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Homo Jihadicus. Islam in the former USSR and the phenomenon of the post-Soviet militants in Syria and Iraq. OSW REPORT 2015-09-21 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The post-Soviet area, along with the countries of the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe, have become one of the main global exporters of Islamic militants.
Falkowski, Maciej, Lang, Józef
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Kalmykia’s Ethnographic Science during the Rebuilding Period (1960-1970): an Overview of the History of Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Analyzing the earliest collected ethnographic papers, the article aims to study the history of how the source basis of Kalmyk ethnography was formed and compiled during the restoration of the autonomy of Kalmykia in the latter half of the 20th century ...
Bair V. Kogdanova
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Problems of History, Politics and Culture of Abkhazia, Georgia [PDF]

open access: yes
Th e ethno-political history of the Autonomous Region of Georgia – Abkhazia is spotlighted in the book, as well as the main ancient monuments belonging to Christian culture.
Akhaladze, Lia, Gamakharia, Jemal
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Travel Notes" by A. S. Pushkin: an Episode in the Kalmyk Kibitka (from the materials to the commentary) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Asia and the East in the European part of the Russian Empire were re-opened to Alexander Pushkin during his journey to the Caucasus and Transcaucasia in 1829, to the war of front-line forces with the Ottoman Empire.
B. .. Kichikova
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The Policy of the Russian State on the Governance of Nomadic Peoples in the First Half of the XIX Century (the Case Study of Kalmyks) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The article deals with the policy of the Russian state on the governance of Kalmyks in the first half of the XIXth century. After the departure of the most part of the Kalmyk people to the territory of Qing China, the status of its statehood was ...
A. .. Komandzhaev, M. .. Goryaev
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"In general, I’m a big fan of India and the East – this must be Basargin Tatarism" (Vice-Admiral Grigory Gavrilovich Basargin – military governor of the Astrakhan province and commander of the Caspian flotilla)

open access: yesFrom History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region
In the history of the Russian Empire until today, there are quite a few little-studied topics. One of them is stories with the participation of naval officers of the Imperial Russian Navy of Turkic origin. This study examines the historical episode in which the military governor of the Astrakhan province, the commander of the Caspian flotilla, Vice ...
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