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Sergei
Oldenberg
Russian
Oldenburg's made two expeditions to Central Asia (Turfan in 1909-10
and Dunhuang in 1914-5).
In August 1914 Sergei Oldenburg made his way to Dunhuang. He had
previously spent six months visiting sites on the Silk Road in 1909-1916,
following in the footsteps of Colonel Pyotr Koslov who had discovered
Khara-Khoto, the 'Black City', in 1908.
Oldenberg
came away in January 1915 with several hundred scrolls and fragments.
There are now 365 scrolls and approximately 18,000 fragments in
the Dunhuang collection at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian
Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg.
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