| title: | The Russians in the Estonian Public, Scientific, Cultural and Literary Life 1901-1940. Biographical Studies |
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| reg no: | ETF5364 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
6. Humanities |
| status: | completed |
| institution: | University of Tartu |
| head of project: | Sergei Issakov |
| duration: | 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2005 |
| description: | The aim of this interdisciplinary project will be a number of studies, that deal with Russian figures in Estonia 1901-1940, mainly the persons who left remarkable traces in the Estonian history, especially in its cultural life. These studies must fix the role of Russians in the Estonian public, scientific, cultural and literary life during the first half of the 20th century, show their gradual integration to the Estonian society, demonstrate the specific lines of a special ethnic group, the Estonian Russians in comparison with the other Russians, who were living in the Soviet Union, the other European states and the U. S. A. The basis of the studies will be the current methodology of biographical research, that is going to form a special field in the humanities and is using the results of cultural history, philology, semiotics and some other fields. The planned investigations will follow the principles of J. Lotman school in the field of semiotics and its cultural-historical traditions. Within the framework of the project some theoretical (methodological incl.) aspects will be followed, that form the foundation to the biografical studies in Estonian context, fixes the system of persons, the choice of biografical data, the reliability of material etc. |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Sergei Issakov | University of Tartu | Prof.emeritus | |
| 2. | Tatjana Šor | Estonian History Archives | Head expert | |
| 3. | Hain Tankler | Tartu University Library | sen. researcher 0,5 | |