Address: 199034 Saint-Petersburg, Universitetskaya nab, 11. Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St. Petersburg State University
E-mail: mosprolege@gmail.com
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Degree:
- 2004: Doctor of Philology (Dr. Habil.); Literatures of Asia and Africa; FAAS, SPbSU
- 1992: Candidate of Philology (Ph. D.); Literatures of Asia and Africa; FAAS, SPbSU
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Current position:
Professor, Department of Iranian Philology
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Education:
- 1993-1997: Faculty of Law, SPbSU; Diploma of Specialist; Jurisprudence
- 1988-1992: FAAS, SPbSU; Postgraduate studies; Literatures of Asia and Africa
- 1983-1988: FAAS, SPbSU (LSU); Asian languages and literatures, Iranian Philology
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Research interests:
the Pashto language and literature, history and culture of Pashtun tribes, the Persian language, Persian classical literature, Iranian dialectology, Islamic law, modern legislation in Iran
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Teaching:
Pashto, Pashto classical literature, Persian (classical, modern), history of Persian literature, Constitution of Iran, history and doctrine of Islamic law
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Fields of research within Laboratory:
- Islam in Pashtun tribes: Pashto literary sources on historical traditions and modern developments
- Islamic law and tribal customs
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Books (in Russian):
- Afghan literature of the Late Middle Ages, Saint-Petersburg: Saint-Petersburg University, 2010, 368 p.
- Afghan poetry in the first half and the middle of the XVII century, Saint-Petersburg: Peterburgskoye Vostokovedeniye, 2005, 352 p.
- Khushhal Khan Khatak (1613-1689): the beginning of Afghan national poetry, Saint-Petersburg: Peterburgskoye Vostokovedeniye, 2001, 286 p.
Translation (from Persian):
Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Saint-Petersburg: Juridical Center Press, 2008, 343 p.
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Articles on Laboratory research issues:
- The Development of Literacy and the Conflict of Powers among Pashtuns on the Eve of State Formation, in Iran and the Caucasus, 16/2, Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2012, p. 141-152.
- The Songs of the Taliban: Continuity of Form and Thought in an Ever-changing Environment, in Iran and the Caucasus, 16/1, Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2012, pp. 45-70 (with M. Weinreich).
In Russian:
- Crime and Punishment in Sa‘di’s Gulistan, in Written Monuments of the Orient, 1 (10), 2009, pp. 168-180.
- Pashto Written Poetry as the Early Source of the Unwritten Laws of the Pahstun Code of Honor, in Rahmat-Name. Papers in Honor of R. R. Rahimov, ed. M. E. Rezvan, Saint-Petersburg: Kunstkamera, 2008, pp. 268-277.
- Custom and religious law among Afghans in XVI—XVII centuries (a study based on Pashto written sources), in Law in the Mirror of Life. Studies in Juridical Anthropology, ed. N. I. Novikiva, Moscow: Strategiya Publishing House, 2006, pp. 153-163.
- The Spread of Islam and the Development of literature among Afghans in XVI—XVII centuries, in Written Monuments of the Orient, 2 (3), 2005, pp. 113-124.