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(4.) the international and political issues of the Far East and Soviet-Chinese relations
Department with sectors on Soviet-Chinese relations; general problems of Chinese
foreign policy, and international and political issues of the Far East and Iapan;
(5.) the systems analysis and scientific information Department with sectors and groups on
scientific information; compilation and preparation of scientific and urgent materials,
and scientific information and translations;
(6.) an independent sector on international scholarly ties and foreign Chinese studies;
(7.) and a Center on theoretical problems of Chinese studies and scientific research
implementation.
Among the scientists working on these problems are: A. P. Morozov, L. M. Gudoshnikov,
A. M. Grigor’ev, V. F. Feoktistov, V. F. Sorokin, M. L. Titarenko, A. G.
Iakovlev, D. V. Petrov, and N. V. Biriulin. International ties: The institute has ties
with institutes in the United States (George Washington and Stanford Universities),
Iapan, Italy, India, South Korea, and a number of institutes of the Chinese Academy
of Sciences and the Chinese Social sciences Academy and Chinese universities.
Since 1971, the institute has published a bimonthly Problems of the Far East, and
since 1973, a general journal on Chinese policy, economy and culture. The institute
library houses more than 110,000 items. In 1989, personnel included: Director
Titarenko, Mikhail L., since '85; Deputy Directors: Akimov, Vsevolod I., D. Econ.
S., since '75; Galenovich, Iurii M., D. Phlg. S., since '84; Krivtsov, Vladimir A.,
C. Phil. S., D. Hist. S., since '69; Miasnikov, Vladimir S., D. Hist. S., since '85;
and, Potapov, Vladimir I., C. Econ. S.'75. (See: A Scholars’ Guide. .
.)(See: Ruble, Vol. I., p. 384.)
1997 update:
Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Division of Economics, Russian Academy
of Sciences
27, Krasikova St.
117218 Moscow, Russian Federation
Phone: 7 (095) 124-01-17
124-08-35
Fax: 7 (095) 310-70-56
E-mail: titarenk@ifes.msk.su
The Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) is a leading research institution in the Russian
Academy of Sciences (RAS). IFES coordinates studies on modern China, North-
East Asia, and Russia's relations with China, Iapan, and Korea. The Institute is the
successor of democratic traditions inherent in Russian Sinology and Oriental
Studies laid by the outstanding scholars such as Bichurin N.Y., Vassilyev V.P.,
Alexeyev V.M., Conrad N.I. et al. The IFES was established by decision of
Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences in September, 1966 and Prof.Dr.
M.I. Sladkovskii, a Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
was appointed to be its Director. From 1985 and on, the Director's position has
been held by Prof.Dr. Mikhail Titarenko, Member of the Russian Academy of
Natural Sciences (RANS). The Deputy Directors for studies are: Dr. Rustam
Aslanov; Corresponding Member of RAS Prof. Dr. Vladimir Miasnikov, and Dr.
Vladimir Portyakov; Dr. Anatoly (Anatolii) Kozlov is Executive Secretary of the
FES Academic Council, and Mr. Vladimir Zhukov is Deputy Director for
Administration.
At present, the IFES research staff includes more than 200 orientalists-- economists,
historians, philosophers, politologists, linguists, ecologists, culturologists,
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