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The author analyzes the book by the Chinese historian Li Weili entitled I. Bichurin, the Guru of Russian Sinology and notes its timeliness and importance within the framework of the modern development trend of Russo-Chinese relations and the New Silk Road Economic Belt project. On the basis of newly found documents, the author gives more accurate biographical information about I. Bichurin (1777-1853), his birthplace, his father, etc.
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