ABSTRACT
The year of 2019 was significant for A. von Humboldt studies in Russia. The prominent Prussian researcher was familiar with a lot of scientists and statesmen in our country. The press hugely covered his famous voyage to the Empire in 1829. Humboldt’s public lectures in the Academy of Sciences and other Imperial institutions were held with resounding success. The same year he got acquainted with S.S. Uvarov, the Academy President. Their correspondence, lasting for many years, has not been comprehensively studied yet. The authors revealed previously unpublished documents allowing to investigate their relationships. Humboldt often reminded about his German colleagues, having obtained positions in Russia. Due to his patronage, the future Academy of Sciences members (G.V. Abih, L.M. Kämtz, A.Y. Kupfer, Yu.F. Fritz) were invited to the country. He repeatedly complained about such “brain drain” caused by the fact that those specialists could build their scientific careers more successfully in Russia than in Germany. Humboldt and Uvarov constantly sent their books and articles, discussed international book exchanges, tried to create the journal, devoted to the Asian studies. Their correspondence continued after Uvarov’s dismissal from the Ministry of National Education. In their last letters they frequently lamented about the revolutionary extremes of the epoch.
