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The institute branch has some 100 researchers in all which includes one corresponding
member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and 12 scientists with the doctorate
and 59 with candidate degrees. The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of
the Russian Academy of Sciences is a part of this institute. The museum traces its
origin to the Kunstkamera of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg. The present museum
was founded in 1879 and contains collections numbering some one million exhibits-
-500,000 archeological, 300,000 anthropological, and 200,000 ethnographic. The
Director of the institute in 1991 was Nikolai M. Girenko, C. Hist. S. (See: A
Scholars’ Guide. . .)
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8. Slavic and Balkan Studies Institute in Moscow.
Located Leninskii ave., 32a, Moscow, 117993. tel. 938-17-80. Directed by
Professor Vladimir K. Volkov.
Retrospect: Although works on Slavic literatures of the 19th and 20th centuries began
appearing in the 1920s and 1930s, it was not until 1946, that the Presidium of the
AN SSSR established the Institute of Slavic Studies. In 1948, the institute was
reorganized with broader tasks that included the study of the history and culture of
Albania, Hungary, Rome, Greece, and Cyprus and the ties between European
Turkey and the Slavic and Baltic peoples. At that time the name of the institute was
changed to the Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies. Institute Directors have been:
B. D. Grekov (1946-51), P. I. Tretiakov (1951-59), I. I. Udal’tsov (1959-62), I.
A. Khrenov (1962-68), D. F. Markov (1969-87), and since 1987, V. K. Volkov,
D. Hist. S. The institute is organized in four Departments with sectors and research
groups.
(Older materials)
The Departments include:
(1.) the history and culture of the countries of Central and Southeastern Europe under
socialism;
(2.) the history of the peoples of Central and Southeastern Europe from antiquity to World
War II;
(3.) history and literature, and
(4.) linguistics.
In 1991, the institute had some 220 researchers, among whom were two academicians and
three corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Of the 220
research scientists, 57 held doctors degrees and 119 held candidate degrees.
Research priorities included:
history, history of culture and language of the foreign Slavic and Balkan Peoples-supervisor:
V. K. Volkov;
the socioeconomic and political history of Slavic and Balkan studies of Central and
Southeastern Europe from antiquity to 1945--supervisors: G. G. Litavrin, and T. M.
Islamov;
the nationalism issue and language situation in Central and Southeastern Europe-supervisors:
G. G. Litavrin, T. M. Islamov, R. P. Grishina, and L. N. Smirnov;
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