A Grammar of Manchu
Zakharov, Ivan![A Grammar of Manchu](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/151/1512979/CHSBZCOP031512979.jpg)
Originally published in 1879 in St Petersburg, this important work has never been reprinted and remains a bibliographical rarity. Ivan Il'ich Zakharov originally entered the Russian diplomatic service and was responsible for redrawing the western Russian-Chinese border which resulted in the significant transfer of Chinese territory to Russia. Zakharov ended his career as Professor of Manchu at St Petersburg Imperial University, his research in...