TIHONOV, Dmitrij Ivanovič. Rossija-Molotovo, gub. Tobolsk (now Vargašinskij raion, obl. Kurgansk) 18.(31.)10.1906 — Leningrad 27.1.1987. Russian Sinologist and Central Asian Scholar. Son of a farmer. Graduated 1936 from Leningrad. Kand. ist. nauk 1941, Dr. ist. n. 1968. In 1936-61 naučnyj sotrudnik at Oriental Institute in Leningrad (1943 staršij n. sotr.), in 1961-76 at Ethnographic Institute in Leningrad.
Publications: At least 40 items, e.g. kand.diss. Vosstanie 1864 goda v Vostočnom Turkestane. Manuscript 1941; dr.diss. Hozjajstvo i obščestvennyj stroj ujgurskogo gosudarstva X–XIV vv. Manuscript of 448 p. Lg. 1968 and as book: 287 p. M.–Lg. 1966.
– Articles on Central Asian history and on history of Oriental studies.
Sources: Miliband 1977, 1995; *Russian Vikipedija with photo.
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