkiev Ts.K., Chumatov V.O., Trofimova S.M., Gedeeva D.B. Moscow: Vost. lit., 1987. 414 p.

Articles:

Orlova K.V. The Mongolian Collection in the Archives of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanities and Applied Research // Mongolian Studies. Vol. XX. Bloomington, 1997. Pp. 85–118.

Orlova K.V. Formation of a settlement of baptized Kalmyks in Stavropol-on-Volga // State Service. Moscow, 2005. No. 5 (37). Pp. 95–100.

Orlova K.V. Confessional processes among Kalmyks at the beginning of the 20th century // Bulletin of the Buryat University. Series 4: History. Issue 12. Ulan-Ude, 2006. Pp. 55–60.

Orlova K.V. Zakhchins of Mongolia: places of worship // Problems of ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Turkic-Mongol peoples. Sat. scientific papers. Elista, 2009. Pp. 64–68.

Orlova K.V. Buddhist written heritage in the repositories of Kalmykia // Memory of the world: historical and documentary heritage of Buddhism. Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference. Moscow: RGGU, 2011. Pp. 54–60.

Orlova K.V. N.N. Palmov and the National Archives of the Republic of Kalmykia // Proceedings of the Historical and Archival Institute of the Russian State University for the Humanities. T. 38. Moscow: RGGU, 2011. Pp. 62–67.

Orlova K.V. Oirat sources in Mongolia (preliminary results of the expedition to Western Mongolia in 2013) // Bulletin of the KIGI RAS. No. 2. 2014. Pp. 157–161.

Orlova K.V. To the study of ethnic markers of Mongolian derbets: the text of incense for nomadic "host spirits" // Problems of ethnic history and culture of the Turkic-Mongol peoples. Issue 3. Collection of scientific papers. Elista: KIGI RAN, 2015. Pp. 79–95.

Orlova K.V. Smoking nutuku derbets // Oriens. 2016. No. 6. Pp. 132–141.

Orlova K.V. The written heritage of the Oirats of Western Mongolia: the experience of collecting and publishing sources // Bulletin of the Kalmyk University. 2017. No. 36 (4). Pp. 32–37.

Orlova K.V. "The baptized still live like Kalmyk": on the question of the confessional identity of the baptized Kalmyks // Oriental Studies (Bulletin of the KIGI RAS). 2018. No. 1. Pp. 31–35.

On documents relating to the religion and lamism of Mongolia from the Central Archives of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (1920–1930s) // Oriental Studies. 2019. (5). Pp. 740–749.

Orlova K.V. Religious factor and ethnic identity of Kalmyks after 1771 // Mongolian Studies. 2019. No. 18. Pp. 531–542.