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in 1960–70s. In the 1990s he worked on the elaboration of the conception of humanistic base texts; since 1998 the initiator and head of the research project "Humanistic base texts in the history of mankind"; and author of ten books and over one hundred academic articles.
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He was one of the first who applied the methods of semiotic analysis for investigation of Buddhist texts and other texts of classical Oriental thought. Mäll was one of the central figures of the branch of oriental studies in the
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views and subsequently worked for ten years as engineer of the Cabinet for Oriental Studies. He was partly rehabilitated in 1983 and promoted to head of the Laboratory for History and
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in the early 1960s. He later studied under and worked together with several Buddhist and non-Buddhist teachers and scholars including
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and served as the main organizer of both of his visits to Estonia (1991 and 2001). Mäll was the founder and director of the first
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Since 1994 he was Head of the Centre for Oriental Studies, senior research fellow, Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy,
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in 1962 with a major in general history. He followed graduation with postgraduate studies at the
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Estonian Oriental Society, founder and president in 1988–2001, since 2001 honorary president;
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Monday, 15 February 2010, Linnart Mäll, First UNPO Chairperson, Passes Away, www.unpo.org
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Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 4th Class
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Dr. Mäll was one of the founders and first chairman of the
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His membership in the academic associations is as follows:
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Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class
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Estonian Tibetan Cultural Society, honorary member.
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