Different Ways to Become a Soviet Sinologist: A Note on personal choices
Journal: Mongolian Journal of International Affairs
Year: 2015

It is and always was an uneasy path for a Western scholar to become a sinologist. In the current research there were included interviews of 33 Russian sinologists. To analyze the value of different components in the process to become a sinologist there were chosen few major factors in the family and social background, early years and education. In half of the cases decision to go for Chinese studies was taken under the temporary circumstances during admission or studies at universities, and wasn