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2013, ¹ 2

Klymov A. Î. Memory Lane Milestones: Professor Wolf Beilis, an Outstanding Ukrainian Arabist

Klymov À. Î., Candidate of Historical Sciences, Full Professor, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University.

Abstract
The author of the memoirs, Anatoliy Klymov, Full Professor of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, for about 35 years personally knew Wolf Beilis, a famous Ukrainian orientalist-arabist, who worked at the University since 1964 through 2001. The author recalls that he first met the scholar in 1966, when, as a student, he participated in the fall semester agricultural work under the supervision of the faculty, prominent among who was Professor Beilis. He is sharing his impressions of Wolf Beilis‘s courses on Ancient and Medieval History, as well as his interactions with students.
The memoirs also feature the most fascinating moments of the author’s communication with the scholar during the period when he became a member of the faculty of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University. Professor Beilis always cared for young professors, was modest, highly competent as a scholar, and professional. He enthusiastically supported democratic changes that were implemented at Luhansk National University at the end of the 1980s – beginning of the 1990s.
Some details of Wolf Beilis’s personal life are given, including his participation in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union. The last meeting of the author with the scholar shortly before his death in 2001 is covered as well.

Key words: Wolf Beilis, Soviet Ukrainian scholars of the second half of the 20th Century, orientalist, historian arabist, Luhansk National University.

References

Selected works by W. Ì. Beilis

  1. Beilis W. M. Al-Mas’udi o russko-vizantiyskikh otnosheniyakh v 50-kh godakh 10 veka [Al-Masudi on Russia-Byzantine Relations in the 950s]. Mezhdunarodnyye svyazi Rossii (do 18 v.) [Russian International Relations (before the 18th Cent.)]: collection of articles. Moscow. 1961. Pp. 21–31. (rus)
  2. Beilis W. M. Iz istorii Dagestana 6 – 11 vekov. Sarir [On the History of Dagestan in 6th – 11th Centuries. Sarir]. Istoricheskiye zapiski [Historical Notes]. Moscow. 1963. Vol. 73. Pp. 249 – 266. (rus)
  3. Beilis W. M. Sochineniya al-Mas’udi kak istochnik po istoriyi Vostochnoy Yevropy 10 veka [Al-Masudi’s Writings as a Source of the 10th Century Eastern Europe History]: Candidate of Sciences (History) dissertation: 07.00.03. Moscow. 1963. 429 p. (rus)
  4. Beilis W. M. Mas’ud ibn Namdar i gorodskoye naseleniye Baylakana [Masud ibn Namdar and Bailakan Urban Population]. Izvestiya AN Azerbaidzhanskoy SSR. Seriya istorii, filosofii i prava [Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan SSR. History, Philosophy, Law]. 1966. No 3. Pp. 50 –64. (rus)
  5. Masud ibn Namdar. Sbornik rasskazov, pisem i stikhov [Collection of Stories, Letters, and Poems]. (Ancient Eastern Texts. XXX). Facsimiled text. Ancient Arabian pagination [Foreword and recommendations by Beilis W. M.]. Moscow: Nauka. 1970. 308 p. (rus)
  6. Beilis W. M. Iz nablyudeniy nad tekstom i terminalogiyey Ma’suda ibn Namdara [Considerations on the Texts and Terminology of Masud ibn Namdar]. Part 2. Stikhi i aforizmy Ma’suda ibn Namdara [Poems and Aphorisms by Masud ibn Namdar]. Pis’mennyye pamyatniki Vostoka. Istoricheski-filologicheskiye issledovaniya [Eastern Literary Texts. Historical and Philological Research]: annual publication. 1970. Moscow. 1974. Pp. 5–45. (rus)
  7. Beilis W. M. K otsenke svedeniy arabskikh avtorov o religii drevnikh slavyan i rusov [On the Assessment of the Data provided by Arabian Authors on the Religion of the Ancient Slavs and the Rus']. Vostochnyye istochniki po istorii narodov Yugo-Vostochnoy i Tsentral’noy Yevropy [Eastern Sources on the History of the Peoples of South-Eastern and Central Europe]. Vol. 3. Ìoscow. 1974. Pp. 72–90. (rus)
  8. Beilis W. M. Sochineniya Ma’suda ibn Namdara kak istochnik po istorii Arrana i Shirvana nachala 12 v. i pamyatnik srednyevekovoy arabskoy literatury [The Works of Masud ibn Namdar as a Source on the History of 12th Century’s Arran and Shirvan and the Texts of Medieval Literature]: Doctoral Dissertation (Historical Sciences): 07.00.09. Voroshilovgrad. 1975. 331 p. (rus)
  9. Beilis W. M. Iz istorii vezirata v period krizisa sel’dzhukskogo gosudarstva. Vezir Mu’ayyid al-Mulk [The History of Vezirat in the Period of the Crisis of the Seljuk State. Vezir Mu’ayyid al-Mulk]. Srednyevekovyi vostok. Istoriya. Kul’tura. Istochnikovedeniye [Medieval East. History. Culture. SourceStudies]. Moscow. 1980. Pp. 34–48. (rus)
  10. Beilis W. M. Al-Idrisi (12 v.) o vostochnom Prichernomorye i yugo-vostochnoy okraine russkikh zemel’ [Al Idrisi (12th Cent.) on the Eastern Black Sea Region and the South-Eastern Part of the Russian Land]. Drevneyshiye gosudarstva na territorii SSSR: material i issledovaniya [Ancient States on the Territory of the USSR: Materials and Research]. 1982. Moscow. 1984. Pp. 208–229. (rus)
  11. Beilis W. M. Arabskiye avtory 9 – 10 vv. o gosudarstvennosti i plemennom stroe narodov Yevropy [Arabic Authors of the 9th - 10th Cent. on the Nationhood and the Tribal System of the Peoples of Europe]. Drevneishiye gosudarstva na territorii SSSR: materialy i issledovaniya [Ancient States on the Territory of the USSR: Materials and Research]. 1985. Moscow. 1987. Pp. 140–149. (rus)
  12. Beilis W. M. K analizu istochnikov dlya biografii Abu Ismaila al-Khusaina at-Tugra’i [On the Analysis of the Sources of the Biography of Abu Ismail al-Hussain at-Tugrai]. Vostochnoe istoricheskoe istochnikovedenie i spetsial'nye istoricheskie distsipliny [Eastern Historical Source Studies and Special Historical Disciplines]. Moscow. 1994. No. 2. Pp. 18 – 37. (rus)
  13. Beilis W. M. Predstavleniye o tsivilizatsiyakh drevnosti i rannego srednevekov'ya v sisteme istoricheskikh znaniy al-Iakubi i al-Masudi [The Idea on Ancient and Early Medieval Civilizations in the System of Historical Knowledge of al-Yaqubi and al-Masudi]. Islam i problemy mezhtsivilizatsionnykh vzaimootnoshenii [Islam and Problems of Intercivilizational Relations]. Moscow. 1994. Pp. 33 – 54. (rus)
  14. Beilis W. M. Krayina al-Kumaniya u “Heohrafichnomu tvori” al-Idrisi ta polovets’ka zemlya Ipatiyivs'koho litopysu [The Land of al-Kumanija in the “Geographical Essay” of al-Idrisi and Polovtsy Territory of the Hypatian Codex]. Ìàððà Ìundi: a collection of the scientific articles dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of Yaroslav Dashkevich. Lviv, Êyiv, New-York. 1996. Pp. 84–104. (ukr)
  15. Beilis W. M. Try samarkands’kykh fakihy kintsya 11 – pochatku 12 st. (do pytannya pro vzayemyny musul’mans’kykh dukhovnykh lideriv z karakhanids’kymy pravytelyamy) [Three Samarkand Fakigs of the end of the 11th –beginning of the 12th Cent. (on the Relationships between the Islamic Spiritual Leaders and Kara-Khanid Rulers)]. Skhidnyy svit [EasternWorld]. 1999. No. 1/2. Kyiv. 2001. Pp. 42 – 48. (ukr).

Publications on Beilis W. M.

  1. Buryan M. S., Kryukov V. H. Skhodoznavstvo v Luhans’komu pedahohichnomu universyteti [Oriental Studies in Luhansk Pedagogical University]. Ukrayins’kyi istorychnyi zhurnal [UkrainianHistoricalJournal]. 2001. No. 6. Pp. 139 – 143. (ukr)
  2. Buryan M. S., Sayidov Z. A. Beilis Volf Mendelyovych [Beilis Wolf Mendel’yovych]. Skhidnyisvit [EasternWorld]. 2001. No. 3. Pp. 184 – 186. (ukr)
  3. Buryan M. S. Beilis Volf Mendelyovych [Beilis Wolf Mendel’yovych]. Ukrayins’ki istoryky 20 stolittya [Ukrainian Historians of the 20th Century]: bibliographic reference. Êyiv, Lviv. 2003. No. 2, Part 1. Pp. 19 – 20. (Library Ukrayins’ki istoryky [Ukrainian Historians]). (ukr)
  4. Buryan M. S., Sayidov Z. A. Vydatnyi ukrayins’kyi skhodoznavets’ Volf Mendelyovych Beilis (1923 – 2001) [Outstanding Ukrainian Arabist Wolf Mendel’yovych Beilis (1923 – 2001)]. Visnykof LuhanskNational. PedagogicalUniversity. Luhansk. 2007. No. 23 (139): Istorychni nauky [Historical Sciences]. Pp. 9 – 13. (ukr)
  5. Danylenko V. M. Beilis Volf Mendelyovych [Beilis Wolf Mendel’yovych]. Entsyklopediya istoriyi Ukrayiny [Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine]. Kyiv. 2003. Vol. 1. Pp. 215. (ukr)
  6. Klymov À. Î. Volf Beilis: uchenyi-arabist zi svitovym imyam, klasyk ukrayins’koyi arabistyky [Wolf Beilis: Scholar and Arabist of International Acclaim, Authority in Ukrainian Oriental Studies]. Klymov À. Î. Istoriya Luhans’koho derzhavnoho pedahohichnoho universytetu imeni Tarasa Shevchenka v osobakh yogo profesoriv [History of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko State Pedagogical University in Personalities of its Professors]. Luhansk. 2001. Pp. 13 – 18. (ukr)

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