 In 1909, he headed this department, in 1916 he was granted the rank of acting state councilor.Since 1928, in which Saitov retired, the Russian branch at the initiative of Nikolai Marr received his name.The most important of the works of Saitov is the editorial board of "Works of Konstantin Batyushkov" (Saint Petersburg, 1887), jointly with Leonid Maykov.