History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back KARL FRIEDRICH NEUMANN ABOUT CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAUCASIAN ETHNOSES IN THE WORK «RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIANS» K.F. Dzamikhov, A.M. Abaeva This article is devoted to the contribution of the german orientalist Karl Friedrich Neumann to studying of history of the caucasian people. As material for this research has served historical and ethnographic work of the scientist «Russia and Circassians», published by the printing house I.G. Cotta in 1840. Today the work isn't translated into the russian, it is not widely used by domestic caucasiologists because of a language barrier and a rarity of the edition. The purpose of this study is to introduce a new source in the scientifi c circulation of the history and ethnography of the caucasian peoples, as well as acquaintance with the materials contained in it. Keywords: Europe; Asia; European orientalism; Caucasus studies; data of travelers about the Caucasus. Contacts: E-mail: casbolat2013@yandex.ru Pp. 44-50.