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In memoriam: Professor Vacys Milius (1926.XII.8–2005.X.2)
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In memoriam: Eleazar Moiseevich Meletinsky (1918.X.22–2005.XII.16)
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The literary scholar Izzaddin Mustafa Rasul (1934-2019) was one of the greatest Iraqi Kurdish scholars trained in the Soviet Union. He was one of a cohort of Iraqi students who received scholarships for study in the USSR in the wake of the 1958 coup that overthrew the Iraqi monarchy, and his time in the USSR coincided with the period of flourishing of Kurdish studies there. Rasul’s PhD dissertation analyzed the development of Kurdish literature within a schematic Marxist-Leninist developmental framework. In his major work, however, which focused on Ahmed Khani and his Mem û Zîn, he went well beyond the standard Soviet treatment of literary works and focused especially on the dimensions of Sufi theosophy and other Islamic content in the work. In this respect, Rasul’s work stands out as a rare exception in Soviet Oriental studies. It remains one of the most ambitious studies of the early modern Kurdish poet Khani.
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Through the life story of the railway man Sandor Korenchy (1885‒1976), we gain insight into the lives of families. The brief and concise description records history over seven decades that has had a profound impact on family life. A workplace that promised and sparked envy and meant a secure future was able to separate the family. It first provided protection during the horrors of war, and then became a source of horrors. Those decades, often filled with crucial life changes, shaped the fate of a family that an individual could not interfere with. During a series of these tragedies, one had to serve the eternal "state" and in spite of all the temptations to remain human and support the family. My grandfather fulfilled this task and raised his nine motherless children.
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