Andrei V.Chrenkov
(IOS RAS)

Russian Archives' Orientalist Funds

Russian archives', museums and libraries orientalist funds are the most valuable and unsystematized storage of sources concerning Eastern countries history. Some narrative funds of Russian libraries were somehow described, while orientalist funds of the archives and museums were not included in such work.

The author shows his point setting the example of the Ethiopian funds, which he has been researching, for a number of years. Archives funds are first of all a national treasure. Taking that into consideration it is essential for Russian orientalists who work in the archives and know orientalist funds of their countries and regions to unite efforts in creation the overall computer database on orientalist archive funds not only of the central, but also provincial archives.