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Dr. Aksoltan T. Ataeva, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Presents to Columbia University Libraries a New Turkmen Book
April 5, 2002 Columbia University Libraries were presented with
a new Turkmen book by Dr. Aksoltan T. Ataeva, Ambassador and
Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations and
Mr. Essen Aidogdyev, Consul / Permanent Representative of
Turkmenistan to the United Nations.
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| University Librarian James G. Neal, Ambassador
Dr. Aksoltan Ataeva, Jared Ingersoll, Dr. David Magier, and
Consul Essen Aidogdyev. |
University Librarian James G. Neal along with Dr. David Magier,
Director of Area Studies, and Jared Ingersoll, Librarian for
Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, received Ambassador
Ataeva and Consul Aidogdyev at Butler Library.
The ambassador presented a new Turkmen book to the Columbia
Libraries by archeologist Wiktor Sarianidi, Murgash: Ancient
Oriental Kingdom in the Old Delta of the Murghab River
(2002).
"Sarianidi's work identifies archeological ruins in
Turkmenistan as evidence for a major ancient culture on the scale
of Egypt, China, Mesopotamia and India," said Ingersoll.
"This book is a welcome addition to the Turkmen language
collection at Columbia Libraries. We are looking forward to
expanding exchanges and other cooperation with libraries and
institutes in Turkmenistan."
As part of the Post-Soviet Nationalities Collection, Columbia
holds one of the largest collections of materials in the Turkmen
language in North America. The Turkmen language collection,
numbering over 1,200 volumes, contains works in all fields of
study, and is especially strong in poetry, studies of the Turkmen
language, history and archeology.
Area Studies is a Division of Columbia University Libraries
responsible for reference and research support, and for collection
development in all subjects and languages on the following world
areas: Africa; Latin America; Middle East; Russia, Eurasia and
Eastern Europe; and South and Southeast Asia.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/area/
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Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies
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(212) 854-4701
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