Elista: ZAOr "NPP Dzhangar", 2014. 160 p. The reviewed monograph by P. Ts. Bitkeev is devoted to the problems of historical development of the Mongolian languages that are relevant for Mongolistics and Altaistics. These problems were initially raised in the first half of the 19th century by the Kazan school of Mongolists led by O. M. Kovalevsky. Later, the process of accumulating knowledge on Mongolian linguistics was going on, and only at the beginning of the XX century the Finnish orientalist G. I. Ramstedt started talking about the comparative historical study of Mongolian languages, devoting a number of monographs to it, and became the founder of comparative historical Mongolian studies in Europe. Adherents of comparative Mongolistics in the XX century were G. I. Ramstedt, B. Ya. Vladimirtsov, V. L. Kotvich, N. N. Poppe (Nikolac Rorre), G. D. Sanzheev, T. A. Bertagaev, B. Kh. Todaeva, Ts. B. Tsydendambaev, V. I. Rassadin, A. A. Darbeeva, G. TS. Pyurbeev and other Russian scientists Mongolian linguists: Yu. B. Rinchen, Sh. Luvsanvandan, A. Luvsandandev, D. Tomortogo, European linguists: P. Pelho, E. Heinisch, A. Mostaert, L. Ligeti, M. Weyers, J. Street, F. Buck, etc. The book consists of an introduction, four chapters, a conclusion, and a list of references. The Introduction deals with the origin of comparative Mongolistics in the 19th century. The author notes the achievements in this area of A. A. Bobrovnikov's "Grammar of the Mongolian-Kalmyk language "(1849), which has now become a classic of linguistics. The special role of G. I. Ramstedt, who systematized all aspects of the study of Mongolian languages and dialects, analyzed the phonetic system and transcription of these languages, which then meant a new stage of Mongolistics, is emphasized. The author considered in detail the scientific approaches of G. I. Ramstedt to the object under study, found out a number of inconsistencies, errors and aberrations in the scientist's interpretation of dialects and dia ... Читать далее