Rezvan, Efim Anatolyevich

From a family with military traditions. In 1980, he graduated with honors from the Department of Arabic Philology of the Eastern Faculty of Leningrad State University, in 1983 - from graduate school of the Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Teachers in science: P.A. Gryaznevich, Sergio Noja Noseda (Italy).

In 1984, in the Leningrad part of the Institute of Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of historical sciences on the topic “Ethnosocial terminology of the Koran as a source on the history and ethnography of Arabia at the turn of the VI – VII century”. Seven years later, there he defended his doctoral dissertation "The Koran as a historical source and literary monument." In 1989, he trained at the Institut d'Etudes Arabes et Islamiques, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III). In 1984-2000 - An employee of the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, from senior laboratory assistant to deputy director for scientific work. Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Manuscripta Orientalia Magazine (1995-2000); from 2000 to the present - chief editor. Since 2018 - Deputy Chief Editor of the journals Ethnography and Kunstkamera, member of the editorial board of the journal EtnoAntropologia (Italy). From 2000 to the present, Deputy Director of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) RAS on scientific work. At the invitation of the prominent Italian Islamic scholar prof. Sergio Noah Noseda (1931-2008) E.A. Rezvan joined the editorial committee of the Early Qur'ans international research and publishing project. The Era of the Prophet, the Right Guided Caliphs and the Umayyades (Noseda Foundation, Italy), dedicated to the study and publication of the oldest and most important manuscripts of the Koran. Rezvan is the initiator of the creation and organizer of the development of the automatic recognition system for the Arabic font, the most popular today in the Arab East (Al-Qari 'Al-Ali, now Sakhr Automatic Reader). Founder and Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Kunstkamera - Archive and Manuscripta Orientalia Electronic book series, editor-in-chief of the Culture and Ideology of the Muslim East series, member of the editorial boards of a number of scientific series, domestic and foreign scientific journals, organizer of several international scientific congresses, held in St. Petersburg, the author of articles for a number of academic domestic and foreign encyclopedic publications.

Since 2006 - Honorary Professor of the UNESCO Chair for Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, the Specifics of Their Cultures and Inter-Religious Dialogue of the D.S.D. Russian Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage Research Likhacheva, since 2018 - Professor, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg School of Humanities and Arts, Basic Chair of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS). He taught at the Philosophical and Oriental faculties of St. Petersburg State University, at the Smolny Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences (St. Petersburg State University), at the Moscow Center of Stanford University, at the Kazan (Volga) Federal University, and South Kazakhstan State University named after M. Auezova, Union College of London - Qatar. He gave public lectures in Kuwait, Indonesia, Oman, Great Britain, Qatar.

He has rich expeditionary experience, worked and organized expedition trips to Yemen (1989, 2007); Uzbekistan (2001, 2004, 2005); Vietnam (2005); India (2002, 2005, 2009), Sri Lanka and Maldives, 2009; China and Hong Kong (2005), China (2008); Egypt (2006, 2007); Ethiopia (2008, 2009, 2010); Tanzania and Zanzibar, 2010; Indonesia (Sumatra, 2013); Kazakhstan (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015), Oman (2016), Jordan (2017).

Author's exhibition projects E.A. Rezvan were shown in many cities of Russia, as well as in Austria, Hungary, Holland, Greece, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia. The series of documentaries created in the framework of the Ijma = Consent project was shown on the Russia Today TV channel. During various scientific events and cultural events, his films were shown in the UK, Greece, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, China, Finland and France. E.A. Rezvan is an expert trainer of UNESCO / ICOM (“Museum Management - XXI Century”).

Islamic studies; history and ethnography of the peoples of the Near and Middle East; history and ethnography of the peoples of Central Asia; coranistics; the diversity of the world of Islam; visual anthropology; Ethnic museology; historiography, source study and methodology of ethnographic science.

The author of more than 300 scientific works (including 15 monographs and a series of exhibition catalogs) published in Russian, English, Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Uzbek, Finnish, Persian, Ukrainian, Tatar and other languages. Creator and leader of the scientific direction “Quranic Ethnography”. He is the author of a series of works on Islamic studies and Koranistics, which is largely based on the study of manuscript and archival collections (including the identification, attribution, scientific description and publication of one of the oldest and most important manuscripts of the Koran in the world, the so-called “Usman Quran”, revered by Muslims Central Asia for almost five hundred years the first list of the Holy Text). He is the author of a series of monographs devoted to Russian-Arab relations and based on the study of domestic archival sources, and a series of works devoted to the diversity of the Islamic world and based on the results of many years of field research. He is currently working on a new Russian translation of the Qur'an.

Honorary Award from Soka University (Tokyo, 1998); Prize of the Committee of Muslims of Asia for participation in the project “Islam in the Former Russian Empire” (Tashkent, 1998); Laureate of the national award “Book of the Year” (Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications of Russia and the Association of Book Publishers of Russia) (2001); UNESCO diploma for the best publication, which makes a significant contribution to the culture of peace and non-violence and dialogue between civilizations (2001); Laureate of the Book of the Year national award of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2002); Laureate of the national award “Book of the Year” in the nomination “Humanitas” (2005); Laureate of the Second International Competition of the CIS Member States “Book Art” in the nomination “Dialogue of Cultures” (2005); UNESCO diploma “The best publication that makes a significant contribution to the dialogue of cultures” (2005); Laureate of the Tehran Quran Exhibition (2005).

Exhibition projects of E. A. Rezvan were shown in many cities of Russia, as well as in Austria, Hungary, Holland, Greece, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia. E. A. Rezvan is one of the organizers of the exhibition “From Baghdad to Isfahan . Miniature and calligraphy from the collection of St. Petersburg Institute of Economics, RAS ”( Paris - New York - Lugano - Salzburg ). He owns a series of copyright exhibition projects: “Dreams of the East. Russian avant-garde and the silk of Bukhara ” ,“ They fought for our freedom ”( Tallinn [1] , Riga , St. Petersburg, Rhodes (Greece), Prague , Budapest , The Hague [2] , Bratislava [3] , [4] , Chicago [5] , 2007-2011). The project “In the Mirror of Time” continues to develop ( Nairobi [6] , 2010, (Rhodes, Greece), Ljubljana [7] , Bled [8] , Maribor [9] , Sloven-Hradec [10] (Slovenia), Budapest [11] . In 2012, the exhibition “In the Mirror of Time. Dialogue of Cultures in the Russian World”, mounted on the Rimsky-Korsakov motor ship, crossed almost the whole of Russia from north to south ( Khanty-Mansiysk - Salekhard - Omsk ). Ob were residents of cities and small towns, such as the October , Sherkaly , Lower Narykary , birch, Azov, Men , Shuryshkary, Hills, Bolshereche . As part of the car Skogen scientific and media project "Ijma '= Concord" develops a series of exhibitions "Expeditions are not over" : "Jeynov -" We have come "(Arabs of Uzbekistan: Images of Traditional Culture)" (St. Petersburg [12] , [13] , Tampere [ 14] , 2004-2005), “The country of incense ( Yemen : images of traditional culture” (St. Petersburg [15] , [16] , Moscow [17] , Rhodes [18] , Surgut [19] , 2007-2008 ); “Old-timers (traditional culture of the old-timed population of Ugra)” [20] , “Between Turkestan and Tibet: Salars”. In 2012, on about. Rhodes (Greece) was presented the exhibition project "Jonah: a symbol of life and deliverance" (first show - St. Petersburg, 2013 [21] ). In 2014, the exhibition project of Rezvan “Les bijoux doivent être sauvages!” Was launched at the Anna Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House . The series of documentaries created in the framework of the Ijma = Consent project was shown on the Russia Today TV channel.

Yemen (1989 [22] , 2007); Uzbekistan (2001, 2004, 2005); Vietnam (2005); India (2002, 2005), India - Sri Lanka - Maldives, 2009 [23] ; PRC - Hong Kong (2005), PRC (2008) [24] ; Egypt (2006, 2007); Ethiopia (2008 [25] , 2009); Ethiopia - Tanzania - Zanzibar, 2010); Kazakhstan (2010 [26] , [27] , 2011, 2012); Indonesia (Sumatra, 2013) [28] .

• Finding the Quran 'Usman (2003, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director A. Abashkin;

• East Faberge: Love Stories (2003, scriptwriter, producer and director);
• Manuscript and fate (2007, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director T. Kolnogorova;
• Cairo - Petersburg (2007, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova;
• Split (2007, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director T. Kolnogorova;
• Quran with a five-pointed star (2007, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director T. Kolnogorova;
• Arab from Jinau (2007, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova;
• Cairo - Tampere. Women's Fates (2007, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director T. Kolnogorova;
• Expedition (2007, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova;
• Haftrangs. Garden of Eden: Seven Colors (2007, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova;

About him:

• Sergeeva T.S. Multimedia projects of Yefim Rezvan - a scientist's contribution to the development of intercultural dialogue
• S.D. Marcus. Who will explain the phenomenon of Yefim Rezvan?

Author Series

Ijma = Consent

1. Manuscript and fate (2007, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director T. Kolnogorova
2. Cairo - Petersburg (2007, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova
3. Split (2007, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director T. Kolnogorova
4. Quran with a five-pointed star (2007, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director T. Kolnogorova
5. Arab from Jinau (2007, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova
6. Cairo - Tampere . Women's Fates (2007, scriptwriter and co-producer). Director T. Kolnogorova
7. Expedition (2007, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova

“Ijma. Muslim treasures of Russia (fates, collections, documents) "

1. Haftrangs. Garden of Eden: Seven Colors (2007, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova
2. Through the eyes of the prince (in work, scriptwriter and producer). Director T. Solovyova

During various scientific events and cultural events, films by E. A. Rezvan were shown in the UK, Greece, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, China, Finland and France.

• Honorary Award ( Tokyo , 1998);
• Prize of the Committee of Muslims of Asia for participation in the project "Islam in the Former Russian Empire" ( Tashkent , 1998).

For the book "The Quran and His World"

• Laureate of the national award “Book of the Year” ( Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications of Russia and the Association of Book Publishers of Russia ) (2001)
• A UNESCO diploma for the best publication that makes a significant contribution to a culture of peace and non-violence and dialogue among civilizations (2001)
• Laureate of the Book of the Year national award of the Islamic Republic of Iran (an analogue of the State Prize of the Russian Federation ) (2002)

For the book "The Quran of Usman"

St. Petersburg, Katta Langar, Bukhara, Tashkent ”

• Winner of the national award “Book of the Year” in the nomination “Humanitas” (2005)
• Laureate of the Second International Competition of the CIS Member States “The Art of the Book” in the nomination “Dialogue of Cultures” (2005)
• UNESCO Diploma “The best publication that makes a significant contribution to the dialogue of cultures” (inaccessible link) (2005)
• Laureate of the Tehran Quran Exhibition (2005).

• Sufun Rusiyya Fi L-Khalidzh Al-Arabi. 1899-1903. Mavad min arshif ad-daula al-markazi l-l-ustul al-bahri al-harbi. Dar at-Takaddum, Musku, 1990 [Russian ships in the Persian Gulf. 1899-1903. Materials TsGA Navy. M .: "Progress", 1990] (in Arabic);

• Koran. Translation D.N. Boguslavsky (together with A.N. Weyraukh). St. Petersburg: Petersburg Oriental Studies, 1995;
• Quran and its interpretation. St. Petersburg: Petersburg Oriental Studies, 2000;
• The Qur'an and its world (St. Petersburg, Petersburg Oriental Studies: 2001);
• “The Quran of Usman” (Katta-Langar, St. Petersburg, Bukhara, Tashkent). St. Petersburg: Petersburg Oriental Studies, 2004) (Russian-English edition);
• Rezvan E. Russian Ships in the Gulf, 1899-1903. London: Ithaca Press, 1999;
• Hajj kabla mi'a san. Rihla sirriyya l-d-dabit of Rus' Abd al-'Aziz Daulatshin or-l-Makka al-Mukarrama, 1898. Bayrut: Dar al-takrib bayna mazahib islamiyya. 1993 [Hajj one hundred years ago. The secret mission of the captain 'Abd al-' Aziz Davletshin to the highly revered Mecca. 1898 Beirut, 1898] (in Arabic);
• Al-Hisan Al-Arabi Fi Rusiyya. Dubai: Markaz Juma 'al-Majid li-t-turas wa-saqafa, 2005 [Arabian horse in Russia. Dubai, 2005] (in Arabic);
• Al-Kur'an al-karim fi Rusiyya. Dubai: Markaz Juma 'al-Majid li-t-turas wa-saqafa, 2011. Dubai, Markaz Juma' al-Majid li-t-turas wa-saqafa, 2011 [Quran in Russia] (in Arabic);
• The Qur'an and its world. Saint-Petersburg: MAE RAS, 2012 (Manuscripta Orientalia Electronic book series; Vol. 1);
• Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. Vol. 1. St. Petersburg: MAE RAS, 2012. (Manuscripta Orientalia Electronic book series; Vol. 2);
• The Qur'an and Muslim Manuscript Tradition. Selected articles (together with M. Rezvan). St. Petersburg: MAE RAS, 2013 (Manuscripta Orientalia Electronic book series; Vol. 3);
• Introduction to Koranistics. Kazan: Kazan University Press, 2014;
• Turkestan. St. Petersburg - Almaty: KMBH (Series “My World of Islam”; vol. 1);
• Man in the Qur'an and pre-Islamic poetry. Monograph - a training manual. St. Petersburg: Presidential Library (co-authored with A. Yu. Kudryavtseva).

Exhibition catalogs

• From Baghdad to Isfahan. Thumbnail and calligraphy from the collection of St. Petersburg Institute of Economics, RAS / in collaboration with Yu. A. Petrosyan, A. B. Khalidov and O. F. Akimushkin. - Paris, 1994. - ISBN 978-2-87900-185-2 .
• Jeynov - “We Came” (Arabs of Uzbekistan: Images of Traditional Culture). - SPb. , 2004.
• Daydreaming about the East. Russian avant-garde and silk of Bukhara . - SPb. , 2006.
• Old-timers. “Slavic move”: ethnographic collections of Ugra. - Surgut, 2006.
• The country of incense (Yemen: images of traditional culture). - SPb. , 2007. - ISBN 978-5-91373-011-4 .
• They fought for our freedom. - SPb. , 2010.
• Between Turkestan and Tibet: Salars. Exhibition catalog. - SPb. , 2010. - ISBN 978-5-88431-179-4 .
• In the mirror of time. Kenyan photo collection by Gerhard Lindblom. Photo exhibition catalog. - SPb. - ISBN 978-5-91373-033-6 .
• Samuel Dudin - photographer, artist, ethnographer (materials of expeditions to Kazakhstan in 1899 and 1910). - SPb. , 2010.
• In the mirror of time. Dialogue of cultures in the Russian world. Catalog of the photo exhibition / with the participation of A. Yu. Kudryavtseva and T. M. Fedorova. - SPb. , 2011. - ISBN 978-5-88431-219-7 .
• In the mirror of time. The peoples of Russia through the eyes of photographers at the turn of the 19th — 20th centuries Catalog of the photo exhibition / with the participation of A. Yu. Kudryavtseva. - SPb. , 2011. - ISBN 978-5-91373-036-7 .
• In the mirror of time. Dialogue of cultures in the Russian world. Catalog of the photo exhibition / with the participation of A. Yu. Kudryavtseva and T. M. Fedorova. - SPb. , 2012. - ISBN 978-5-88431-186-2 .
• Jonah's passport. - SPb. , 2012. - ISBN 978-5-88431-240-1 .

Collector's Editions

Collection editions of books by E. A. Rezvan are in the libraries of a number of leading political and religious figures [29] , scientists and artists [30] .

• Page on the website of MAE RAS
• Article on the website of the IOM RAS
• Gusterin P.V. On the Turkish edition of the Qur'an translated by D. N. Boguslavsky