Amitin-Shapiro Zalman Lvovich
1893 (?), Sosnitsa, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire — 1968, Frunze, Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Biography, education, career:
Zalman Amitin-Shapiro studied Middle Asian Jews, the culture of small peoples of Central Asia (the Dungans, in particular); was keen on historiography and bibliography of Kyrgyz studies; was one of the first to study the history of Jews in Xinjiang.
Areas of expertise: History and ethnography of the peoples of Central Asia; Jewish studies; Historiography, Source studies and Methodology of Ethnography; Ethnogeography
Major scientific achievements:
Author of over 800 scientific papers (a total of around 300 publication base sheets), 60 of which were published, including 19 monographs.
Membership in academic organizations and unions:
Full Member of the USSR Geographical Society (from 1924), one of the founders of its Kyrgyz branch (1947).