About the book: 1978 / This book introduces the life and scientific work of the prominent Soviet orientalist, Lenin Prize laureate - Nikolai Alexandrovich Nevsky. A graduate of St. Petersburg University, N. A. Nevsky lived in Japan for almost 15 years. Studying ethnography, folklore and dialectology of this country, the scientist traveled to remote corners of Japan. The authors introduce the reader to this period of the scientist’s life, talk about his work in Leningrad and his creation of a new branch of oriental science - Tangut studies.