Subg. of the text, preface, introduction, comment. I. V. Kulganek and V. Yu. Zhukova, St. Petersburg: Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie, 2006, 404 p, ill. (Archive of Russian Oriental Studies) The history of science is not always big names, but it is always interesting personalities. Thanks to a peer-reviewed book, readers have the opportunity to discover just such a person. Until recently, information about Sergei Alexandrovich Kondratiev could only be found in the Music Encyclopedia, since his professional activity in his mature years was connected with music: he was a member of the Union of Composers, the author of opera, ballet and many other musical works. Publications of the last years 1 have revealed, first of all, for the Mongolists, some details of his life, work and work in Mongolia as a member of the 1 For example: "Everyone measures the world by their own soul." Diary of S. A. Kondratiev, a member of P. K. Kozlov's expedition to Mongolia. 1923-1926 / Edited by D. D. Vasiliev and I. V. Kulganek, Moscow: IV RAS, 2000 (Bulletin of the Society of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Issue 3). For A. L. Nikitin's review of this book, see: Vostok (Oriens). 2001. N 6. pp. 185-188. page 192 P. K. Kozlov's expeditions. The publication of diaries and letters gave the reader an opportunity to get acquainted with an outstanding and spiritually rich person, with a person who not only created musical works, studied Mongolian music, wrote poetry and prose, but also left a description of an entire era in the country's life, with the reflections of a person who tried to reconcile a critical perception of Soviet reality with an enthusiastic attitude to the ideals of communism. A true intellectual of a bygone era, S. A. Kondratyev studied before the revolution. Defining in its formation was the special atmosphere of the scientific town of Pulkovo near St. Petersburg, where the scientific activity and spiritual life of the observatory's employees were harmoniousl ... Читать далее