Introduction, preparation of the text for publication and comments by M. S. ISAKOVA MEMORIES OF N.P. OSTROUMOV ABOUT A.L. KUN Acquaintance of Nikolai Petrovich Ostroumov and Alexander Lyudvigovich Кип, who started their careers in the Turkistan region, was due not so scientific but professional interests. Both orientalists were invited by the Empire authorities to begin Russian education in the region. The Central State Archive of Uzbekistan has a private fund of the famous orientalist N. Ostroumov. The documents of the fund concern the history of Turkistan. An important part of the documents includes memories, which concern particular events, processes, and people. The obituary notice of А. Kun on November 22 1888 in the newspaper "Turkistan Gazette" encouraged N. Ostroumov to write his "Memories". The author gives details of career of А. Kun through the prism of his personality. "Memories" by N. Ostroumov reveals the relationships in various social strata and influence of people on events in history. Keywords: Alexander Ludvigovich Kun, a private fund of N.P. Ostroumov, memories, educational affairs, seminary of teachers, Turkistan region, Orientals, Central State archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The study of archival materials covering the activities of famous personalities has always been in the focus of attention not only of researchers, but also of those who were somewhat interested in local lore or their own genealogy. In the last decade, the priority areas of historical research have included the study of problems of social history, in which the relationship "personality-society - power" is a key object. This publication is dedicated to introducing the memoirs and epistolary legacy of one of the most prominent orientalists of the past. Being one of the richest repositories of documents on the history of Central Asia, the Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan pays special attention to the acquisition of archival funds, in particular from p ... Читать далее