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Yuri Alexeyevich Zuev or Zuyev (russian: Юрий Алексеевич Зуев; 8 December 1932 – 5 December 2006) was a
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n-born Kazakh
sinologist Sinology, or Chinese studies, is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the ex ...
and turkologist.


Biography

Zuev was born in the
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part ...
n city of Tümen in a white-collar family. Zuev studied at the
Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...
and majored in the historical studies of the Eastern Asian countries, successfully learning
Classical Chinese Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese (古文 ''gǔwén'' "ancient text", or 文言 ''wényán'' "text speak", meaning "literary language/speech"; modern vernacular: 文言文 ''wényánwén'' "text speak text", meaning "literar ...
,
Middle Chinese Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the '' Qieyun'', a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions. The ...
, and modern Chinese. In 1955, Zuev received a B.A. diploma and was sent to work in the Institute of History, Archeology and
Ethnography Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject ...
of the
Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...
Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in 1967. His PhD thesis "Ancient Turkic
genealogical Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kin ...
legends as a source on early history of
Turkic people The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West Asia, West, Central Asia, Central, East Asia, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. "Turkic peoples, any of various peoples whose memb ...
" included a number of new discoveries about the socio-political history of the Turks, suggested the
etymology Etymology () The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words ...
of the name of the Ashina tribe, traced the historical past of the Turkic tribes in the Chinese genealogical legends, and suggested a hypothesis about an ethnic
triumvirate A triumvirate ( la, triumvirātus) or a triarchy is a political institution ruled or dominated by three individuals, known as triumvirs ( la, triumviri). The arrangement can be formal or informal. Though the three leaders in a triumvirate are ...
of Ashina-Ashide-
Basmyl The Basmyls (''Basmyl''; Basmals, Basmils, otk, 𐰉𐰽𐰢𐰞, Basmïl, , Middle Chinese ZS: *''bˠɛt̚-siɪt̚-miɪt̚/mˠiɪt̚/miᴇ''; also 弊剌 ''Bìlà'', MC *''bjiejH-lat'')Golden, Peter B. ''An Introduction to the History of Turki ...
. The main finding of his thesis was the etymology of the name of the Kagan tribe Ashina. Zuev was a collaborator in important editions of the
USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
history: "Historical Atlas of the USSR peoples", "Historical atlas of the Kazakh SSR", and five-volume edition "History of the Kazakh SSR from most ancient times to the present". The mass of Zuev's work included analysis of the
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
and
Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the fo ...
n political history from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD, history of ancient and medieval periods, ethnic composition and movement of tribes in the Western Turkic
Kaganate Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakha ...
, and pre- Mongolian period (10th–12th centuries) history. Zuev wrote about the genesis, ethnic composition and political history of the Türgesh Kaganate. After the fall of the USSR, Zuev was able to publish a number of works on ancient and medieval history of nomadic peoples of the Central Asia and Kazakhstan. These include "Sarmato-Alans of Aral (Yancai\Abzoya)" (1995), "Ancient Turkic social terminology in the Chinese texts of the 8th century" (1998), "Creation of Türgesh Kaganate: history and tradition" (1996), "Forms of the ethno-social organization of Central Asia
nomadic A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the popu ...
peoples in antiquity and Middle Ages: pied horde, centuria (
comparative general linguistics, the comparative is a syntactic construction that serves to express a comparison between two (or more) entities or groups of entities in quality or degree - see also comparison (grammar) for an overview of comparison, as well ...
 – typological study)" (1998), "Kypchak Urbe-khan in
epos The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed. At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice f ...
and history" (2001), "Manichaeism and Talas (interpretation of Ancient Turkic inscriptions)" (2002). Zuev's 70th birthday in 2002 coincided with the publication of his lifetime work, a
monograph A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author or artist, and usually on a scholarly subject. In library cataloging, ''monogra ...
"Early Turks: Sketches of history and ideology", followed by "A Strongest Tribe" (2004) and "Seyanto Kaganate and Kimeks (Central Asian Turkic ethnogeography in the middle of the 7th century)" (2004). His bibliography comprises approximately 40 major works.


Selected works

* ''Question on mutual relations of Usuns and Kanju with Huns and China in the second half of the 1st century B.C. (Campaign of Hun Shanyu Chzhichzhi to the West)'' // News of Kazakh Academy of Sciences, Series of History, Economy, Philosophy and Law, Issue 2 (5), Alma-Ata, 1957, p. 62–72 * ''Question of ancient Usuns language'' // Bulletin of Kazakh Academy of Sciences, No 5 (146), 1957, p. 61–74. * ''The term "kyrkun" (Question of Kyrgyzes' ethnic origin in Chinese sources)'' // Works of History Institute of Kirgiz SSR Academy of Sciences, Issue IV, Frunze, 1958, p. 169-175 * ''The Kirgiz inscription from Sudja''. // the Soviet Oriental Studies, № 3, 1958. p. 133–135. * ''Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms, (Translation of the Chinese composition of VIII – X centuries Tanhuyyao)'' // Works of History, Archaeology and Ethnography Institute, 1960, Vol. VIII, p. 93–140 * ''Chinese news about Suyab'' // News Kazakh Academy of Sciences. Series of History, archaeology and ethnography, Alma-Ata, 1960. Issue 3 (14). pp. 87–96. * ''Ethnic history of Usuns''. // Works of Institute of History, archaeology and ethnography Kazakh Academy of Sciences. Vol. VIII. Alma–Ata, 1960. pp. 5–25. * ''From Ancient Türkic etnonymy in Chinese sources'' // Works of Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of Kazakh Academy of Sciences. Vol. XV. Alma-Ata, 1962. pp. 104–122. * ''Ancient Türkic genealogic legends as a source on early history of Türks''. (Author's abstract of PhD dissertation), Alma-Ata, 1967 * ''Semantics of ethnonym Imur/Imir'' // News of Turkmen SSR Academy of Sciences, Issue 4, Ashkhabad, 1968, pp. 95–96 * ''Kirgiz – Buruts'' // Soviet Ethnography. No 4, М., 1970. * ''Rashid ad-din "Djami at-Tavarih" as a source on early history of Djalairs'' //Eastern Written monuments, М., 1972. pp. 178–185 * ''Yuechji and Kushans in Chinese sources'' // Central Asia in Kushan epoch, Vol. 1, 1974. * ''Political history of Huns, Usuns and Kangyui (Kangar)'' / History of Kazakh SSR, Alma–Ata, 1977, Vol. 1, pp. 284–293. * ''Western Türkic Kaganate'' / History of Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata, 1977, Vol. 1, pp. 321–336. * ''Invasion of Kidans'' / History of Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata, 1979, Vol. 2, pp. 33–37. * ''Karahytai in Jeti-su'' / History of Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata, 1979, Vol. 2. pp. 38–43. * ''Ethnocultural connections of early Kimeks'' // News of Kazakhstan Republic Academy of Sciences, Almaty, 1992, No 5, pp. 26–38. * ''Sarmato-Alans of Aral (Yancai\Abzoya)'' // Culture of nomads at boundary of centuries (XIX-ХХ, ХХ-XXI centuries): problems of genesis and transformation. (Materials of the International conference), Almaty, 1995. pp. 38–68. * ''Creation of Türgesh Kaganate: History and tradition'' // Evolution of Kazakhstan statehood. Almaty, 1996. pp. 30–34. * ''Semantics of the term "Karluk"'' // Evolution of Kazakhstan statehood, Almaty, 1996, pp. 35–39. * ''Ancient Türkic social terminology in Chinese text of VIII century'' // Questions of Kazakhstan archaeology, Almaty-Moscow, 1998, Issue 2, pp. 153–161. * ''Forms of ethno-social organization of nomadic peoples in Central Asia in antiquity and Middle Ages: pied horde, centuria (comparative - typological study)'' // Military art of nomads of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (Antiquity Epoch and Middle Ages), Almaty, 1998, pp. 49–100. * ''Kypchak Urbe-khan in epochs and history'' // Ancient Türkic civilization: monuments of writing. Almaty, 2001, pp. 419–430. * ''Early Türks: Essays on History and Ideology'', Almaty, 2002, * ''A Strongest Tribe. Historical and cultural interrelations of Iran and Dasht-i Kipchak'', Almaty, 2004, pp. 31–68. * ''Seyanto Kaganate and Kimeks (Türkic etnogeography. Central Asia in the middle of the VII century)'' // Shygys, No 1, pp. 11–22, No 2, pp. 3–26, 2004


References and sources

* Shukhovtsov V.K., Torlanbaeva K.U., ''"Scholar Yu.A. Zuev"'', Tugan ulke (Native land), Almaty, 2005, No 4 // Шуховцов В.К., Торланбаева К.У. ''"Ученый Ю.А. Зуев"'', Туган ульке (Родной край), Алматы, 2005, No 4 (In Russian) * Torlanbaeva K.U., ''"In glorious memory of the teacher"'', Shygys - East, 2006, No 1 // Торланбаева К.У. Светлой памяти учителя // Shygys - Восток, 1, 2006 (In Russian) * Shymyrbaeva G. ''"In memory of the scientist"'', News of al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Philological series, Almaty, 2006, No 1 (91) // Шымырбаева Г. Памяти ученого // Вестник Казахского Национального университета им. аль-Фараби. Серия филологическая. Алматы, 2006, 1 (91) 2006 (In Russian) * ''"Chingiz-name. Utemish-hoji."'' Facsimile, translation, transcription, textological notes, V.P.Udin research, Almaty, 1992, // ''"Чингиз-наме. Утемиш-ходжи."'' Факсимиле, перевод, транскрипция,текстологические примечания, исследования В.П. Юдина. Алма-Ата, 1992 (In Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuev, Yury Russian sinologists Soviet sinologists 1932 births 2006 deaths Saint Petersburg State University alumni Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Russian Turkologists