Series 13
ASIAN STUDIES. AFRICAN STUDIES

Issue 3, 2015

¹ Contents Page
RUSSIA AND THE EAST
1 On the history of contacts between Russian and Polish Indologists in the 1st part of the 20th century
Kotin I. Yu.
5-13
LINGUISTICS
2 The structure of first Tibetan grammar “Sum cu pa” and two of its main commentaries
Smirnova M. O.
14-25
GEOCULTURAL SPACES AND CODES OF THE CULTURES OF ASIA AND AFRICA
3 The values system of Maninka of Guinea (based on field research in 2014)
Zavyalova O. Yu.
26-34
4 Normative behavior of modern Tunisians in the mirror of folklore
Korovkina A. Yu.
35-51
5 Ash-patting new year painting in Gaomi: features of technique and genre structure
Lemeshko Yu. G.
52-60
6 The turkish language reform and its refl ection on the pages of the “Hayat” journal (1926–1929)
Yafarova Z. G.
61-67
HISTORY AND SOURCE STUDIES
7 The copy of “Al-Qanun al-Wadih…” at the library of St.-Petersburg University
Iliushina M. Yu.
68-76
8 Poets read poets: the autograph of Samuel Archivolti, “the sonnet master” in the maqama volume by Immanuel of Rome from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences
Iakerson S. M.
77-91
FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ASIA AND AFRICA
9 Indo-Japanese political relations in the first years after the end of the Second World War
Lelenkova A. V.
92-103
10 Japanese colonization of Hokkaido (end of XIX — early XX centuries)
Tkachev S. V., Tkacheva N. N.
104-122
LITERARY STUDIES
11 Synthesis of traditional and modern elements in The Great Indian Novel by Sashi Tharoor
Maretina K. A., Chelnokova A. V.
123-133
12 Yu Hua’s creative evolution — from a storyteller to an observer
Sidorenko A. Yu.
134-144