Background
MALOV, Sergey was born on January 4, 1880.
MALOV, Sergey was born on January 4, 1880.
Graduate Kazan’ University.
Did research on ancient and modem Turkic languages, folklore, ethnography and history of Turkic peoples. 1909-1911 and 1913-1915 did research on language and life of Uigurs in Western and Centr China, in Sinkiang and Kansu Provinces, and on language of Yellow Uigurs. Assembled much material on modern Uigur dialects.
Discovered unique Old Uigur manuscript “The Sutra of Golden Luster”. Deciphered, translated and published Old Turkic lit monuments.
Correspondent member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1939.