Turcica
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The Turcica Collection includes the Turkish literature printed in the Russian empire between 1828 and 1917. The volumes were received as legal deposits.
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Handbook of Oriental Collections (opens a new tab)Collection description
The Turcica Collection includes the Turkish literature printed in the Russian empire between 1828 and 1917. The volumes were received as legal deposits.
The 2,800 titles of Turcica are divided into ten divisions according to their Turkish language group: Azeri, Chagatai, Kazak, Kumyk, Ottoman Turkish, Uzbek, Uyghur, Central Tatar, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen as well as into Kalendaria, Periodica and Varia.
This unique collection includes, among others, Islamic literature, textbooks, fiction and poetry and also translations of world literature (Gorky, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Conan Doyle, Beecher Stowe, Defoe) and various practical guides and manuals.
Together with the Arabica, Caucasica and Persica collections, Turcica forms a significant unit of Islamic literature printed in Russia.
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Temporal coverage of the collection
the Middle Ages beginning of the modern age modern age (turn of the 18th and 19th century to the 20th century) modern times (1900-)Main collection
Special CollectionsParent collection
The legal deposit collections from the period of Russian ruleRestrictions of use
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Catalogue information
More information about cataloguing
The alphabetised card catalogue is in the Special Collections Reading Room.
A printed catalogue has been made of the collection:
Halén, Harry, Handbook of Oriental Collections in Finland. London & Malmö 1977. - Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies. Monograph Series 31, p. 139–267. (see the link)
See also
Halén, Harry, Handbook of Oriental Collections in Finland. London & Malmö 1977. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies. Monograph Series 31, s. 139–267.
Publication links
Halén, Harry, Handbook of Oriental Collections in Finland. Scandinavian Institu… (opens a new tab)Collection sizes
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Provenance
A Legal Deposit Collection, received in 1828–1917. According to § 28 in the Act on Censorship of 1828, verified by Nicholas I of Russia, the University of Helsinki was to receive one legal deposit copy of all products printed in the Russian empire. These legal deposits were arranged into collections according to their language, and the prints published in Turkish languages were placed in Turcica.
Collector
Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto