The article publishes two letters of the Russian philosopher and writer V.V. Rozanov to the master of general history B.A. Turaev. The letters were found in the archives of the State Hermitage Museum in a folder of documents from unidentified correspondents of Turaev. One letter has no date, the second one is dated October 13, 1898. The data from the letters found allow dating Rozanov and Turaev's acquaintance to no earlier than May 9, 1898, when the debate on Turaev's master's thesis “God Thoth” took place. In the first letter Rozanov introduces himself to Turaev and asks permission to call at him to discuss topics on the history of ancient Egypt, which Rozanov was interested in. In the second letter, Rozanov thanks Turaev for reprints of articles and expresses his views on a number of issues related to these papers. Both letters are viewed against the background of Rozanov's Egyptian myth and Rozanov's controversial attitude toward professional Egyptologists.
Keywords: V.V. Rozanov, B.A. Turaev, Hermitage, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian myth of Russian literature
DOI: 10.22250/2072-8662.2021.1.136-141
About the author
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Vladimir V. Emelianov - DSc (Philosophy), Professor at the Department of Semitic and Hebrew Studies, St. Petersburg State University; |