Vydajuŝijsja voennyj vostokoved, general-major Georgij Alekseevič Arandarenko
An Outstanding Military Orientalist, Major-General Georgy Alekseevich Arandarenko
Author(s): Sergey Boroshko, Lyudmila Bozhinskaya (Arandarenko)Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Oriental studies; Arandarenko; Jarand from Grabi and Brudzewo; Pomian coat of arms; military administration; geographic research; scientific journalism
Summary/Abstract: The biography of an outstanding military Orientalist, Major General Georgy Arandarenko (1846–1908), an outstanding scientist and statesman of the Russian Empire of the second half of the 19th century is presented. The data on his ancient Polish gentry origin from the Yaranda clan of the Brudze coat of arms of Pomyan, about his Zaporozhye ancestors, whose famous representatives were the Cossack hetmans Timofey Arandarenko and Taras Triasilo are given. The main stages of his military-administrative service, his scientific, ethnographic and statistical studies of Russian Turkestan are studied. Examples of his extensive charitable activities are given. His personal qualities, contribution to the conquest and administration of Turkestan are analyzed.
Journal: Res Historica
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 53
- Page Range: 171-212
- Page Count: 42
- Language: Russian
