Alexander GARKAVETS / Olexandr HARKAVETS'
Александр Николаевич ГАРКАВЕЦ
Олександр Миколайович ГАРКАВЕЦЬ
Was
born October 19, 1947 on Ukraine in Svetly Luch village, Starobeshev region,
Donetsk area in the family of Nikolay Alekseevich Garkavets, agriculturist,
and Daria Aleksandrovna Garkavets (Vazhinskaya), teacher. Ukrainian.
In 1970 has ended the Ukrainian language and literature branch of the
philology faculty of the Kharkiv
State University.
In 1975 in Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
(Moscow)
has defended the dissertation on competition of a scientific degree of the
Candidate of Philology on the "Turkic languages"
based on the Qypchaq
monuments from Kamenets-Podolsky XVI-XVII centuries, written by Armenian script.
In 1987 in Institute of linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
(Moscow) has
defended the dissertation on competition of a scientific degree of the Doctor of
Philology on the "Turkic languages" on material of Armeno-Qypchaq and Urum
languages.
In 1988-1989 years under the request of the Ministry of Public Education of
Ukraine has prepared four manuals on Crimean Tatar language for 7 and 8 classes
and together with Shevket Asanov and Seyran Useinov - the Crimean Tatar-Russian
dictionary for the Crimean Tatars who were coming back home after 44 years of
deportation.
Since 1988 actively participated in programs on development Kazakh and other
languages of Kazakhstan peoples and has made Bill of Kazakh SSR "About languages
in Kazakh SSR".
Since 1994 until 2000 (before the edition was transferred of from Almaty to Astana)
edited the Kazakhstan republican governmental newspaper "Ukrainian News".
All these years studied Turkic languages scrupulously, wrote down oral speech,
collected folklore and written monuments, especially Qypchaq, and due to the
publication of the researches has brought in the essential contribution to
Armeno-Qypchaqology and Crimean Tatar linguistics. His fundamental works on
language and folklore of Urums - Turkic speaking Greeks of Northern Azovia
(Mariupol region) has put in pawn strong scientific bases of Urumistics.
Labour activity:
The pupil of the mechanic, the mechanic of the Kharkiv Turbine Factory (1964-1965), the proofreader, the translator, the journalist of the "Socialistic Kharkivshchyna" newspaper (1970-1971), the editor of Publishing House of the Kharkiv University in (1971-1972), the post-graduate student of Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and of the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1972-1975), the younger, senior research officer of Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1975-1988), simultaneously taught at the Kiev State University (1978-1981, 1984-1985); the head of a department of Russian and sociolinguistics (interaction of languages) of the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan (1988-1992); vice-president, the director on science and culture of the Kaznatcultfound (1992-1994); the editor-in-chief of the newspaper of Cabinet RK "Ukrainian News" (1994-2000); the deputy of Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of Kazakhstan - the deputy chairman of Committee on culture, mass media and public organizations (1994-1995); the director of the Center for Eurasian Studies "Desht-i-Qypchaq" (since 2000); the chief research officer of the Kazakh State Juridical Academy (since 2001); the head of the History department of the Central State Museum of Kazakhstan (2001); the chief scientific officer of the History and Anthropology Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan (since 2001) and the International Qypchaqology Institute (since 2001).
The basic directions of researches:
Ancient and modern Qypchaq languages - Quun-Cuman-Qypchaq-Polovets, Armenian-Qypchaq, Urum, Crimean Tatar languages, folklore and written monuments; development of Turkic languages, in particular Kazakh, in conditions of their interaction with other languages; language contacts, language policy and language planning; development of the modern Crimean Tatar language, reforming Crimean Tatar script.
Public work:
The chairman of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Almaty (1989-2000); since 1992 - a member of the National Council for State Policy under the President of Kazakhstan; since 1994 - a member of the Commission on Human Rights under the President of Kazakhstan, in 1995-2000 - a member of Council of Kazakhstan Peoples Assembly, 1992-2000 - a member of the Ukrainian World Coordination Council (UWCC), in 1997-2000 - vice-president of the UWCC, etc.
The basic scientific works:
Alexander Garkavets has published 24 books and over 150 scientific articles, mainly on Turkology, theory of language and language contacts.
Конвергенция армяно-кыпчакского языка к славянским в ХVI-XVII вв.- Киев: Наукова думка, 1979. (A full pdf-copy: Convergentia.pdf 8686 Kb).
Розвиток дієслова в тюркських мовах на Україні (Развитие глагола в тюркских языках на Украине). – ИЯ АН УССР, Киев / Деп. в ИНИОН АН СССР, № 27202.– 1986.– 193 стр. (A full pdf-copy: Rozvytok_Diyeslova.pdf , 7947 Kb).
Кыпчакские языки: куманский и армяно-кыпчакский.- Алма-Ата: Наука, 1987. – 224 стр. (A full pdf-copy: Qypchaq_Languages_1987.pdf, 16378 Kb).
Тюркские языки на Украине.- Киев: Наукова думка, 1988.. – 176 стр. (A full pdf-copy: Turk_Languages_in_Ukraine_1988.pdf, 24150 Kb).
Ана тили. Пособие по крымскотатарскому языку для 7 класса.- Киев: Радянська школа, 1988.
Ана тилинде. Хрестоматия по крымскотатарскому языку для 7 класса.- Киев: Рад. школа, 1988.
Ана тили. Пособие по крымскотатарскому языку для 8 класса.- Киев: Рад. школа, 1989.
Ана тилинде. Хрестоматия по крымскотатарскому языку для 8 класса.- Киев: Рад. школа, 1989.
Крымскотатарско-русский словарь (совместно с Ш.Асановым и С.Усеиновым).- Киев: Рад. школа, 1988.
Проект Закона Казахской ССР “О языках в Казахской ССР” (1989).
Принципы национальной политики и языкового строительства.- Алма-Ата: Казахстан, 1990.
10 лингафонных приложений к учебникам казахского языка для 2-11 классов русских школ и одно приложение к самоучителю казахского языка (всего 60 часов аудиозаписи, 1990-1991).
Вiрмено-кипчацькi рукописи в Українi, Вiрменiї, Росiї: Каталог (Армяно-кыпчакские рукописи в Украине, Армении, России: Каталог).- Київ: Українознавство, 1993.
Уруми Надазов’я. Історія, мова, казки, пісні, загадки, прислів’я, приказки, писемні пам’ятки (Урумы Приазовья. История, язык, сказки, песни, загадки, пословицы, поговорки, письменные памятники [свод фольклорных и письменных памятников урумов - тюркоязычных греков, выходцев из Крыма] ).- Алматы: УКЦ, 1999.
Урумський словник (Урумский словарь).- Алматы: Баур, 2000.
Armenian-Qypchaq Psalter written by deacon Lussig from Lviv (Армяно-кыпчакская Псалтырь. Написана диаконом Лусигом из Львова), 1575/1580 / Ed. by Alexander Garkavets, Eduard Khurshudian.- Almaty: Desht-i-Qypchaq, 2001.
Крымскотатарско-русско-украинский словарь. В 3 томах. Том І. А-Икона (совместно с С.Усеиновым).– Симферополь: СОНАТ, 2002. – 20+256 с.
Кыпчакское письменное наследие. Том I. Каталог и тексты памятников армянским письмом. – Алматы: Дешт-и-Кыпчак, 2002.– 1084 с. – This book is awarded by the "Platinum Tarlan" independent prize of the Kazakh Maecenas Club (2003).
Торе бітігі: Армяно-кыпчакский Судебник: Кыпчакско-польская версия Армянского Судебника и Армяно-кыпчакский Процессуальный кодекс 1519-1594 гг. / Составители А.Н.Гаркавец, Г.Сапаргалиев.– Алматы: Дешт-и-Кыпчак, Баур, 2003.– 792 стр.
Крепость Эребуни / Составитель А.Н.Гаркавец. С участием Маргариты Эрванд. – Алматы: Баур, 2005. – 192 с.
История Казахстана в произведениях античных авторов. Т. 1 Древнегреческие авторы о Великой Степи / Составление и редакция А.Н.Гаркавца.– Астана: Фолиант, 2005.– 362 с.
Великая Степь в произведениях античных и византийских авторов / Составление и редакция А.Н.Гаркавца. – Алматы: Баур, 2005.– 1304 с.
Codex Cumanicus: Половецкие молитвы, гимны и загадки XIII-XIV веков. – Москва; Нальчик: Русская деревня, 2006. – 88 с.
Великая Степь в произведениях античных и византийских авторов. Изд. 2-е, стереотипное / Составление и редакция А.Н.Гаркавца. – Алматы: Алматыкитап, 2006.– 1304 с.
История Казахстана в произведениях античных авторов. Т. 2 Латинские авторы о Великой Степи / Составление и редакция А.Н.Гаркавца.– Астана: Фолиант, 2006.– 377 с.
Кыпчакское письменное наследие. Том II. Памятники духовной культуры караимов, куманов-половцев и армяно-кыпчаков. – Алматы: Баур, 2007. – 912 стр. – This book together with other works of the author on the Armeno-Kipchak sources is awarded by Türk Dili Kurumu (2010).
Ежелгі дүниедегі және византиялық дереккөздеріндегі Ұлы Дала. Т. 1. – Астана: Фолиант, 2007. – 464 б.
Ежелгі дүниедегі және византиялық дереккөздеріндегі Ұлы Дала. Т. 2. – Астана: Фолиант, 2007. – 352 б.
Караимский молитвенник / Подготовил А.Н.Гаркавец. – Москва; Нальчик: Рус. деревня, 2008. – 226 стр.
Ежелгі дүниедегі және византиялық дереккөздеріндегі Ұлы Дала. Т. 3. – Астана: Фолиант, 2008. – 584 б.
Ежелгі дүниедегі және византиялық дереккөздеріндегі Ұлы Дала. Т. 4. – Астана: Фолиант, 2009. – 440 б.
Гаркавец А.Н. Кыпчакское письменное наследие. Том IIІ. Кыпчакский словарь. – Алматы: Баур; КАСЕАН, 2010. – 1802 стр.
Гаркавец А.Н. Кыпчакский словарь. Сепаратное издание. – Алматы: Алматыкітап баспасы, 2011. – 1802 стр.
Publishing activity:
Picture albums: On the Land of Abai (1994); 30 years of electrification of Kazakhstan railways (1995); The friendship and cooperation road. A Silk Road yesterday, today and tomorrow (1996); The railway transportation of independent Kazakhstan (1998); Business plan of Almaty (1994); Abai. Selected poems (1994, under the personal order of the Kazakhstan President N.Nazarbaev); the Russian edition of the American newspaper "Weekly World News" (1991-1996); calendars, etc. - together with a book-publishing firm "Baur" - "Baur-plus" and the Czech publishing house "MAGMA"; Keys to Almaty. Stranded on the Silk Road: the What Next?! The guidebook ("Baur", 2001-2002), etc.
Awards:
Honoured worker of education of Ukraine (1988)
A.S.Makarenko medal (1989)
Medal (a memorable mark) "50 years of liberation of Ukraine" (1994)
Deserved journalist of Ukraine (1997)
Peace and spiritual consent presidential prize (1997, Kazakhstan)
"Platinum Tarlan" independent prize of the Kazakh Maecenas Club (2003)
Türk Dil Kurumu Honorary award (2010). etc.
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September 18, 2001.
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