Academic official trips of Russian Orientalists to Turkey, 1920-1930s: goals and results
The article analyzes the official academic trips of academicians V.V. Bartold, N.Ya. Marr, A.N. Samoylovich, and other Russian Orientalists to Turkey in the 1920-1930s. It is shown that their trips were one of the main components in the structure of interstate relations with Turkey built by the Soviet government. At the same time, they played an important role in the development of academic contacts of the USSR Academy of Sciences with Turkish researchers. It is noted that these trips were initiated by Turkey. The personal research programs of Orientalists included lecturing, work in Turkish libraries and archives, and participation in Linguistic congresses. Particular attention is paid to the trip to Turkey of academicians N.Ya. Marr and A.N. Samoylovich at the per- sonal invitation of the first president of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal, in 1933. This trip was especially important for the development of Soviet-Turkish scientific contacts, and its main result was the creation of the Commission for the Promotion of Scientific Relations with Turkey (Turkish Commission) of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1933.