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Grigorii Vladimirovich PodstavinPodstavin was born in 1875 in Rybinsk, Russia and died 23 March, 1924 in Harbin, China. Having entered St. Petersburg University's oriental language department, Podstavin graduated in 1898 with a specialty in Mongolian philology. In 1899 he was invited by the prominent orientalist A.M. Pozdneev to go to Vladivostok to create a new oriental studies center -- the Vostochnyi institut (Oriental Institute). Podstavin became the Korean specialist, and he also taught courses on Mongolian. After arriving in Vladivostok, Pozdneev sent him to Korea for further studies. He hired Korean nationals to teach in the Institute. He was appointed a full professor in 19 . From 1919 to 1920 he served as the Director of the Vostochnyi institut. As the revolution reached the Far Eastern parts of Russia, Podstavin was appointed in 1920 as the first Rector of the State Far Eastern University, and served also as a professor in the faculty of Korean philology until 1922. At the end of this year, he emigrated to Korea and then to Manchuria where he became the Director of the Horvat Gymnasium in Harbin. He was survived by five daughters.(Khisamutdinov) [ Top ] |
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