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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2025. Vol 53

Sergey Usov and His System of Teaching Russian and Chineese Languages

Author(s)
A. A. Khisamutdinov, N. V. Khisamutdinova
Abstract
The article is devoted to Sergei Nikolaevich Usov (1891–1966, Ryazan), a well-known teacher of foreign languages, who developed a unique method of teaching Russian to Chinese students and Chinese to Russian emigrants. Describing his biography, the authors write about Usov’s teaching at Russian higher schools in Harbin, e.g. at the Russian – Chinese (Harbin) Polytechnic Institute and the Law Faculty as well as his publishing activity (about thirty educational and methodological works, including a summary of his experience in teaching spoken Chinese). It is emphasized that in a short time the teacher created his own school that was based, alongside his teaching methods, on the idea of indissoluble connection between the national language and culture.
About the Authors

Khisamutdinov Amir Aleksandrovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Head of the Book Culture Study Sector Central Scientific Library FEB RAS 49, Poletaev st., Vladivostok, 690041, Russian Federation e-mail: khisamut@yahoo.com 

Khisamutdinova Natalia Vladimirovna, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor of the Pedagogy and Linguistics Institute Vladivostok State University 41, Gogol st., Vladivostok, 690016, Russian Federation e-mail: natalya.khisamutdinova@vvsu.ru

For citation
Khisamutdinov A.A., Khisamutdinova N.V. Sergey Usov and His System of Teaching Russian and Chineese Languages. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2025, vol. 53, pp. 73-80. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222- 9124.2025.53.73 (in Russian)
Keywords
S. N. Usov (1891–1966), Chinese language, Russians in China, Russian language in China.
UDC
94 (470+571)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.53.73
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