Rásonyi László: A magyar keletkutatás orosz kapcsolatai (A MTAK kiadványai 26. Budapest, 1962)

Of the Russian orientalists who were external members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences V. V. RADLOV was the most eminent. His long life of scholarship was always followed with keen interest in Hungary and he very actively supported young Hungarian research workers. During the period betwen the turn of the century and World War I, the Russian and Hungarian Committees of the International Central Asiatic and Far Eastern Society very closely collaborated. It was by this means that many Hungarian research workers succeeded in getting to the Chuvash, Tatars, and Bashkirs in Russia, to the Caucasus and Turkestan. On the other hand, the journal of the Hungarian Committee "Keleti Szemle" (Revue Orientale) had many Russian contributors. Beginning with 1914 the relations were almost broken off and they have revived only since 1950. Although these connections are now growing more and more lively and fruitful, they are still very recent. A later paper will give an account of these SovietHungarian connections in oriental studies. 19