Судан и Большой Ближний Восток

588 I. On the Occasion of Professor Igor V. Gerasimov's 60th Birthday Anniversary Mikhail B. Piotrovsky . Sudan as a Destiny............................................ 7 Greetings...........................................................................................10 Tabula Gratulatoria ............................................................................ 20 Nikolay N. Dyakov . Professor Igor V. Gerasimov: An Orientalist, A Teacher, An Interpreter. .................................... 24 Bibliography of Professor Igor V. Gerasimov ( Compiled by Svetlana Yu. Zavelskaya ). ......................................... 33 Maria P. Petrova . Igor V. Gerasimov in Mongolia and China.............. 49 Tatiana A. Pang. An Arabist in China................................................. 57 II. Russia and Orient Mikhail N. Suvorov On the Tradition of Tutelage in the St Petersburg Arabic Studies................................................81 Contents